BINOD BIHARI MAHTO KOYALANCHAL UNIVERSITY

Binod Bihari Mahto Koyalanchal University is a state university situated in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India. It came into existence through a Jharkhand Government notification dated 23 March 2017, published as Gazette notification No. 216 on 11 April 2017. The foundation stone of the university campus was laid on 13 November 2017 by the Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Raghubar Das, and the university is recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi. The university oversees colleges across Dhanbad and Bokaro districts, including 13 constituent and 23 affiliated colleges, along with institutions offering B.Ed., law, nursing, medical, and pharmacy programs. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses through 28 postgraduate departments, covering subjects such as management, education, mass communication, art & culture, law, foreign languages, life science, computer science, environmental science, and disaster management. As of 2021, the university had 10 constituent colleges, 20 affiliated colleges, and 26 B.Ed. colleges spread across the Bokaro and Dhanbad districts of Jharkhand.