Magadh University is a public state university and institution of higher education located in Bodhgaya, Bihar. It provides facilities for higher learning and research in the faculties of science, social sciences, humanities and commerce, and has 39 affiliated colleges, 19 constituent colleges and 22 departments.
It was initially established under the Magadh University Act of 1961.
Colleges Its jurisdiction extends over five districts: Arwal, Aurangabad, Gaya, Jehanabad, and Nawadah.Bihar State University Act, 1976, Act No. 23 of 1976, § 3(1), p. 5. Available at: https://prsindia.org/files/bills_acts/acts_states/bihar/1976/Act%20No.%2023%20of%201976%20Bihar.pdf. Constituent Colleges Gaya College, Gaya Anugrah Memorial Law college, Gaya Sachchidananda Sinha College, Aurangabad Gautam Buddha Mahila College, Gaya S.N. Sinha College, Jehanabad, Jehanabad RLSY College Aurangabad, Aurangabad A.N.S College, Nabinagar, Aurangabad Daudnagar College, Daudnagar, Aurangabad Fatehpur Sanda College, Fatehpur Sanda, Arwal Jagjiwan College, Gaya K.L.S. College, Nawada S.M.S.G. College, Sherghati, Gaya S.N.S. College, Tekari, Gaya S.N.S College, Warisaliganj, Nawada
Affiliated Colleges The university has affiliated colleges across several districts of Bihar.
B.N.S. College, Sobh, Barachatti, Gaya S.P.Y. College, Gaya M.S.Y. College, Gaya Mahabodhi College, Belaganj, Gaya Mahavir College, Gaya R. L. S. Y. College, Gaya S. D. College, Paraiya, Gaya S. M. College, Bodhgaya Wazirganj College, Wazirganj, Gaya B. B. M. College, Okri, Jehanabad Sri Krishna Mahila College, Jehanabad Anugrah Smarak College, Jehanabad Jehanabad College, Jehanabad R. L. S. Y. College, Jehanabad Fatehpur Sanda College, Arwal R.C.S. College, Kurtha, Arwal Shaheed Jagdev Smarak College, Kurtha Krishak College, Dewdha, Pakribarwan Mahila College, Warisaliganj, Nawada S. K. M. College, Nawada S.R.S. College, Nawada K.S.Y. College, Barun, Aurangabad Maharana Pratap College, Dev, Aurangabad Mahila College, Daudnagar, Aurangabad Thakur B. D. Sinha Jangta College, Goh Dr. Vijay Kumar Singh College, Rafiganj Mahila College, Tekari Laloo Mandal College, Gaya Maa Bageshwari College, Gaya Sanjay Singh Yadav College, Gaya Kamta Prasad Singh College, Gaya Kamta Prasad Sharma College, Hulasganj Ravi Kant Poonam College, Nawada Saptrishi College, Nawada Nadariganj College, Nadariganj Janta College, Labhari, Aurangabad Laldhari Memorial College, Gaya Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav College, Jehanabad Maa Kamla Chandrika Jee Vidyapeeth, Hulasganj, Jehanabad Jang Bahadur Singh Memorial College Ramrati Sundarshila College, Aurangabad Adhikari College, Silar, Aurangabad Prof. Vijay Shankar Rai Mahila College, Sherghati, Gaya Dr. Zakir Hussain Evening College, Sherghati, Gaya Sanjay Singh Yadav College, Rafiganj, Aurangabad C.S. Janta College, Chakand, Gaya Lila Mandal College of A.H. Education, Tankuppa, Gaya S.A. College, Nawada Guro Binda College, Nawada Sanjay Gandhi Mahila College, Bairagi, Gaya Lalan Prasad Yadav College Bhuneshwar Prasad Yadav College, Gaya Maa Kamla Chandrika Babu Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Jehanabad Gautam Buddha College, Belaganj, Gaya Rajdeo Ramchandra College, Banahi Fhesar, Aurangabad Dr. Ram Narayan Prasad College, Arwal Ramsharan Yadav College, Deokund, Aurangabad Suresh Radhika College, Maya Bigha, Kadirganj, Nawada Laxmi Narayan College, Tankuppa, Gaya S.M.P. College, Fatehpur, Gaya Kesho Mahto Memorial College, Pathra, Imamganj, Gaya Anugraha Narayan Sinha Memorial College, Aurangabad
Notable alumni Khan Sir, teacher Surendra Prasad Yadav, politician Pankaj Tripathi, actor Giriraj Singh politician Akhtarul Iman, politician Jitan Ram Manjhi, politician Mangal Pandey, politician Rajiv Pratap Rudy politician Prem Kumar, politician Satish Kumar Yadav, politician Binod Kumar Roy, politician Gopal Prasad, Indian-American mathematician Ram Kripal Yadav, politician Pankaj Kumar Singh, politician Khagen Murmu, politician
References
External links Magadh University, Bodhgaya, Bihar MU Information Gaya College, Gaya Daudnagar College, Daudnagar, Aurangabad S S College, Jehanabad