The Arunachal Pradesh University in Pasighat is the lone State University of the state established on 1 July, 2022 and is empowered to award degrees as specified by the UGC under Section 22 of the UGC Act 1956, by conducting courses through its own departments, its constituent colleges and/or through its affiliated colleges in regular mode with the approval of concerned statutory bodies and statutory councils, wherever it is required.