[3] It is the largest university by a number of full-time students in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

But the university resolved to develop Naseem Bagh into a heritage site and, thereafter, many departments were shifted to other areas of the Hazratbal campus.

[3] The idea of extending postgraduate programmes to colleges and establishing new campuses at Ananthnag and Baramulla was conceived by the then Vice Chancellor Prof Raees Ahmad in 2002.

The South Campus established on 259 kanals of land at Fateh Garh, Anantnag was started in October 2008.

[10][11] There are 12 faculties, 47 academic departments, 21 centres, 36 colleges and six (privately managed) recognised institutes spread all over the state.

The department's student body, "Law Society," actively organises debates, seminars, and moot court competitions.

The faculty publishes a refereed research journal, Kashmir University Law Review (KULR).

It is still called as the business school but on papers the name has changed The courses offered by the department of Media Education Research Centre (MERC) are in mass communication and journalism.

In 2014 the university started its engineering college – Institute of Technology at the newly acquired Zakura Campus.

[14] The university provides residential facilities on a first-come-first-served basis to the teaching and non-teaching staff as well as to students.

The amount of scholarship paid to each selected scholar is Rs 10000/= per month for the period of maximum three years.

Since then, it has hosted various inter-university tournaments in various sports like water skiing, kayaking, canoeing, surfing, sailing, and dragon boating at zonal and national levels.

[26] The university has cricket, hockey, football, volleyball, handball, baseball, tennis, and basketball courts/fields and gyms within the main campus.