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{{Short description|Public university in Agra, Uttar Pradesh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox university
| name = Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = <nowiki>[List of ISO 639-2 codes|ISO 639-2 code]]</nowiki>
| image_name = Dr B. R. Ambedkar University Logo.png
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Seal of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University
| other_name =
| former_name = Agra University
| motto = {{lang|sa-latn|Tamaso mā jyotir gamaya}}
| mottoeng = Lead us from darkness to light
| established = {{Start date and age|df=yes|paren=yes|1927}}
| chancellor = [[Governor of Uttar Pradesh]]
| vice_chancellor = Ashu Rani
| city = [[Agra]]
| state = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{coord|27.1991|78.0155|type:edu_region:IN-UP|display=it}}
| type =
| campus = [[Urban areas|Urban]]
| colors = {{color box|Blue}} Blue
{{color box|white}} white
| accreditation =
| affiliations =
| website = {{URL|http://dbrau.ac.in//}}
}}
'''Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University''', formerly '''Agra University''', is an Autonomous University located in [[Agra]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. The university, formerly named as Agra University, was later named after [[Bhimrao Ambedkar]].

==Affiliated colleges==
The University's jurisdiction extends over the four districts of the Agra Division, namely [[Agra]], [[Mainpuri]], [[Firozabad]], and [[Mathura]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=Admission Policy |url=https://dbrau.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Admission-Policy.pdf}}</ref>

==Institute of Engineering and Technology==
The Institute of Engineering and Technology Khandari, Agra (I.E.T. Khandari, Agra), situated at the Khandari campus in the city of Agra, was established in 1998 and is the engineering institute of the university.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.dbrau.ac.in/Department_of_Institute_of_Engineering_&_Technology.html |title= Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University |work= dbrau.ac.in |access-date= 22 September 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111017005756/http://dbrau.ac.in/Department_of_Institute_of_Engineering_%26_Technology.html |archive-date= 17 October 2011 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

==Institute of Social Sciences==
The [[Institute of Social Sciences, Agra|Institute of Social Sciences (ISS), Agra]] is situated at Paliwal campus in university premises.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.dbrau.ac.in/departments.html# |title= Dr B. R. Ambedkar University |work= dbrau.ac.in |access-date= 22 September 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110930002027/http://dbrau.ac.in/departments.html |archive-date= 30 September 2011 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

