Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Shekhawati University, formerly Shekhawati University, is a state university situated in the village Katrathal, in Sikar district, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Sikar, in Rajasthan, India.

The university caters the study needs of the students from the Shekhawati region.

The university was established in the year 2012 by Rajasthan Legislative Assembly by passing Shekhawati University, Sikar Act, 2012.

[2] The jurisdiction of university is Shekhawati region which comprises the Sikar, Jhunjhunu and Churu districts of Rajasthan.

[3] The university was allotted 61 acres (25 ha) of land near to the village Katrathal on state highway 8 to construct its campus.