The idea of starting a University at Lucknow was first mooted by Raja Sir Mohammad Ali Mohammad Khan, Khan Bahadur, K.C.I.E. of Mahmudabad, who contributed an article to the columns of "The Pioneer urging the foundation of a University at Lucknow. A little later Sir Harcourt Butler, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E, was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the United Provinces, and his well-known interest in all matters under his jurisdiction, specially in matters educational, gave fresh life and vigour to.......

Shobhit Unversity goes beyond the established standards and aims to create a conducive, enabling academic climate to facilitate integration of the younger generation in to logic of the present system and to develop educational means by which youth deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in transforming to a better world.