Established in 2018, Patliputra University (PPU) is a collegiate public state university located in Patna, Bihar. The University has over 25 constituent colleges, two government girls colleges, three minority colleges and 38 affiliated colleges. All the colleges of Patna and Nalanda districts, Bihar (India), fall under the jurisdiction of Patliputra University except those attached to Patna University. It is a UGC-recognised University. It offers undergraduate, postgraduate and vocational programmes in varied fields such as Humanities and Social Science, Science, Teaching and Education, Accounting and Commerce, IT and Software, Business and Management Studies, Arts (Fine / Visual / Performing), Engineering, etc. It has an Online Teaching Learning Cell.