Osmania University is in Hyderabad, Telangana. The About University section of its website gives 1917 as its founding year, although another passage on the same page says it came into existence in 1919. The university reports 12 campuses on 2,275 hectares and says it has been re-accredited by NAAC with an A+ grade.
Its constituent colleges include Nizam College and the PG College of Law at Basheerbagh, the University College of Science at Saifabad and the University PG College at Secunderabad, alongside eight campus colleges, five district PG colleges and more than 720 affiliated colleges. Its NIRF 2025 data reports 6,894 students in campus UG and PG programmes in 2023-24, plus 1,986 PhD scholars. Prof. Kumar Molugaram became its 26th Vice-Chancellor on 19 October 2024.