To provide the students with knowledge, skills, values and sensitivity necessary for successful citizenship.
Utkal University, Bhubaneswar was established in 1943, n 1956, the second phase of its expansion began with the opening of the Post-Graduate Department of Geology in Ravenshaw College Campus and an Engineering College at Burla, Sambalpur. University has now jurisdiction over 9 districts, namely Angul, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Khurda, Nayagarh and Puri. Thus, the University exercises territorial jurisdiction over an area measuring 24,973 sq. kilometers and caters to the for higher education needs of a population of more than 110 lakh.
1. At present, the University has twenty-seven post-graduate teaching and research departments in the campus. 2. The University has also offered 15 sponsored courses, and three UGC sponsored innovative programmes besides three constituent institutions : University Law College at Vani Vihar and M.S. Law College at Cuttack.