Shobhit University is a state private university located in Gangoh, Saharanpur district, in the western part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the institutions established under the framework of state legislation that permits private universities to operate within Uttar Pradesh, and it offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes across a range of disciplines.
| Name | Shobhit University |
|---|---|
| Type | State private university |
| Location | Gangoh, Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Country | India |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Uttar Pradesh |
The university is situated in Gangoh, a town in Saharanpur district that lies in the Doab region of western Uttar Pradesh, close to the borders with Haryana and Uttarakhand. As a state private university, it derives its degree-awarding authority from an act of the Uttar Pradesh state legislature and is regulated within the broader regulatory framework applicable to Indian higher education institutions.
The institution forms part of the Shobhit group of educational establishments, which also operates a separate deemed-to-be-university campus elsewhere in Uttar Pradesh. The Gangoh campus serves students primarily from Saharanpur and surrounding districts, including parts of the adjoining states.
Shobhit University offers programmes in fields commonly associated with multidisciplinary private universities in India, including engineering and technology, management, computer applications, basic and applied sciences, education, law, agriculture, and the humanities. Programmes are organised at the bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels.
The establishment of Shobhit University in Gangoh contributed to the expansion of higher education infrastructure in the largely rural and semi-urban region of western Uttar Pradesh, where access to universities has historically been concentrated in larger cities such as Meerut and Saharanpur. It is part of a wider trend in Uttar Pradesh, where several state private universities were chartered in the 2010s to widen access to professional and technical education.