GITAM (Deemed to be University)
Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM) came into existence in 1980. It has two off campuses one at Hyderabad which was established in 2008 and other at Bengaluru established in 2012. On 13 th August, 2007, GITAM was declared as a Deemed to be University u/s 3 of the UGC Act, 1956 through a notification issued by MHRD. It is a matter of great pride that GITAM was accredited with A+ grade by NAAC in the second cycle of accreditation valid for a period of five years from 2017. The University Grants Commission has accorded 12(B) status to the University facilitating research funding. GITAM has all the major disciplines – Technology, Management, International Business, Pharmacy, Science, Architecture, Humanities and Social Sciences, Law, Medicine, Nursing and Gandhian Studies, in addition to the Centre for Distance Learning.

Bengaluru School of Management Studies
Bengaluru School of Management Studies (BSMS), GITAM (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru Campus, strives to build itself as an institution of quality management education, research, executive training development and consultancy and a rich intellectual capital base, state of the art infrastructure, technology-savvy campus along with commitment to excellence. The emphasis has been to prepare business leaders for the society and develop sound academia - industry collaboration. The institute is running Management programs at both MBA at PG and BBA at UG levels. The institute is also conducting M.Phil and Ph.d both full time and part time research programs.