Jai Narain Vyas University is the second university in the state of Rajasthan. The Jodhpur University Act (Act XVII), enacted by the state legislature for the Unitary Teaching University, combined the state colleges Jaswant and Shri Maharaj Kumar College (Faculty of Commerce campus, Faculty of Law, Institute of Evening Studies, and undergraduate Faculty of Arts campus), New Campus, and Kamla Nehru Girls College (multi-faculty constituent college campus).
