Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University, formerly Bihar University, popularly known as Dr B. R. Ambedkar Bihar University (BRABU), is a public university located in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India. Established in 1960, the university has 38 constituent and 40 affiliated colleges. It offers education from undergraduate to postgraduate and research level, as well as Distance education. It is named after B. R. Ambedkar, a social reformer and the architect of the Indian Constitution.

Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University popularly also known as B. R. Ambedkar Bihar University, is a state university located in the north prime of Bihar state in the city of Muzaffarpur in India. Established in 1960, this university has 37 constituent colleges.

Distance education courses are also offered. Besides, the university organizes symposiums, seminars and workshops. It is a premier institution of teaching and learning in the city and offers full-time and part-time courses ranging from undergraduate to postgraduate and research level.

The Courses offered by the University are approved by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The university is a premier institution of teaching and learning in the city and offers various full-time and part-time courses ranging from undergraduate to postgraduate and research level.

The university also acts as an affiliated link between several colleges and institutes located across the state in providing higher education. The University is a member of The Association of Indian Universities (AIU).

The University Grants Commission has been assisting colleges in procuring personal computers since 1987 under the scheme of providing computers to Colleges. In the  Plan, UGC proposes to establish UGC Network Resource Centres (UGC-NRC) in Colleges, where assistance would be provided for the purchase of Computers and also for Internet Connectivity. All Colleges under UGC purview i.e. under sections 2(f) and 12B of the UGC Act do not have computer facilities so far under this scheme.

The University of Bihar was established in 1952 through the University of Bihar Act, 1951, which split the Patna University, giving jurisdiction over all colleges situated outside the municipal limits of Patna to the newly formed university, which was still headquartered from Patna.  In 1960, the Bihar State Universities (Patna, University of Bihar, Bhagalpuir and Ranchi) Act, 1960 changed the division of universities in the states giving jurisdiction over the Patna division to Patna University, and dividing the rest of the state jurisdiction between three universities, University of Bihar, with headquarters at Muzaffarpur, with jurisdiction over Tirhut division, Bhagalpur University with jurisdiction over Bhagalpur division, and Ranchi University with jurisdiction over Chotanagpur division (present-day Jharkhand). The university was further bifurcated in 1962, through the Bihar University Act, 1961, creating Magadh University with jurisdiction over the Magadh division, in 1972 through an ordinance, creating Mithila University, which was given jurisdiction over colleges from the Darbhanga and Kosi divisions, and finally in 1990, creating Jai Prakash University with jurisdiction over Saran division. In 1992 the university was renamed Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University, after B. R. Ambedkar.  College official website https://www.brabu.net/
Its jurisdiction extends over the six districts of Tirhut division. As of 2022, the university has 38 constituent colleges and 40 affiliated colleges. The constituent colleges are: