Shivaji University was formed in the year 1962 and it was given the name in honor of the great emperor of Maratha Chhatrapati Shivaji. The university was flagged in the year 1962 on the 18th of November by the first president of India. The university was mainly established for the purpose of meeting the educational requirements of the people of south Maharashtra. The jurisdiction of the university is spread over three districts of Maharashtra namely Satara, Sangli and Kolhapur. The university was formed with the objectives of creating opportunities of higher education easily reachable to rural youth, conducting applied and fundamental research in the field of humanities and science so as to make sure that regional development and growth is achieved. The category-wise list of colleges and institutions affiliated to the university is given below:

Faculty of Arts, Commerce & Science Colleges:

Kolhapur District:

• Rajaram College

• Gopal Krishna Gokhale College

• Deshbhakta Ratnappa Kumbhar College of Commerce

• Karmveer Hire Arts, Commerce Science & Education College

• Rajarshi Chhatrapati Shahu College

• Devchand College

• Dattajirao Kadam Arts, Science & Commerce College

• Vivekanand College

• Yashwantrao Chavan Warana Mahavidyalaya

• Shivaraj College of Arts and Commerce & D.S. Kadam Science College

• Jaysingpur  College

• Mahavir Mahavidyalaya

• The New College

• Night College of Arts & Commerce

• Shri Shahaji Chhatrapati Mahavidyalaya

• Bhogawati Mahavidyalaya

• Ajara Mahavidyalaya

• Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Mahavidyalaya

• Shree ShivShahu Mahavidyalaya

• Shri Venkatesh Mahavidyalaya

• Night College of Arts & Commerce

• Yashwantrao Chavan College

• Kamala College

• Smt. Akkatai Ramgonda Patil Kanya Mahavidyalaya

• Dr. Ghali College

• D.R. Mane Arts and Commerce College

• Smt. Gangabai Khivraj Ghodawat Kanya Mahavidyalaya

• S.B. Khade Mahavidyalaya

• Shri. Sant Gadagebaba Mahavidyalaya

• Sahakarbhushan S. K. Patil Mahavidyalaya

• Yashwantrao Chavan Mahavidyalaya

• Raja Shivchhatrapati Arts and Commerce College

• D. D. Shinde Sarkar College

• Doodhsakhar Mahavidyalaya

• Sadashivrao Mandlik Mahavidyalaya

• Radhanagari Mahavidyalaya

• Arts, Commerce and Science College, Hupari

• Prof. Dr. N.D. Patil Mahavidayalaya

• Rajarshi Shahu Arts and Commerce College

• Jaywant Mahavidyalaya

• College of Non Conventional Courses for Women

• M.H. Shinde Arts and Commerce College

• Arts and Commerce College, Nesari

• Arts  College, Kowad

• R.B. Madkholkar College

• Arts,  Commerce  & Science College, Hupari

• Shripatrao Chougule Arts & Commerce College

• Shri Annasaheb Dange Arts, Commerce  & Science College

• Shri Vijaysinh Yadav Arts & Science College

• Arts College, Kale

• Kala Prabodhini’s, Institute of Design

• Deccan College of Interiar Design

• Dr. J.P. Naik Mahavidyalaya

• Arts, Commerce & Science Mahavidyalaya, Asurle-Porle

• Institute of Commerce

• Kolhapur Institute of Technology’s Institute of Management and Research

• V.K. Chavan-Patil Arts, Commerce & Science College

• Shri. Yashawantrao Patil Science College

• Niora Arts, Commerce Mahila Mahavidyalaya

• Anandi Arts, Commerce & Science College

• Kai. Shri. Y.D. Patil Arts, Commerce & Science College

• Sau. Sushila Danchand Ghodawat Cheritable Trust’s Group of Institutions

• Shri Balasaheb Mane Shikshan Prasarak Mandal’s Group of Institution

Sangli District:

