In recognition of the contribution to technical and professional education the University Grant Commission declared SOA as a University U/S 3 of UGC Act 1956 in 2007. Ever since its inception in 1996-97 all schools, now under Siksha O Anusandhan University have shown an impressive progress in terms of knowledge skills, human resources and material resources. The university is strategically located in the city, accessible within minutes from the Railway Station, Airport, State Secretariat. Each school has its own campus that blends environment friendly architecture and greenery.

The President of Siksha O Anusandhan , Prof. (Dr.) Manojranjan Nayak is an educationist and a humanist as well. His simple vision nourished a noble rubric of institutions dedicated to different contemporary branches of education and research, that include technical, medical, business administration, just to name a few. The President is democratic in the true sense of term. Transparency in administration, proper delegation of authority and functional autonomy, emphasis on quality teaching and research is all that he believes in.

All the institutions are state-of-the-art and have a meritorious talent pool of 560 faculty members. The schools of SOA University have evolved a learning ambience that is flexible and suitable for dissemination of knowledge in the classroom, sessionals at labs / workshops and research is upfront areas. The only guiding principle is progressive innovation in education, administration and social responsibility.

All this has given a respectable identity to SOA University. The objective of the university is to promote professional education, research, training and development in engineering, management, computer and medical sciences so as to cater to the need of engineering, software and hardware, medical and managerial personnel in the country. Under the banner of the university there are eight institutions at present.