Gulbarga University is located at Gulbagra in Karnataka. From 1980 the post graduation centre of Karnatak University started functioning as the Gulbarga University.

The University caters the educational needs of the five district - Gulbarga District, Raichur District, Koppal District Bidar District, , and Bellary District.The University has 37 departments under the faculties of Faculty of Science & Technology, Faculty of Commerce & Management, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Law.There are 230 colleges affiliated to the University. To promote quality research works theUniversity runs four research centes.