Bangalore University, located at Bangalore is one of the famous Universities of India. In 1886 Central College was established at Bangalore.In 1964 it was converted into Bangalore University by the Government of the state. Later the Visvesvaraya College of Engineering was merged to the University.

The University has a sprawling campus of 1100 acres of land namely Jnana Bharathi Campus .In 1975 it became an affiliated University. There are over 400 affiliated colleges to the University. The Universities offers 51 post graduate courses through 41 departments under six faculties including Arts, Science, Commerce & Management, Education, Law and Engineering. There are three constituent college and several centers of the University. In 2002 the University received Five Status by the NAAC. Over the years the University has produced several scholar in various fields. It has also produced many research works with international repute.