• Willingdon College

• Chintamanrao College of Commerce

• Smt. Kasturbai Walchand College of Arts & Science

• Karmveer Bhaurao  Patil College

• Padmabhushan Dr. Vasantraodada Patil Mahavidyalaya

• Balvant College

• Arts and Commerce College, Ashta

• Shikshan Maharshi Dr. Bapuji Salunkhe College

• Arts, Commerce & Science College, Ramanandnagar

• Raje Ramrao Mahavidyalaya

• Atpadi College

• Ganpatrao Arwade College of Commerce

• Walwa Taluka Education Society’s Yashwantrao Chavan Arts and Commerce College

• Vishwasrao Naik Mahavidyalaya

• Smt. Mathubai Garware Kanya Mahavidyalaya

• Padmabhushan Vasantraodada Patil Mahavidyalaya

• Nemgonda Dada Patil Night College of  Arts & Commerce

• Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Miraj

• Shri Sampatrao Mane Mahavidyalaya

• Arts and Commerce College, Kadepur

• Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Dr. Patangrao Kadam College

• Arts & Commerce College, Kasegaon

• Kasegaon Education Society’s Smt. Kusumtai Rajarambapu Patil Kanya Mahavidyalaya

• Walwa Taluka Education Society’s Late Malati Vasantdada Patil Kanya Mahavidyalaya

• Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Matoshri Bayabai Shripatrao Kadam Kanya Mahavidyalaya

• Shri Raosaheb Ramrao Patil College

• Arts, Commerce & Science College, Palus

• Kratisinh Nana Patil Mahavidyalaya

• Miraj Mahavidyalaya

• Babasaheb Chitale College

• Deshbhakta Anandrao Balwantrao Naik Arts and Science College

• Krantiagrani G.D.Bapu Lad  Arts College

• Baba Naik Arts and Science College

• Loknete Hanmantrao Patil Arts & Comm. College

• Warana Mahavidyalaya

• Arts & Science College, Atpadi

• Arts, Comm. & Science Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Vishnu Galli

• Mohanrao Patangrao Patil Mahavidyalaya

• Smt.Rajamati Nemgonda Patil Kanya Mahavidyalaya

• Arts, Comm. & Science College, Umadi

• Jivan Prabodhini Kanya Mahavidyalaya

• Institute of Management Computer and Rural  Development

• Chintamanrao Institute of Management and Research

• Vasantraodada Patil Institute of Management Studies and Research

• Padmbhushan Dr. Krantiveer Naganath Anna Naikwadi Kala Mahavidyalaya

• Mhaishal Mahavidyalaya

• Jeevan Prabodhini, Vita Sanchalit Jeevan Prabodhini MCA College

• Venkateshwara Institute of Management

Satara District:

