Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur established in 1987.

Purvanchal University, Jaunpur renamed as Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University in the honour of late Shri Veer Bahadur Singh, former Chief Minister of the state, was established on 2nd October 1987 as an affiliating university under U.P. state university act 1973. Continuous qualitative and quantitative growth, excellence in academic and administrative activities, transparent and efficient academic administration have been some of the distinct characteristics on the basis of which the university emerged as one among the leading universities. Started with the 68 affiliated colleges, the university now has widened it’s spectrum of activities with 367 affiliated graduate and post-graduate colleges and students enrollment of nearly three lacs and eighty thousand in 5 Districts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh.

The university is located at 10 km from the historic city of Jaunpur on Jaunpur-Shahganj road which divides it’s 171.5 acres campus into two. Jaunpur is well connected by Train, Road and Air with rest of the country.The infrastructure development, achievement of academic excellence, quality assurance in the higher education and socio-economic development of this highly backward & rural region of Eastern Uttar Pradesh are some of the priority areas for which the university is putting its best efforts. The beginning of two-year full-time residential MBA course in 1990 was one of the first steps towards making change in the character of the university from affiliating to affiliating cum-residential university.

VISION & MISSION

Developing the University as an excellent centre of learning which offers quality higher education opportunity to all who deserve it and catalyses academic excellence in the society.

Promoting research in the field of science, technology, humanities, literature, economics, social science, law, agriculture and allied disciplines.

Creating an environment to motivate and support the academia to undertake advance studies and researches, to the benefit of the Nation and humanity as a whole.

Preparing graduates acquainted and trained with the knowledge, communication skills and computer proficiency to meet the expectations of the global economy.

The University becomes a major provider of appropriately trained man power to help development of India into a ‘Knowledge Society’.