The university offers both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in various streams and have 13 constituent colleges and 15 affiliated colleges across six districts of Jharkhand.

Sido Kanhu Murmu University was founded as Siddhu Kanhu University on 10 January 1992 by an Act of Bihar Legislative Assembly.

[4] It was granted recognition under Section 12 (B) of the UGC Act, 1956[5] in May 2006.

The university have its jurisdiction extends over six districts – Deoghar, Dumka, Godda, Jamtara, Pakur and Sahibganj.

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