It is named after Kunwar Singh, the well-known national hero and a distinguished freedom fighter of 1857.

by virtue of being constituent/affiliated colleges of the erstwhile Magadh University in Gaya, Bihar.

It is in the list of university under the Department of Higher Education, Government of India with code-U-0077 and under Institution's Innovation Council with ID-IC202431006.

It is in the list of recognized university under National Council for Teacher Education with Code No-APE00529 for B.Ed course.

The university conducts teaching and learning in areas such as physics, chemistry, botany, zoology, mathematics, computer science, commerce, history, economics, management, law, sociology, geography, etc.