The university was established by an Act of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly on 31 October 2005.

It also offers Phd Degrees but on a full-time basis as directed by UGC.

The University has signed Memorandum of Understanding, or MoUs with Abhinav Knowledge Services, Tata Motors, Hiltron Calc, University18, IETS, IKC India and various others.

[citation needed] Hello Haldwani is the Hindi language community radio station of the Uttarakhand Open University,[8] accompanied by its website, which serves as an information portal and provides online access to radio broadcasts.

[9] The radio service is broadcast from Uttarakhand open university[10] in Haldwani.