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{{Short description|Sports state university in Punjab, India}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox University
|name = Punjab Sports University
|image = Maharaja Bhupinder Singh Punjab Sports University Logo.png
|motto = Nishe Kar Apni Jeet karon
|established =
|type = [[State university (India)|State]]
|endowment =
|affiliation = [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]]
|chancellor = [[List of governors of Punjab (India)|Governor of Punjab]]
|vice_chancellor = Jagbir Singh Cheema
|president =
|city =
|state = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|country = [[India]]
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|undergrad =
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|website = {{URL|http://mbspsu.ac.in/}}
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'''Punjab Sports University''', officially '''Maharaja Bhupinder Singh Punjab Sports University''' ('''MBSPSU'''), is a residential and affiliating sports [[state university (India)|state university]]<ref>{{cite web |title=State Universities in Punjab |url=https://www.ugc.ac.in/stateuniversitylist.aspx?id=28&Unitype=2 |website=www.ugc.ac.in |publisher=[[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]]|access-date=16 October 2019}}</ref> in [[Patiala]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India.

==History==
A sports university in Punjab was announced by the [[Government of Punjab, India|Government of Punjab]] in June 2017.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sports university to come up in Punjab, admissions to begin from this date |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/sports-university-to-come-up-in-punjab-admissions-to-begin-from-this-date-1572452-2019-07-23 |access-date=21 September 2019 |work=[[India Today]] |date=23 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref> In July 2019 it was decided to name it after [[Maharaja Bhupinder Singh]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sports University to Be Named After Maharaja Bhupinder Singh |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/state-editions/sports-university-to-be-named-after-maharaja-bhupinder-singh.html |access-date=13 February 2020 |work=[[The Pioneer (India)|The Pioneer]] |date=31 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref> It was established in August 2019 thorough ''The Maharaja Bhupinder Singh Punjab Sports University Act, 2019''<ref>{{cite web |title=The Maharaja Bhupinder Singh Punjab Sports University Act, 2019 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.punjab.2019-08-29.2863254 |access-date=16 October 2019 |date=29 August 2019|work=Punjab Gazette}}</ref> and approved by the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]] (UGC) in September of that year.<ref>{{cite news |title=UGC allows Maharaja Bhupinder Singh Sports varsity to award degrees |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/ugc-allows-maharaja-bhupinder-singh-sports-varsity-to-award-degrees-1597470-2019-09-10 |access-date=13 February 2020 |work=[[India Today]] |date=10 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Jagbir Singh Cheema was appointed the first [[Vice-Chancellor]].<ref name=VC>{{cite news |last1=Mohan |first1=Vibhor |title=Punjab sports varsity gets VC|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/punjab-sports-varsity-gets-vc/articleshow/70508783.cms |access-date=21 September 2019 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=3 August 2019}}</ref>

==Campus==
The university was started from a transit campus at Prof. Gursewak Singh Government College of Physical Education.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Against 100 seats, only 35 students enrolled for 1st session in sports university| work = Hindustan Times| access-date = 2019-10-04| date = 2019-09-19| url = https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/against-100-seats-only-35-students-enrolled-for-1st-session-in-sports-university/story-vGtUd104TmXE5PfKL3cHRI.html}}</ref> It will have a permanent campus of {{convert|97|acre}} in Sidhowal village, [[Patiala district]] adjacent to the [[Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Verma |first1=Sanjeev |title=Cabinet to discuss new open university at Patiala on Wednesday |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/cabinet-to-discuss-new-open-university-at-patiala-on-wednesday/articleshow/70336892.cms |access-date=21 September 2019 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=23 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official|http://mbspsu.ac.in/}}

{{Physical Education and Sports universities in India}}
{{Universities in Punjab}}

[[Category:Universities in Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Education in Patiala]]
[[Category:Physical Education and Sports universities in India]]
[[Category:2019 establishments in Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 2019]]

Punjab Sports University - Revision history

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