Savitribai Phule Pune University, formerly the University of Poona, is in Pune, Maharashtra. It was established on 10 February 1949 under the Poona University Act passed by the Bombay Legislature in 1948, with M. R. Jayakar as its first Vice-Chancellor. A campus of 411 acres was allocated to it in early 1949 on a 999-year lease.
According to the Vice-Chancellor’s message, the university works through 18 schools consisting of 58 departments and centres, and it also affiliates colleges. Its NIRF 2026 data submission reports 6,780 students in its own undergraduate, postgraduate and integrated programmes in 2024-25, plus 986 full-time PhD students; students of affiliated colleges are not included. Prof. (Dr.) Suresh Gosavi is Vice Chancellor.