Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (CSJMU), formerly Kanpur University, is a public state collegiate university located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is administered under the state legislature of the government of Uttar Pradesh.
The administration is the Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor and members of the executive council, the court and the academic council of the university.
The Kulpati (Vice-Chancellor) is a whole-time salaried officer of the university and is appointed by the chancellor from amongst the names submitted to him by a committee constituted in accordance with the provisions above U.P. Universities Act 1973.
In 2024, National Institutional Ranking Framework ranked Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University among the top 101-125 pharmacy colleges/universities in India.
The CSJMU is an affiliating university for all non-engineering, non-medical (including pharmacy), non-MBA degree, non-MCA degree offering colleges of Auraiya district, Etawah district, Farrukhabad district, Kannauj district, Kanpur Dehat district, Kanpur Nagar district and Unnao district from the year of 2020. Notable affiliated colleges include DAV College, Kanpur, Vikramajit Singh Sanatan Dharma College, Christ Church College, Kanpur, Pandit Prithi Nath College, and Chaudhary Charan Singh Post Graduate College.
Brahmanand College Kanpur (B N D College) is an affiliated college of the university in Kanpur. It is located on Mall Road near Mare Company pul (originally called Muir Mill Company Bridge) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh in India. It is a government aided college and affiliated to Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University. BND College was established in the year 1961 by Kanyakubja Education Trust. Initially, it was known as 'Kanyakubja College' which was later renamed as Brahmanad College in the memory of its founder Pt. Brahmanand Mishra in the year 1968. Starting with just 49 Students, today the college is providing education to more than 4000 students. Its president is Onkar Nath Awasthi.
It's faculties include Science, Law and Commerce.
The list of formerly affiliated notable college who now have university status or now affiliated with another university-
The university has several departments, including:
The University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET), also known as the School of Engineering and Technology, is an engineering and technology institute in Kanpur. Founded in 1996 (formerly known as the Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kanpur), it is now a constituent department of CSJMU.