IMS Unison University is a private university in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, whose institutional roots go back to the Institute of Management Studies founded in 1996. The institution developed under the Unison Education and Research Foundation and, after years of operating in higher education, received approval from the Government of Uttarakhand to become IMS Unison University in 2013 under Uttarakhand Act No. 13 of 2013. That transition converted an established professional institute into a multidisciplinary university while retaining its strong management-education base. The university operates from Makkawala Greens on Mussoorie Diversion Road in Dehradun. Its academic structure includes schools covering management, law, liberal arts, mass communication, hospitality management and related areas, with teaching offered at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels. The university positions research, interdisciplinary learning, industry exposure and professional preparation as central elements of its academic model. IMS Unison University's identity is shaped by continuity: it did not begin as a greenfield university, but evolved from a management institute with nearly two decades of experience before university status. That history is reflected in its combination of professional programmes, campus-based student life, academic events and career-development activity. The Dehradun setting also places the university within one of Uttarakhand's major education centres. The university continues to expand teaching and research through its constituent schools while maintaining the legacy of the original Institute of Management Studies. Its statutory university phase began in 2013 after seventeen years of institutional development. The university's five-school structure supports both professional and liberal academic pathways. Institutional roots date to the Institute of Management Studies established in Dehradun in 1996. The university is a constituent of the Unison Education and Research Foundation. Uttarakhand approved the establishment of IMS Unison University in 2013. The institution retains the academic legacy of the earlier Institute of Management Studies.