Bengaluru North University (BNU), established in 2017, is a state government university located at Devaraj Urs Extension, Tamaka, Kolar, Karnataka. Founded by the Government of Karnataka through the bifurcation of Bangalore University to cater to the educational needs of North Bangalore and surrounding regions, the university is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) under Section 2(f). BNU serves as an affiliating university for over 150+ colleges across Bengaluru Rural, Kolar, and Chikkaballapura districts, offering a wide range of academic programs in arts, science, commerce, management, education, law, and professional courses. With a mission to provide accessible and quality higher education to students from rural and semi-urban areas, the university focuses on academic excellence, skill development, research innovation, and regional development through inclusive educational practices.
The university offers diverse undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programs including B.A., B.Sc., B.Com, BBA, BCA, BBM, B.Ed, B.P.Ed, B.Tech in Computer Science, Electronics & Communication, Information Science, Mechanical, Civil, LLB, BA-LLB, MBA, MCA, M.A. in Kannada, English, Economics, History, Political Science, Sociology, Geography, M.Sc. in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Botany, Zoology, Environmental Science, M.Com, M.Tech, M.Ed, M.P.Ed, LLM, M.Phil, and Ph.D. programs across various disciplines. The growing campus at Kolar features developing infrastructure including modern classrooms with teaching aids, laboratories for science, engineering, and computer applications, a central library with 30,000+ books and digital resources, computer centers with internet facilities, seminar halls, administrative buildings, separate hostel accommodations for boys and girls with mess facilities, sports grounds for cricket, football, athletics, basketball, volleyball, badminton courts, indoor games.