Barkatullah University

Barkatullah University is a state university in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. It was established in 1970 as Bhopal University and renamed Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya in 1988, after the freedom fighter Prof. Barkatullah of Bhopal. The campus of about 400 acres lies along Hoshangabad Road. The University Grants Commission lists it as a state university under Section 2(f) of the UGC Act and, in its list as on 27 July 2021, under Section 12(B), which makes it eligible for central assistance. NAAC accredited the university at A grade with a CGPA of 3.09 on a four-point scale, in a certificate dated 1 August 2025 that is valid up to 31 July 2030. Its territorial jurisdiction covers eight districts, namely Bhopal, Sehore, Vidisha, Raisen, Hoshangabad, Harda, Betul and Rajgarh, and colleges in these districts are affiliated to it.

Teaching on the Bhopal campus is organised in university teaching departments across the faculties of arts, science, social science, life science, commerce, management, law, education, physical education and pharmacy, together with the University Institute of Technology (UIT) and the C. R. Institute of Management. The programme list the university filed with NAAC in January 2025 has more than 120 entries, mostly postgraduate M.A. and M.Sc. courses, and includes B.E. in five branches, M.Tech, MCA, MBA, B.Pharm, M.Pharm, B.A. LL.B., B.Ed. and doctoral degrees. For 2026-27, admission to teaching-department courses runs through the e-Pravesh portal of the Madhya Pradesh Higher Education Department and the university's own MP Online portal, with course-wise seats published in the admission notice.