The University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore (UAS Bengaluru) is one of India’s pioneering state agricultural universities and the first institution of its kind in Karnataka. Its roots reach back to an experimental agricultural farm established at Hebbal in 1899. That initiative evolved into an agricultural school in 1913 and the Mysore Agricultural College in 1946. The Government of Mysore later adopted the land-grant university model, passing the University of Agricultural Sciences Act in 1963. UAS was formally inaugurated on 21 August 1964 by Dr. Zakir Hussain, then Vice-President of India. The university was designed around the integrated agricultural-university model of education, research, and extension. In 1965, agricultural and veterinary colleges, research stations, and government research schemes were transferred into the new university system. The Gandhi Krishi Vignana Kendra (GKVK) campus became a major centre of activity and was inaugurated in 1969 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Over time, UAS Bengaluru developed teaching and research across crop sciences, soil and water management, agricultural engineering, economics, extension, horticulture, biotechnology, food science, and related fields. UAS Bengaluru has also played a foundational role in the later development of Karnataka’s agricultural-university network. As regional institutions were created, parts of its earlier jurisdiction and academic infrastructure contributed to the formation of universities at Dharwad and elsewhere. Its GKVK campus remains closely associated with agricultural research, biodiversity, and farmer outreach and was recognized as a bio-heritage site in 2009. The university’s long institutional continuity—from an experimental farm to a modern agricultural university—gives it a distinctive place in Indian agricultural education. It combines professional degree programmes with field research, crop improvement, extension services, and technology transfer, maintaining the three-part land-grant philosophy of teaching, research, and service to farming communities. Its alumni and research systems have influenced agricultural education, extension, and farm innovation across Karnataka.