Established under the Central Universities Act, 2009 (Section 25 of 2009) as Central University of Bihar (CUB) and the name since changed by the Central Universities (Amendment) Act, 2014 to Central University of South Bihar (CUSB) is an institution of higher learning in the state of Bihar. With the motto, i.e. ‘Collective Reasoning’ the University has been conducting its academic and administrative activities from temporary premises in Patna and Gaya and looking forward to shifting to the permanent campus on a 300 acre plot of land at Panchanpur (near Gaya town).
To disseminate and advance knowledge by providing instructional and research facilities in such branches of learning as it may deem fit.
The vision of the University must be focused on building institutional capacity to instill educational ethics to achieve its mission as follows: Building national capabilities in Science and Technology, Medicine, Agriculture, Social Science, Humanities, Open learning and Quality research.