It covers 5.5 square kilometres (2.1 sq mi) and is situated in Nauni on the Solan-Rajgarh Road.

Dr. S. S. Jain, Mycologist & Plant Pathologist was the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) appointed by the HP State Government Department of Agriculture to set it up.

Finally, on 1 December 1985 it was upgraded to a State University and named after Yashwant Singh Parmar, the first Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.

[2] It offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral courses in horticulture, forestry and allied disciplines.

The department of management is under the college of horticulture providing degree in three basic courses: Marketing, Finance, and Human Resources with agribusiness.