Usha Martin University is a state private university located in Ranchi, the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is recognised under the laws of the Government of Jharkhand as a private university and offers programmes across disciplines such as engineering, management, humanities, sciences, commerce, education, and allied health studies.
| Type | State private university |
|---|---|
| Location | Ranchi, Jharkhand, India |
| Country | India |
| Affiliation | Established under a Jharkhand state legislative act |
The university takes its name from the Usha Martin group, an industrial enterprise historically associated with steel and wire rope manufacturing in eastern India. The institution was established as part of efforts to expand higher education provision in Jharkhand, a state created in 2000, where private universities have played a growing role in supplementing public sector institutions such as Ranchi University and the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra.
The university organises its teaching through schools and departments covering a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Common areas of study at such multi-disciplinary private universities in Jharkhand include:
The university is situated in Ranchi, which serves as an administrative and educational hub of Jharkhand. Ranchi hosts several institutions of higher learning, including central, state, and private universities, and is well connected by rail, road, and air to other parts of India.
As one among the private universities established in Jharkhand, Usha Martin University contributes to widening access to professional and academic education in the region. Private state universities of this kind operate under the regulatory framework of the University Grants Commission (UGC) and relevant state legislation, and form part of India's broader expansion of tertiary education in the post-2000 period.