The University of Kashmir is based at Hazratbal in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, where its main campus covers 247 acres. Its website says it began in 1948 as the University of Jammu and Kashmir, which was split into the University of Kashmir and the University of Jammu in 1969; its 2025 profile gives 1969 as the year of establishment.
According to the University of Kashmir Profile 2025, it has moved from faculties to a school system with 14 schools, and has 79 teaching departments, 13 research centres or institutes and 209 affiliated colleges. The profile names satellite campuses at Baramulla, Anantnag, Kupwara and Zakura; the home page also lists campuses including Kargil and Leh. NAAC graded the university A+ in its third cycle with a CGPA of 3.31.