Telangana University was established through Act Number 28 of the State Government in the year 2006. The University was established with an objective to make the higher education accessible to the educationally backward District of Nizamabad in Telangana. Telangana University has been the prestigious NAAC " B " Grade with the good score of 2.61 in the first cycle assessment carried out in December 2015.The University was initially launched with Six courses and it was opened in the PG building of the Govt. Giriraj College at Dubba area in Nizamabad town. The University was shifted on January 30th 2009 to the sprawling 577 acre campus at Dichpally abutting the National Highway 44 on the Hyderabad - Nagpur highway.Telangana University's biggest advantage is its name itself. This is the University which has got the States name as its name. The unique name gives it immediate recognition across the country. The Telangana University name itself offers it a huge advantage in the newly formed Telangana State, where the creation of Bangaru Telangana is the prime inatiative.It is the third largest University next only to Osmania University (Hyderabad) and Kakatiya University (Warangal) in Telangana State. It is clearly a front runner among all other newly formed universities like Satavahana University (Karimnagar), Mahatma Gandhi University (Nalgonda) and Palamuru University (Mahaboobnagar).