The university was established in 2020 under the Soban Singh Jeena University Act, 2019 (Uttrakhand Act No.

19 of 2020),[2] which was approved by the cabinet of Uttarakhand in October 2019.

[3] The university started operation in August 2020[4] when Prof. Narendra Singh Bhandari, the founder Vice-Chancellor of the university, assumed his position.

[5] The university has three campuses affiliated to it :- Both the Pithoragarh and Bageshwar campuses were established in 2020 with the separation of SSJ University from Kumaun University and the Champawat campus was established in 2022.

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