Central Universities Act, 2009
Central University Act, 2009 was passed by the Parliament in the 60th year of the Republic of India, which aims to establish universities directly governed by the federal government for teaching and research purposes, across all the States in India. The Central University of Bihar (CUB) is one amongst the 16 new Central Universities, established by the Government of India under the Central Universities Act, 2009 (Section 25 of 2009). Subsequently, the name of the university was changed by the Central Universities (Amendment) Act, 2014 to Central University of South Bihar (CUSB).
