Alliance University is a private University established in Karnataka State by Act No. 34 of year 2010 and is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi. The university was established under the aegis of Alliance Business School. Alliance University has 4 academic schools / colleges as of January 2013 and the university has plans to expand its academic schools by creating a college of Arts and Humanities, College of Science, College of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, College of Education and Human Services and a College of Media & Communications.