Davangere University is one of the youngest State Universities located in central Karnataka. It comes under Davangere and Chitradurga jurisdiction and is headquartered at Davangere. Earlier, Davangere was part of Chitradurga District and got declared as district headquarters on 15th August 1997 and is emerging as an important educational centre besides being a well-known commercial and industrial town in Karnataka. Davangere University prior to its establishment functioned as a Post-Graduate (PG) Centre of the University of Mysore from 1979 to 1987 and later, with the establishment of Kuvempu University in 1987, functioned as its P.G. Centre up to 2009.

Davangere University was established on 18th August to meet the educational aspirations of the people of this region. The university has 124 Colleges affiliated to it in total, with one Constituent College and one Autonomous College, offering Graduate and PG programs in various disciplines catering educational needs of more than 60,000 students. The lush green campus is 72.14 acres consisting of an admin block, Buildings for Bio-science, New Science, MBA, Humanities ; Knowledge Plaza, open-air theatre, guest house, 6 hostels and two canteens. It has a playground, indoor stadium, Gym, Health Centre, Post office, SBI bank and ATM, NSS Unit, well equipped Computer labs and language lab, seminar halls. As the University firmly believes in the importance of research, conscious steps have been taken to set research centres like University Scientific Instrumentation Centre, Food Processing Centre, Centre for Device Development and IPR cell.

Davangere University’s PG Centre Janangangotri was established in the year 2010 located at Guddada Rangavana (G.R.) Halli (81.2 acres) on Solapur National Highway, with the specific purpose of enhancing the access to Higher Education for the students from rural, remote, and backward areas of this region. SC, ST, OBC & other Minorities and girl students of this region who exceed 60%.

The University College of Visual Arts, a Constituent College of the University offers Foundation Course for two years, Bachelors’ programme for three years and Masters’ Degree Programmes for 2 years with specialization in Applied Art, Painting and Sculpture. From the academic year 2012-2013, the college has switched over to annual scheme from semester due the nature of the programme and to be on par with UGC pattern for Art Colleges. The syllabus has been thoroughly restructured and revised and was implemented from the year 2012-2013.

The University endeavours to see that the students develop a holistic, humane and sustainable development oriented approach towards life and living. The focus of the university is to have an inclusive approach towards enhancing the access, equity and quality in higher education. Besides this, the core approach is to work towards generation, integration, dissemination, and absorption of relevant up-to-date knowledge, and thus create competitive youth force to meet the regional, national and global needs and challenges. The university has a distinctive academic profile, integrating commitment and excellence in higher education to fulfil the needs of the contemporary society and social ethos of the region. High calibre faculty with their dedication and support are working with dogged determination to realise the goals and aspirations of the university.