Sant Baba Bhag Singh University is a private university in Jalandhar district, Punjab, established through Punjab Government Act No. 6 of 2015 and built on a long rural education and community-service movement. The university is located at Village Khiala near Padhiana and traces its institutional roots to the work of the Sant Baba Bhag Singh Memorial Charitable Society and the spiritual leadership associated with Dera Sant Pura Jabbar. The education journey began much earlier than university status, including primary education for girls and later a sequence of schools, colleges, nursing, engineering and research institutions. Formal higher-education expansion accelerated in the 2000s with the establishment of engineering, education and nursing institutes. The university today offers programmes across engineering, computer applications, management, education, physical education, agriculture, hotel management, health sciences, physiotherapy, fashion, humanities and law. Its mission places particular emphasis on rural students, economically weaker learners and practical skill development. The institution also combines academic activity with community infrastructure and healthcare initiatives developed by the sponsoring society. UGC recognition under Section 2(f), professional approvals and institutional quality systems support its university-level operations. The university describes itself as Punjab's first rural university. NAAC accreditation and ISO quality certification form part of its current institutional profile. The sponsoring society's service activities include education, roads, bridges, lighting and rural healthcare. The campus serves students from Punjab and other regions while retaining a strong rural-development identity. The university's history is unusually well documented through a sequence of predecessor institutions created before 2015. The institution's rural setting is central to its identity rather than incidental, and its programmes are designed to keep higher education accessible within the region. Scholarship support and practical skill development reinforce the university's social-service orientation. Campus life combines professional education with sports, cultural participation, community outreach and values-based student development.