New Delhi: The Centre has established the Tribhuvan Sahkari University (TSU) through an Act of Parliament passed during the Budget Session of 2025, Union Home Minister Amit Shah informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

Initially, the university is offering four academic programmes — one continuing from the erstwhile Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) and three newly introduced courses. The total approved annual intake capacity across the university and its affiliated institutes is currently:

Diploma programme: 25 seats
Undergraduate programmes: 30 seats
Postgraduate programmes: 583 seats
Doctoral programmes: 10 seats

The university is expected to scale up significantly from its fourth year of operation, targeting an estimated 9,600 UG and PG seats, 16,000 diploma seats, 60 doctoral seats, and nearly 8 lakh certificate programme seats annually.

Though rooted in Gujarat, the university is planned to expand its footprint across India through the establishment of new schools and affiliated institutions.

To support its infrastructure development, the Centre has provided a one-time capital grant of ₹500 crore as a corpus fund. The university's financial model will be a mix of government funding, self-financing mechanisms, and other sources, Shah said.