National Forensic Sciences University (abb. as NFSU; formerly Gujarat Forensic Science University) is a public international university located in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. It is recognized as an Institution of National Importance under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India, by an act of the Indian Parliament. NFSU is solely dedicated to forensic science, investigative science and criminology.

History

The Gujarat Forensic Science University was formed by the Government of Gujarat in 2008. It was created by Act 17 passed in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly on 30 September 2008. It was upgraded to the National Forensic Sciences University in October 2020. It is recognised as an Institution of National Importance by the Act of Parliament. It became an international university in April 2023, after the first campus of the university outside India at Uganda, which also became Africa's first Forensics Science University, was inaugurated and opened by the Minister of External Affairs, S. Jaishankar.

Campuses

As of April 2023, it has 9 campuses across India and 1 campus in Uganda.

India

No.	Name	Established	City	State/UT
1	NFSU Main Campus	2008	Gandhinagar	Gujarat
2	LNJN-NICFS	1972	Delhi	Delhi
3	NFSU Goa Campus	2021	Ponda	Goa
4	NFSU Tripura Campus	2021	Agartala	Tripura
5	NFSU Bhopal Campus		Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh
6	NFSU Pune Campus		Pune	Maharashtra
7	NFSU Guwahati Campus		Guwahati	Assam
8	NFSU Manipur Campus			Manipur
9	NFSU Dharwad Campus	2023	Dharwad	Karnataka

Uganda

No.	Name	Established	City	Region
1	NFSU Uganda	2023	Jinja	Eastern Region

See also

• Central Forensic Science Laboratory
• National Institute of Criminology & Forensic Science
• Institute of Forensic Science, Mumbai