 The masters programme in Kashmir and South Asia Studies introduced at the UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of Kashmir Studies from 2013 academic session under a reformulated MoU between South Asia Foundation (SAF), India and the University of Kashmir, Srinagar has seen students in the state and across the border showing keen interest in studying Kashmir from a multi-dimensional perspective.Other faculties have made remarkable achievements since inception with students preferring to pursue higher education from this university.In 2014 the university started its engineering college — Institute of Technology at the newly acquired Zakura Campus.