Purbanchal University (PU) was established in 1995 with aims to develop higher education in the country in a decentralized manner and to expand the opportunities of higher education.

The University's Mission Statement is "To make research and application based quality professional education, with potential to addressing the need of civil society while focussing on environment protection, human welfare and sustainable development, affordable to available to a larger mass. " The University has the objectives to run professional and technical institutions of career-oriented higher education facilitating study, research, and teaching programmes related to various disciplines, and promote all round development of its students', teachers' and scholars' abilities and personalities.