University of Jammu

The University of Jammu is a state university at Baba Saheb Ambedkar Road in Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. It came into existence in 1969 under the Kashmir and Jammu Universities Act 1969, following the bifurcation of the erstwhile University of Jammu and Kashmir. The campus is cradled at the foothills of the Trikuta range beside the river Tawi at an altitude of 1030 ft. The university provides instruction in such branches of learning as it deems fit and makes provision for research and the advancement and dissemination of knowledge.