Hindu University of America (HUA)[1][2] is an unaccredited U.S. higher education institution based in Orlando, Florida.
"[4]: 11 In 2002, the university was described by India Abroad as having been "up-and-running since 1993, teaching students in Hindu philosophy at a graduate level by correspondence,"[5] with their course work "reviewed and accepted by Florida's State Board of Independent Colleges.
[7] At that time, the university was housed on a 10-acre site, with a neighbor in 2002 having donated an adjoining 2.5 acres, had a full- and part-time student body of 15 students in Orlando and "more than 45 others throughout the United States and India", with the university offering "both credit and non-credit courses, as well as online courses".
[7] In 2007, the Hindu University of America was reported as having "about 120 students across the world",[8] an "emphasis on distance education,"[8] and offering degrees that included yoga, meditation, ayurveda, vedic philosophy, and music.
At a meeting in 2003, the board members decided to start a course to train priests to run Hindu temples in the United States.