Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University is a state public university located in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is an affiliating university serving colleges across several districts in the Awadh region of eastern Uttar Pradesh, and offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programmes across the faculties of arts, science, commerce, education, law, engineering, and management. The university is named after the socialist leader and political theorist Ram Manohar Lohia.
| Name | Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University |
|---|---|
| Type | State public university |
| Location | Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Region served | Awadh (Faizabad division and surrounding districts) |
| Named after | Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia |
| Country | India |
The university was established as an affiliating institution to coordinate higher education in the districts of the Awadh region, an area historically associated with the kingdom of Awadh and the city of Ayodhya. It was originally known as Avadh University and was later renamed in honour of Ram Manohar Lohia. Following the renaming of Faizabad district to Ayodhya in 2018, the university's location is officially recorded as Ayodhya.
The campus is situated on the outskirts of Ayodhya–Faizabad and houses departmental teaching, research centres, and administrative offices, while the bulk of student enrolment is through affiliated degree colleges spread across the region.
The university operates through faculties that typically include:
It conducts examinations and awards degrees for affiliated colleges, in addition to running on-campus institutes that offer professional and research programmes. Doctoral research is supervised through recognised departments and research centres.
As a state university, it functions under the higher education department of the Government of Uttar Pradesh. The Governor of Uttar Pradesh serves as the Chancellor in the customary manner for state universities, while academic and administrative leadership is exercised by the Vice-Chancellor along with statutory bodies such as the Executive Council and Academic Council.
The university plays a central role in higher education access for students in the Awadh region, particularly in districts where degree colleges depend on its affiliation for syllabi, examinations, and degree awards. Its location in Ayodhya links it culturally to one of the most historically and religiously significant cities in northern India.