Himachal Pradesh University Centre for Evening Studies (HPUCES), Shimla was established in 1962.

Its affiliated to Himachal Pradesh University.

as Punjab University Evening College, on the recommendation of the University Grants Commission to provide the facility of continuing education to the less privileged persons, especially those who have to go in for employment after schooling.

It became a constituent of Himachal Pradesh University in 1970.

It was re-named Himachal Pradesh University Centre for Evening Studies in 2001. B.Com. was introduced at the centre in 1975, M.A. in English & Hindi in 1979, M.A. in Economics in 1990 and M.Com in 2001.