Bharati Vidyapeeth, the parent organization of this University is one of the largest educational organizations in the country. It has 180 educational units under its umbrella including 80 Colleges and Institutes of conventional and professional disciplines.. The Department of Human Resource Development, Government of India on the recommendations of the University Grants Commission accorded the status of “Deemed to be University” initially to a cluster of 12 units of Bharati Vidyapeeth. Subsequently, 17 additional colleges / institutes were brought within the ambit of Bharati Vidyapeeth wide various notifications of the Government of India. Bharati Vidyapeeth commenced its functioning on 26th April, 1996.

Constituent Units of Bharati Vidyapeeth

1. BVDU Medical College, Pune.
2. BVDU Dental College & Hospital, Pune
3. BVDU College of Ayurved, Pune
4. BVDU Homoeopathic Medical College, Pune
5. BVDU College of Nursing, Pune
6. BVDU Yashwantrao Mohite College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Pune.
7. BVDU New Law College, Pune
8. BVDU Social Sciences Centre (M.S.W.), Pune
9. BVDU Yashwantrao Chavan Institute of Social Science Studies & Research, Pune.
10. BVDU Centre for Research & Development in Pharmaceutical Sciences &

Applied Chemistry, Pune

11. BVDU College of Physical Education, Pune.
12. BVDU Institute of Environment Education & Research, Pune
13. BVDU Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship Development, Pune
14. BVDU Poona College of Pharmacy, Pune
15. BVDU College of Engineering, Pune
16. BVDU Interactive Research School in Health Affairs (IRSHA), Pune
17. BVDU Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Information Technology & Biotechnology, Pune
18. BVDU College of Architecture, Pune
19. BVDU Abhijit Kadam Institute of Management & Social Sciences, Solapur
20. BVDU Institute of Management, Kolhapur
21. BVDU Institute of Management & Rural Development administration, Sangli
22. BVDU Institute of Management & Research, New Delhi
23. BVDU Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology, Pune
24. BVDU Yashwantrao Mohite Institute of Management, Malakapur- Karad
25. BVDU Medical College & Hospital, Sangli
26. BVDU Dental College & Hospital, Mumbai
27. BVDU Dental College & Hospital, Sangli
28. BVDU College of Nursing, Sangli
29. BVDU College of Nursing, Navi Mumbai

The status of University was given to a cluster of these colleges and institutes in appreciation of the high level of their academic excellence and for their potential for further growth. During the last 25 years or so, the University has achieved higher pinnacle of academic excellence and has established its reputation to such an extent that it attracts students not only from various parts of India but also from abroad. According to a survey conducted by Association of Indian Universities, this University is one among the top ten Universities in the country preferred by the overseas students for admissions. At present, there are more than 602 overseas students from 45 countries on the rolls of constituent units of this University. During the last 25 years, there has been tremendous academic expansion of the University. It now conducts in all 290 courses in its constituent units, of them 107 are Post Graduate, 40 are Under Graduate and 37 Diploma level and 14 are PG Diploma level courses. 11 Fellowship and 5 certificate courses. All the professional courses which the University conducts such as those of Medicine, Dentistry, Engineering etc., have approval of the respective statutory councils, viz., Medical Council of India, Dental Council of India, All India Council for Technical Education etc. The University is a throbbing centre of research activities and has launched Ph.D. programmes in 79 subjects and M.Phil in 2 subjects. It has also introduced quite few innovative academic programmes such as Masters in Clinical Optometry, M.Tech. in Nano Technology etc. The University’s performance and achievements were assessed by the “National Assessment and Accreditation Council” and it was Accredited with a prestigious “A+” Grade in 2017. Some programmes of the constituent units such as Poona College of Pharmacy, College of Engineering at Pune & the Institute of Management and Research, at New Delhi, have also been accredited by “National Board of Accreditation”. Three constituent units of Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) are also the recipients of ISO 9001-2001 certifications. In the assessment under National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), by Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India, the university is ranked 66th at National level among universities. Also its constituents units-i.e. Poona College of Pharmacy, Pune is figured at 11th place, College of Engineering, Pune at 83th place, Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship Development, Pune at 50th place and Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Information Technology and Biotechnology at 62th place at the national level.

This University:-

• Is one of the largest in the country established u/s. 3 of the UGC Act, 1956;
• Is a multi-faculty University offering a variety of courses in 12 faculties namely Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Commerce; Faculty of Science; Faculty of Law; Faculty of Medical Sciences; Faculty of Dentistry; Faculty of Ayurveda; Faculty of Homoeopathy; Faculty of Nursing; Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Faculty of Management Studies; Faculty of Engineering & Technology and Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies is accredited and reaccredited by the NAAC with prestigious ‘A+’ grade.
• Is probably the only University of its kind in the country having three self-financing Research Institutes devoted exclusively to the researches respectively in Health Related Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Social Sciences.
• Has the distinction of getting recognition from the University Grants Commission u/s. 12 (B) of its act; is a University, which is academically and intellectually very productive. Its faculty members have a very laudable track record of research, publications and patents;
• Has created a special fund to provide research seed money to its faculty members;
• Has digitalized the libraries of its constituent units and which makes an extensive use of modern Information and Communication Technology in teaching, learning and research and also in administration;
• Publishes its own scientific Journal. Besides, two of its Management Education Institutes publish their own academic journals which have gained recognition in the core academic circles;
• Has established linkages with more than 50 national and international reputed academic institutions, such as North Carolina A & T University (USA), University of Cologne, (Germany), Liverpool Law School, (UK), Kingston University (UK), Pioneer Research Centre for Nano-grid Materials, Pusan National University, Busan (South Korea), Deakin University (Australia), Selford University (Australia), Oxford Brookes University (UK) and several others;
• Has several colleges of health related sciences such as Medicine, Dentistry, Ayurved, Homoeopathy, Nursing, Audiology & Speech Language Pathology, Optometry in one campus (Pune). This has facilitated introduction of interdisciplinary courses and research.
• IRSHA, its health related Sciences Research Institute has done a good path breaking research work on Omega 3 Fatty Acids and has taken a lead in encouraging farmers to cultivated flax seeds which are major source of Omega 3 Fatty Acids.
• Its Institute of Environment Studies & Research Education has adopted several primary schools, wherein it implements its programmes of creating environmental consciousness among the students. Its work has received national level applaud.
• Is a throbbing centre of academic activities and has organized several national and international level seminars, conferences, workshops, etc.
• Runs a School of Performing Arts, wherein graduate and postgraduate programmes in various Performing Arts including dance, music etc., are conducted in the traditional Gurukul system.