Gurugram, Sept 01: The Haryana Legislative Assembly today passed the Haryana Private Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2026, establishing Masters’ Union University in Gurugram. The development marks a significant new chapter for Gurgaon-based Masters’ Union, six years after it pioneered a practitioner-led model of higher education built around learning from people who have built businesses, led companies and solved real-world problems.
Since its inception in 2020, Masters’ Union has sought to rethink how business education is delivered in India through its learn-by-building model. At the heart of the Masters’ Union model is the idea that students should not have to wait until after graduation to apply what they learn. Building a company, solving a live industry problem or developing a product can itself become part of the academic experience. This approach has shaped Masters’ Union over the past six years, bringing practitioners, entrepreneurs, CXOs, investors and technologists directly into the learning process. University status will allow the institution to take this model beyond business education and build a larger multidisciplinary institution around it.
Pratham Mittal, Founder, Masters’ Union, said,“We are grateful to the Government of Haryana for the confidence it has placed in Masters’ Union. For us, this is a strong validation of a model we have pioneered over the last six years. In the AI age, access to information is no longer the constraint. The real advantage will come from knowing how to frame problems, make decisions and build solutions. That is why we have always believed in learning by doing – students taking ownership of a real problem, understanding it from the ground up, working with experts, managing resources and making decisions with real-world impact. We believe Indian higher education will increasingly have to be built around these capabilities, and becoming a university gives us the opportunity to take this model across newer disciplines and to a much larger student community.”
The university will also expand the physical infrastructure around this model of learning. Its site comprises approximately 5.14 acres of contiguous land in Gurugram, with an existing constructed area of approximately 1.07 lakh square feet, including around 96,600 square feet of instructional space. The broader campus vision includes accelerator and venture-building spaces, maker and analytics labs, residences, cultural and sporting facilities, and advanced research and incubation infrastructure.
This expansion builds on an entrepreneurship ecosystem that has already become one of the highlights of the Masters’ Union experience.The university has supported more than 80 student startups since inception through its Venture Initiation Programme and other venture-building initiatives. Ten VIP-incubated startups have raised over Rs. 65 crore and recorded combined annual revenue of Rs. 320 crore in FY25. Student ventures have attracted capital from investors including IIFL Wealth, Avaana Capital, Chimera, 100X.VC, Lumikai, Big Bets and others. Most recently, Meta Fashion, a student-founded digital fashion startup building virtual fashion for gaming platforms, raised approximately USD 400,000 in a Lumikai-led pre-seed round.
The university has also built strong recall among employers. In its last placement cycle, Masters’ Union reported an average compensation of Rs. 34.07 lakh per annum, with four offers exceeding Rs. 1 crore and the highest package at Rs. 1.28 crore. It also recorded 30 international offers across markets including the US, Canada, UAE and Saudi Arabia, at an average compensation of Rs. 64 lakh per annum. The placement report was audited by B2K Analytics, formerly Brickwork Analytics.
Masters’ Union currently has a student population of over 3,000 and offers programmes across management, technology and engineering, along with family business and executive learning. Its faculty combines academics with entrepreneurs, CXOs, investors, technologists and other practitioners, reflecting its emphasis on connecting academic learning closely with industry and enterprise.