The jurisdiction of the university extends to the courses being run in the areas of science, technology, engineering, pharmacy and management.

Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, was established on 20 October 1995 by an Act of the Legislature of the State of Haryana.

A Medical College, on 30 acres at GJU campus at Hisar, under centrally-sponsored scheme was announced in June 2023.

The prominent features of the credit-based system are the process of continuous evaluation of a student's performance and flexibility to allow the students to progress at an optimum pace suited to individual ability and convenience, subject to fulfilling minimum requirement for continuation.

[5] There are 149 residential houses for employees.The university has the branch of Punjab National Bank with ATM, a post office and a police station.