• Chhatrapati Shivaji College

• Sadguru Gadage Maharaj College

• Yashwantrao Chavan College of Science

• Mudhoji College

• Kisan Veer Mahavidyalaya

• Yashwantrao Chavan Institute of Science

• Dahiwadi College

• Shahajiraje  Mahavidyalaya

• Lal Bahadur Shastri College of Arts, Science and Commerce

• D.P. Bhosale College

• Balasaheb Desai College

• Kakasaheb Chavan Mahavidyalaya

• Dhanajayrao Gadgil Colllege of Commerce

• Venutai Chavan College

• Arts and Commerce College, Satara

• Krishna Mahavidyalaya

• Shripatrao Kadam Mahavidyalaya

• Shikshan Maharshi Bapuji Salunkhe Mahavidyalaya

• Sharadchandra Pawar Mahavidyalaya

• Mahila Mahavidyalaya

• Savitribai Phule Mahila Mahavidyalaya

• Sau. Mangaltai Ramchandra Jagtap Mahila Mahavidyalaya

• Smt. Meenalben Mehta College of Arts and Commerce

• Yashwantrao Chavan Mahavidyalaya

• Arts and Commerce College, Mayani

• Sahakar Maharshi Shankarrao Mohite Patil Mahavidyalaya

• Raja Shripatrao Bhagawantrao Mahavidyalaya

• Arts Commerce & Science College, Pusegaon

• Arts and Commerce College, Vaduj

• Shreemant Bhaiyyasaheb Rajemane College

• Prof. Sambhajirao Kadam College

• Arts & Comm. College, Nagthane

• Arts, Comm. & Science College, Vathar-Station

• Arts College, Wagholi

• Jaywant Pratishthan Humagaon Sanchalit, Arts & Commerce College

• Namdevrao Suryawanshi (Bedake) Mahavidyalaya

• Giristhan Arts and Commerce College

• Karmaveer Bahurao Patil Institute of Management Studies & Research

• Priyadarshani  Shikshan Sanstha’s Yashwant College of Computer and Management

• Rajendra Mahavidyalaya

• Arts and Commerce College, Undale

• Bhimrao Shinde Arts, Commerce & Science Mahila Mahavidyalaya

• Krishna College of Commerce & Science

• Jai Bhavani Institute of Medical Laboratory Technology

• Yashwantrao Chavan School of Social Work

• Gauri Shankar Education & Charitable Trust’s Gauri Shankar Institute of Management Sciences

• Krishna Foundation Sanchalit Jayawant Institute of Management

• Krishna Foundation Sanchalit Krishna Institute of Computer Application and Management

Faculty of Education Colleges (B.Ed):

• Shri Maharani Tarabai College of Education, Kolhapur

• Azad College of Education, Satara

• Acharya Jawadekar Shikshanshastra Mahavidyalaya, Kolhapur

• Smt. Putalaben Shah College of Education, Sangli

• Mahila Shikshan Shastra Mahavidyalaya, Sangli

• Late Shri Hanmantrao Alias Balasaheb Ganpatrao Kharade College of Education, Kolhapur

• College of Education Pantacha Kot, Satara

• Vasant College of Education, Sangli

• B. Ed. College, Peth Vadgaon, Kolhapur

• Kai Sou Malatidevi Vasantrao Patil Mahila Shikshan Shastra Mahavidyalaya, Sangli

• Chhatrapati Shivaji College of Education, Kolhapur

• Ichalkaranji Shikshan Shastra Mahavidyalaya, Kolhapur

• Shikshanshastra Mahavidyalaya, Kolhapur

• Shikshanshastra Mahavidyalaya, Satara

• Yashwant Shikshanshastra Mahavidyalaya, Kolhapur

• B.Ed. College, Satara

• Shikshanshastra Mahavidyalaya, Sangli

• Dinkarrao K. Shinde College of Education, Kolhapur

• Vasantrao Naik Shikshanshastra Mahavidyalaya, Kolhapur

• Savitribai Phule Mahila Shikshanshastra Mahavidyalaya, Kolhapur

• Dr. D.Y. Patil Shikshanshastra Mahavidyalaya, Kolhapur

• Dr.D.Y.Patil Pratishathan Sanchalit, Shikshanshastra Mahavidyalaya, Kolhapur

• Mahila Shikshanshastra Mahavidyalaya, Kolhapur

• Jagruti Shikshanshastra Mahavidyalay, Kolhapur

• Gulabrao Patil Shikshanshastra Mahavidyalaya, Sangli

• Shivajirao Deshmukh Shikshanshastra Mahavidyalaya, Sangli

• Raja Shiv Chatrapati Shikshan Shastra Mahavidyalaya, Kolhapur

• Asha College of Special Education, Satara

• College of Education, Sangli

• Modern College of Education, Satara

• Shri Santkrupa Institute of Education, Satara

• Sai Shikshanshastra (Special Education Hearing Impered) Mahavidyalaya, Kolhapur

• Tatyasaheb Kore Shikshanshastra Mahavidyala, Kolhapur

• Shri. Tanajirao Patil B. Ed. College, Sangli

• Dr. Yashwantrao Mohite B.Ed. College, Satara

• Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan Shikshanshastra Mahavidyalaya, Kolhapur

• Mahadevrao B.Ed. College, Kolhapur

• Appasaheb Birnale College of Education, Sangli

• Hon. Shri Annasaheb Dange College of Education, Sangli

• Late. Ramrao Nikam B.Ed. College, Satara

Faculty of Education Colleges (B.P. Ed):

