Raja Mansingh Tomar Music & Arts University is a public state university in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, dedicated to advanced education and scholarship in music, dance, fine arts and performing culture. Established by the Government of Madhya Pradesh in 2008 and operating under state legislation, the university is named after Raja Man Singh Tomar, the fifteenth- and early sixteenth-century ruler of Gwalior remembered for his patronage of music, artistic practice and cultural development. The choice of Gwalior is especially significant because the city is one of India’s major centres of Hindustani classical music and is closely associated with the Gwalior gharana. The university’s academic framework includes faculties connected with music, dance, performing arts, visual arts, fine arts and related fields, allowing formal degree education to coexist with traditions that historically developed through intensive artistic training. Courses and examinations are delivered through the university and its affiliated-college system, extending music and arts education beyond the main campus. A distinctive initiative is the Dhrupad Kendra in Gwalior, established in 2011 under the state culture department and university framework to train artists in the ancient dhrupad tradition through a guru-shishya approach. The university supports practical performance, studio work, theory, history and research, reflecting the multiple ways in which artistic disciplines are learned and studied. Its role is therefore broader than that of a conventional arts college: it provides university-level governance, curricula, examinations, affiliation and research structures for specialized creative disciplines across Madhya Pradesh. The university’s statutory faculty structure provides for music, dance, arts, performing arts, visual arts, social science and film-making, illustrating its broad interpretation of creative and cultural study. Its main address at Swarang Parisar in Gwalior places the institution within a city whose musical history is itself an important resource for students and researchers. Research and teaching remain closely connected within this framework.