Kumaun University 

Kumaun University was established in 1973 under the Uttar Pradesh University's Act.The University is the member of Association of Indian Universities(A.I.U.) as a State University. It has also been conferred with the four Star rating by the National Academic Accreditation Council(N.A.A.C).

It is a residential cum affiliating University with its administrative office at Nainital. The University has two campuses, Deb Singh Bisht(D.S.B.) Campus at Nainital and Sobhan Singh Jeena (S.S.J) Campus at Almora, 31 affiliated Government Colleges, 27 Self-financed Institutes, 5 Semi-Government colleges/Institutions are affiliated to it. The University provides teaching and research facilities under the following faculties:-


* Faculty of Arts
* Faculty of Commerce and Management
* Faculty of Education
* Faculty of Law
* Faculty of Medicine
* Faculty of Science
* Faculty of Technology

Excellent teaching and research facilities at the University attract students from all parts of the country and abroad. The University is committed to excellence and as a socially responsible institution has now assumed even greater responibility after the creation of the State of Uttarakhand.