Shivaji University was established on the 10th of November 1962, and inaugurated by Yashwantrao Chavan, the then President of the Republic of India, and is situated in the district of Kolhapur in the state of Maharashtra India. The entire University encompasses a massive 853 acres of land. The name of the University comes from the founder of the Maratha Empire, Shivaji Maharaj. The University has over 275 affiliated institutions and colleges. The driving reason behind creation of this University was to make higher education more accessible in Southern Maharashtra.
Shivaji University offers various courses at various stages of education to cater to a wide audience of students. The courses offered at this University include, Certificate programs, Diploma Programs, Postgraduate Diploma Programs, Postgraduate Programs and Undergraduate Programs. When established, the University had about 30 odd affiliated colleges, five post graduate departments and 14000 students. Today, this number has gone up to 255 affiliated colleges, 34 Post graduate departments and over 200000 students. Over 10 major fields of education, including Arts, Science, Social Science, Commerce, Medicine, Law, Education, Ayurveda, Engineering, Fine Arts and Information Technology are covered by the University. The University has plans to further expand its reach in the near future, by establishing a Research Institute in Biotechnology, a School of Rural Management, and an Advanced Center for Information Technology.
Shivaji University strives to be a leading institute for learning in this country. To achieve its goal, it has tie ups with various institutes around the world, like the Gifu University of Japan, The Monash University from Australia, Asian Institute of Technology Thailand among many other.
Shivaji University is a government located at in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra, India.
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