Its main campus is located in Raja Rammohanpur, Siliguri, Darjeeling district, in the Indian state of West Bengal.

North Bengal University offers degrees in undergraduate, post-graduate, doctoral and post-doctoral programmes.

It initially served the predominantly rural areas in the six North Bengal districts of Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Malda, Uttar Dinajpur and Dakshin Dinajpur, and the neighbouring state of Sikkim.

The University of North Bengal presently has jurisdiction over the districts of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Alipurduar and Jalpaiguri.

The main campus is spread over an area of 330 acres (1.3 km2) and lies between Siliguri and Bagdogra Airport in the Terai region of Darjeeling district.

The museum is now a repository for sculpture, coins, paintings and manuscripts among other things related to the history of North Bengal.