The territorial jurisdiction of the University extends to eight districts viz Bhopal, Sehore, Vidisha, Raisen, Hoshangabad, Harda, Betul and Rairagarh. It also has extension centre at Betul and Biowara. There is one Engineering College, two College of Education, a Technical Teachers Training Institute, three Medical Colleges, College of indology and Museology an English language Teachers Training institute, Colleges affiliated to this University.
University covers almost full spectrum of higher education offering courses in this affiliated colleges and the University Teaching Departments in the faculties of Arts, Science, Social Science, Life Science, Home Science, Medicine, Commerce, Management, Law, Engineering, Education, Physical Education and Technical Education, The Chakravorty Rajgopalachari Institute of Management (CRIM) provides courses in different disciplines of Management.
The major emphasis of the University teaching departments is on interdisciplinary teaching and research. These teaching departments follow the annual semester system of teaching and examination, and make provision for such postgraduate courses, which are by and large, not provided a grant to establish a Women's Studies Centre in the Department of Sociology and have provided Special Assistance to departments of Microbiology and Physics under the SAP and COSIST.
