The administration is the Chancellor, the Vice Chancellor and the members of the executive council, the court and the academic council of the university.
The Kulpati (Vice-Chancellor) is a whole-time salaried officer of the university and is appointed by the chancellor from amongst the names submitted to him by a committee constituted in accordance with the provisions above U.P. Universities Act 1973.1
In 2024, National Institutional Ranking Framework ranked Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University among top 101-125 Pharmacy colleges/universities in India.2
The university is affiliating university all non engineering, non medical (including pharmacy), non MBA degree, non MCA degree offering colleges of Auraiya district, Etawah district, Farrukhabad district, Kannauj district, Kanpur Dehat district, Kanpur Nagar district and Unnao district from the year of 2020.3 Notable affiliated colleges include DAV College, Kanpur, Vikramajit Singh Sanatan Dharma College, Christ Church College, Kanpur, Pandit Prithi Nath College, Chaudhary Charan Singh Post Graduate College, Juhari Devi Girls' P.G. College, etc.
The list of formerly affiliated notable college who now have university status or now affiliated with another university-
The university has several departments, including:
The University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET) is now a department of the university. It was founded in 1996 (earlier known as Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kanpur)The University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET), School of Engineering and Technology, and is an engineering and technology institute in Kanpur.
Main page: Category:Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University alumni
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"इस ग्लैमरस लड़की का हसबैंड है ये क्रिकेटर, नहीं पूरा कर पाया ग्रैजुएशन". Dainik Bhaskar. 1 December 2017. https://www.bhaskar.com/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/news/UP-ALAH-mohammad-kaif-birthday-special-story-5758507-PHO.html ↩