==Notable alumni==
{{Main|:Category:Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University alumni}}
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*[[Charan Singh]], former [[Prime Minister of India]]
*[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]], former [[Prime Minister of India]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/Atal-Bihari-Vajpayees-education-record-missing-at-Kanpur-college/articleshow/50376130.cms |title=Vajpayee did his MA in Political Science from DAV College in 1947. The DAV College was then under the Agra University. |access-date=Dec 30, 2015}}</ref>
*[[Mulayam Singh Yadav]], former [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]]
*[[Kalyan Singh]], former [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[Santosh Gangwar]], 12th [[Governor of Jharkhand]] and former [[Committee on Public Undertakings|Chairperson of Committee on public undertakings]]{{citation needed|reason=attendance|date=September 2021}}
*[[Khurshed Alam Khan]], former [[Governor of Karnataka|Karnataka]] and [[Governor of Goa|Goa]]
*[[Dronamraju Krishna Rao]], geneticist{{citation needed|reason=lacks a reliable source confirming attendance|date=February 2020}}
*[[Ganesh Prasad Pandey]], organic chemist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate<ref name="Indian fellow- Ganesh Prasad Pandey">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=N99-1254 |title=Indian fellow-Ganesh Prasad Pandey |date=2016 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |access-date=22 October 2017 |archive-date=6 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306052149/https://www.insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=N99-1254 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Hirdaya Behari Mathur]], physical chemist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate<ref name="Hirdaya Behari Mathur">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fvs4AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA5-PA54 |title=Register - University of California |publisher=University of California Press |year=1955 |pages=5–}}</ref>
*[[H. N. Kunzru]], Freedom Fighter, First National Commissioner of [[Bharat Scouts and Guides]] & first President of the [[Children's Film Society]].<ref>^ a b c Sharga, Dr. B.N. (2008). Dr. Hriday Nath Kunzuru: A Great Patriot and Selfless Worker in S. Bhatt, J.N. Kaul, B.B. Dhar and Arun Shalia (ed.) Kashmiri Scholars Contribution to Knowledge and World Peace, Delhi:A.P.H. Publishing, {{ISBN|978-81-313-0402-0}}, pp.39-53</ref>
*[[Javed Agrewala]], molecular biologist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate<ref name="215. Javed N Agrewala">{{Cite web |url=http://indianmuslimlegends.blogspot.ae/2011/08/215-javed-n-agrewala.html |title=215. Javed N Agrewala |date=2017 |publisher=Indian Muslim Legends |access-date=22 October 2017}}</ref>
*[[M. V. George]], photochemist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate<ref name="Indian fellow - Manapurathu Verghese George">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=N75-0259 |title=Indian fellow- Manapurathu Verghese George |date=2016 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |access-date=22 October 2017 |archive-date=15 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115070711/http://insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=N75-0259 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Om Dutt Gulati]], pharmacologist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] and [[Dr. B. C. Roy Award|B. C. Roy]] laureate<ref name="In memory of a Legend: Dr. Om Datt Gulati">{{Cite journal |last=Sagun V. Desai |title=In memory of a Legend: Dr. Om Datt Gulati |journal=Indian J. Pharmacol. |publication-date=2012 |volume=44 |issue=2 |page=282 |pmc=3326935}}</ref>
*[[Shyam Sunder Kapoor]], nuclear physicist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate<ref name="Indian fellow-Shyam Sunder Kapoor">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail/N84-0359 |title=Indian fellow-Shyam Sunder Kapoor |date=2017 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |access-date=22 October 2017 |archive-date=13 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113080159/http://www.insaindia.res.in/detail/N84-0359 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Virendra Singh (physicist)|Virendra Singh]], theoretical physicist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate<ref name="Biography-Virendra Singh">{{Cite web |url=http://theory.tifr.res.in/~vsingh/CV.pdf |title=Biography-Virendra Singh |date=2017 |publisher=Tata Institute of Fundamental Research |access-date=22 October 2017}}</ref>
*[[Y. D. Sharma (professor)|Y. D. Sharma]], molecular biologist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate<ref>{{cite web|title=INSA :: Indian Fellow Detail - Professor YD Sharma|url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail/P10-1423|website=insaindia.res.in|access-date=21 October 2017|archive-date=22 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022033509/http://insaindia.res.in/detail/P10-1423|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Gopal Krishna (astronomer)|Gopal Krishna]], radio astronomer, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate<ref>{{cite web|title=INSA :: Indian Fellow Detail - Professor Gopal Krishna|url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail/P10-1513|website=insaindia.res.in|access-date=21 October 2017|archive-date=16 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016015204/http://insaindia.res.in/detail/P10-1513|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Rajendra Yadav]], pioneer of the Hindi literary movement
*[[Arun Govil]], television and film actor<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-04-03 |title=Ahead of contesting Meerut elections, Arun Govil in debt of Rs 14 lakh; A look at Ramayan actor's assets and qualifications |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/ahead-of-contesting-meerut-elections-arun-govil-in-debt-of-rs-14-lakh-a-look-at-ramayan-actors-assets-and-qualifications/articleshow/108999349.cms |access-date=2024-04-06 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
*[[Aziz Qureshi]], former governor
*[[Shafiqur Rahman Barq]], MP (Uttar pradesh)
* [[Awadhesh Prasad]], MP, former Cabinet minister of Uttar pradesh
*[[Ramakant Yadav (neurologist)|Ramakant Yadav]], ex-VC of [[Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences]]
*[[Dev Swarup]], ex-VC of [[Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Law University]]{{citation needed|reason=attendance|date=September 2020}}
*[[Ram Gopal Yadav]], MP (Rajya Sabha)
*[[Dhatri Saran Mathur]], I.C.S and Chief Justice of [[Allahabad High Court]]
*[[Devendra Singh Yadav]], former MP
*[[Ajit Doval]], 5th [[National Security Advisor of India]], with the precedence of a Cabinet Minister
*[[Raj Babbar]], Indian film actor and politician{{citation needed|reason=attendance|date=November 2021}}
*[[Ibn-e-Safi]], Urdu-language novelist, author of [[Jasoosi Dunya|Jasoosi Duniya]] series.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Alam|first=Mahtab|date=2021-07-26|title=Ibn-e-Safi Was Not Born on July 26. So Why Do We Think He Was?|url=https://thewire.in/books/ibn-e-safi-july-26-birthday-urdu-detective-writer|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927205610/https://thewire.in/books/ibn-e-safi-july-26-birthday-urdu-detective-writer|archive-date=2021-09-27|access-date=2021-11-19|website=The Wire}}</ref>
*[[Narinder Singh Kapany]], Physicist known as 'Father of Fibre Optics', and [[Padma Vibhushan]] awardee<ref>{{cite web |title=Nobel question mark |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/nobel-question-mark-58572-2009-10-15 |website=India Today |access-date=2021-12-16 |date=2009-10-15}}</ref>
*[[Rekha Dikshit]], former judge of [[Allahabad High Court]]
*[[Ashok Jain (biotechnologist)|Ashok Jain]], Professor at Albany State University
*[[Shyam Sundar Shyam]]- former member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
*[[Tabish Mehdi]], Indian poet and writer
*[[Tejpal Singh]] - former MLA
*[[Desh Pal S. Verma]] - biologist
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*[[O. K. Harsh]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shodhganga@INFLIBNET: Browsing Shodhganga |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/browse?type=author&order=ASC&rpp=20&value=Harsh,+O+K |access-date=2025-10-25 |website=shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=England |first=University of New |title=Alumnus learnt value of knowledge at UNE |url=https://www.une.edu.au/about-une/news-and-events/news/2018/11/distinguished-alumni-learnt-the-power-and-value-of-knowledge-at-une |access-date=2025-10-25 |website=www.une.edu.au |language=en-AU}}</ref> International Academic & Research Advisor of Brit College, BCET,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brit College of Engineering & Technology (BCET) - Teachers |url=https://bcet.uk/teachers |access-date=2025-10-25 |website=Brit College of Engineering & Technology (BCET) - Teachers |language=en}}</ref> London. Ex Pro-Chancellor (addl) & Ex Vice-Chancellor of [[Glocal University]], and Ex Vice-Chancellor of [[Tantia University]].

==References==
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==External links==
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== External links ==

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