Maharshi Dayanand University is a premier institution of higher education in Rohtak. The university offers courses in different fields of study at undergraduate, post graduate and doctoral levels. Besides offering courses at campus, it also acts as an affiliating university and provides several programs through various colleges, institutes and centres throughout the region. The university shares its campus with IIM Rohtak.

History of Maharshi Dayanand University
Maharshi Dayanand University was established through an Act of the Legislative Assembly of Haryana in the year 1976. Its aim was "To establish and incorporate a teaching-cum-affiliating university at Rohtak for the encouragement of interdisciplinary higher education and research with special emphasis on studies of life sciences and environmental and ecological sciences".

Campus of Maharshi Dayanand University
The University today functions with 13 faculties, 27 post graduate departments and runs 77 academic programs on campus. There are 66 Boards of Studies for developing and designing courses in various disciplines. Besides the main campus, there are 2 satellite campuses - Regional Centre offering post graduate programs at Rewari and the National Law College at Gurgaon.

Faculties of Maharshi Dayanand University
* Faculty of Commerce
* Faculty of Education
* Faculty of Engineering and Technology
* Faculty of Humanities
* Faculty of Law
* Faculty of Life Sciences
* Faculty of Management Science
* Faculty of Performing and Visual Arts
* Faculty of pharmaceutical Science
* Faculty of Physical Science
* Faculty of Social Science
* University Regional Centre, Rewari

Departments of Maharshi Dayanand University
* Agriculture Biotechnology
* Bio-Chemistry
* Biotechnology
* Business Economics
* Centre for Haryana Studies
* Chemistry
* Commerce
* Computer Science
* Defence & Strategic Studies
* Economics
* Education
* Engg. & Technology
* English & Foreign Languages
* Environment Sciences
* Fine Arts
* Food Technology
* Genetics
* Geography
* Hindi
* History
* Tourism & Hotel Management
* IMSAR
* Journalism & Mass Comm.
* Law
* Library & Information Science
* Mathematics
* Medical Biotechnology
* Microbiology
* Music
* Physical Education
* Pharmaceutical Sciences
* Physics
* Plant Biotechnology
* Political Science
* Psychology
* Public Administrations
* Sanskrit
* Sociology
* Statistics
* Zoology