Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya(GKV) was established in 1902.
The Vishwavidyalaya is a autonomous institute and all the degrees conferred by Vishwavidyalaya are recognized by UGC and AICTE wherever required.
The campus is situated on the bank of Ganges at a distance of about 6 km. from Hardwar and about 200 km. from Delhi.
Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya is a pride member of Association of Indian Universities and Association of Commonwealth Universities.
The Vishwavidyalaya has had phenomenal growth over the past 100 years and now offers 20 UG courses and 17 PG courses in different disciplines.Research programmes leading to the degree of Ph.D. are being run in the fields of Vedic literature, Sanskrit literature, Philosophy, Hindi, English, Psychology, Ancient Indian History Culture & Archaeology, Environmental Science, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Human Consciousness and Yogic Sciences, Botany, Zoology, Microbiology, Computer Sciences and Management Studies.