Bagalkot University (BGKU) is a state public university established by the Government of Karnataka under the Karnataka State Universities (Amendment) Act 2022 (Act No. 2022 of 26, published in the Gazette Extraordinary on 10/10/2022). It is a university having jurisdiction over all general degree and colleges of education in Bagalkot district. The university is headquartered in Jamkhandi, Jamkhandi is an important place in North Karnataka with historical background. The university conducts postgraduate classes in various departments of its campus. The university is established as a fully digital and entrepreneurial (skill based) model university in an educationally backward area and emphasizes on the concept of “learning with work”.