Udampur is a municipal council and a city located in the district of Udhampur in the state of Jammu & Kashmir. The city acts as the Northern Command headquarters of the Indian Army and it also serves as the capital of the district of Udhampur. When traveling by road, the Armed Forces use this city as a transit point between the cities of Jammu and Srinagar.

The literacy rate of the district of Udhampur is 41.2% of women and 67.07% of men. The city is acting as a home for a number of private colleges and a few government-run colleges as well and the list of Government colleges operating in the city of Udhampur in Jammu & Kashmir is given below:

Arts & Science Colleges:

• Government Degree College for Women, Udhampur

• Government Degree College (Boys), Udhampur

Some of the details regarding these government-run colleges offering the best quality education in the city of Udhampur, which is located in Udhampur District in the state of Jammu & Kashmir is given below:

Government Degree College for Women, Udhampur:

Government Degree College for Women, Udhampur is affiliated to the University of Jammu and it is an arts and science college awarded with B grade status by the National Assessment & Accreditation Council. This college offers Bachelor’s degree course in Arts, science and commerce streams of education.

Government Degree College (Boys), Udhampur:

Government Degree College for Boys located in the city of Udhampur came into existence in the year 1961 and this college is also affiliated to the University of Jammu. The list of courses offered by the Government Boys Degree College is given below:

• Bachelor of Science

• Bachelor of Arts

• Vocational course in Sericulture

• Bachelor of Computer Applications

• Bachelor of Business Administration

• Post Graduation Course in

o English

o Hindi

• Certificate course in

o Secretarial practice

o Entrepreneurship

o Insurance

For seeking admission to these courses, candidates must have completed their higher secondary examination from the Jammu & Kashmir Board of higher education or any other equivalent examination from a recognized board of education.

Even though government-run colleges in the city of Udhampur offer education only in arts, science and commerce streams, steps are being taken by the Government of Jammu & Kashmir to improve the educational scenario of the district of Udhampur by introducing more colleges in other faculties of education like medicine, engineering, etc…  The aforesaid two government-run college in the arts, science and commerce stream of education offer very good education thereby improving the educational standard of the students of the state.