• Dr. Padmasinh Patil College of  Physical Education, Sangli

• Kreeda Maharshi Meghanath Nageshkar Sharirik Shikshanshastra Mahavidyalaya, Kolhapur

• Sharirik Shikshan Mahavidyalaya, Uchagaon, Kolhapur

• Sharirik Shikshan Mahavidyalaya, Kurundwad, Kolhapur

Faculty of Law Colleges:

• Shahaji Law College, Kolhapur

• Imailsaheb Mulla Law College, Satara

• Narayandas Sarwottamdas Soti  Law College, Sangli

• Bharati Vidyapeeth’s New Law College, Kolhapur

• Priyadarshini Dnyan Prabodhini’s Law College, Satara

• Bharati Vidyapeeth’s New Law College, Sangli

• Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Yashwantrao Chavan Law College, Satara

Faculty of Engineering & Technology Colleges:

• Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli

• College of Engineering, Satara

• Kolhapur Institute of Technology’s College of Engineering, Kolhapur

• Tatyasaheb Kore Institute of Engineering & Technology, Kolhapur

• Padmabhooshan Vasantraodada Patil Institute  of Technology, Sangli

• Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil  College of Engineering and Polytechnic, Satara

• D. Y. Patil College of Engineering & Technology, Kolhapur

• Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Sangli

• Dr. J. J. Magdum College of  Engineering, Kolhapur

• Annasaheb Dange College of Engineering and Technology, Sangli

• Bharati Vidyapeeth’s College of Engineering, Kolhapur

• Satara College of Engineering and Management, Satara

• Late Narayandas Bhavandas Chabada Institute of Engineering & Technology, Satara

• Adarsh Institute of Technology & Research Centre, Sangli

• Dr. Daultarao Aher Engineering Mayavidyalaya, Satara

• Sharad Institute of Technology College of Engineering, Kolhapur

• Sau. Sushila Danchand Ghodawat Charitable Trust’s Group of Institutions, Kolhapur

• College of Engineering & Technology, Miraj, Sangli

• Abhinav Education Society’s College of Engineering  & Technology, Vadwadi, Satara

• Sanjeevan Engineering & Technology Institute, Kolhapur

• Balasaheb Mane Shikshan Prasarak Mandal’s Group of Institutions, Kolhapur

• Jayawant College of Engineering & Management, Sangli

• Textile & Engineering Institute, Kolhapur

• College of Architecture, Shivaji Peth, Kolhapur

• Appasaheb Birnale College of Architecture, Sangli

Faculty of Pharmacy Colleges:

• Govt. College of Pharmacy, Satara

• Appasaheb Birnale College of Pharmacy, Sangli

• College of Pharmacy, Kolhapur

• Satara College of Pharmacy, Satara

• Shri Santkripa College of Pharmacy, Satara

• Tatyasaheb Kore College of Pharmacy, Kolhapur

• Rajarambapu College of Pharmacy, KASEGAON, Sangli

• Ashokrao Mane College of Pharmacy, Kolhapur

• Aravind Gavali College of Pharmacy, Satara

• Late Narayandas Bhavandas Chabada Institute of Pharmacy, Satara

• Gauri Shankar Institute of Pharmasutical Education and Research, Satara

• College of Pharmacy, Satara

Recognized Institution:

• Chhatrapati Shahu Institute of Business Education and Research, Kolhapur

The efforts of Shivaji University towards excellence are being approved by the funding agencies like DBT, DST, UGC, etc…through their grants. The university’s collaboration with top-rated institutions also indicates its efforts to attain excellence. The university has joined hands with several institutions like Bhabha Atomic Research Center in Mumbai, Indian Institute of Geo-Magnetism Mumbai and phyto-pharma. The NAAC has awarded B grade status for this university in the year 2009. The campus includes several facilities like guesthouse facilities, health center, hostel and several schemes like earn while you learn and scholarship schemes for the deserving students. The campus also includes a central library called as Barr B. Khardekar library, which includes more than 3 lakh printed documents and more than 250 national and international journals are subscribed by the library.