Cluster University Srinagar

Cluster University of Srinagar (C-U, CUS) is a collegiate state university situated in Wazir Bagh, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It was established under the Srinagar and Jammu Cluster Universities Act, 2016, alongside the Cluster University of Jammu, as part of the centrally sponsored Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) scheme, aimed at creating new universities by upgrading and converting existing colleges into a cluster. The university comprises five constituent colleges: Amar Singh College, Sri Pratap College, Government College for Women (M.A. Road, Srinagar), Abdul Ahad Azad College (Bemina), and The Institute of Advanced Studies in Education, Srinagar. Academically, it offers a range of undergraduate, postgraduate, and integrated programs across arts, science, commerce, and professional fields, including 5-year integrated courses in Political Science, BBA+MBA, and History, as well as 3-year degree programs such as BA, BSc, BCom, and BCA, and postgraduate options like MA, MSc, and MCA. These programs are organized under schools of Social Sciences, Humanities & Liberal Arts, Sciences, Engineering & Technology, and Education. The university's five campuses collectively span 108 acres (44 hectares), with infrastructure development funded through RUSA.