4. The objectives of the University shall be :-
(i). to provide for instruction and training in all branches of Music, Art and Culture in India in order to achieve highest standard in education of Music, Art and Culture and to disseminate the same in society at large;
(ii) to facilitate research for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge in order to promote Indian Classical Music, Art and Culture, in India and abroad, and to establish new campus of University in India and abroad in order to achieve this goal;
(iii) to undertake extra mural studies, extension programs and field outreach activities in order to contribute to the development of society;
(iv) to own, manage, and develop as an institution for the advancement of Classical Music, open to all irrespective of caste, creed, race, and religion, economic position or social status;
(v) to bring about musical, intellectual, emotional and ethical integration of an individual possessing the basic values of humanism, secularism, and democracy; capable of giving a fuller response to social and environmental challenges, and having a strong character and high ethical standard;
(vi) to organise and impart excellent music education in classical, vocal and instrumental forms and dance education in classical as well as contemporary forms;
(vii) to nurture a musical temper and train a person in practical music and musicology to make the individual better suited to the increasingly music oriented society of the day;
(viii) to promote the study of cultural heritage and provide a musical background for retaining human touch so as to mellow down the harshness of a mechanical world;
(ix) to promote, preserve and encourage the folk music and dances of India;
(x) to facilitate research in Science of Music and all the three branches of Indian Classical Music, Vocal, Instrumental and Dancing;
(xi) to collect and preserve the best classical compositions in the form of tapes, records, manuscripts, photographs, instruments, costumes and ornaments etc.;
(xii) to organize and conduct short term and refresher courses, summer camps etc. and invite experts and research scholars from within the country and abroad for delivering lectures regarding the promotion of Indian Culture;
(xiii) to offer job oriented diploma and certificate courses in the field of performing arts, film making, visual arts, archaeology, musicology and archives;
(xiv) to produce, direct and perform music programmes before the public and music connoisseurs as a part of training and promotion of Indian Music as well as for the promotion of the other objectives of the University;
(xv) to introduce various courses regarding teaching and learning in the field of Choreography, Script writing, Cinematography, Music Composition, Lyrics Writing, Song Recordings, Music Designing, Anchoring, Costume Designing, Make-up, Light Designing, Instrument making and to promote programmes based on Indian Culture;
(xvi) to publish a Research Journal of international standards with a view to preserve and promote Indian Music, Arts and Culture;
(xvii) to invite respected vocalists, instrumentalists, dance maestro, drawing and painting artists, and subject experts from the field of museum, archaeology and archives to impart training in workshops; and to create study material for audio visual library of the Institute as well as to help in developing the extra-curricular activities par excellence;
(xviii) to collect, evaluate and preserve the best classical compositions, manuscripts, photographs, instruments, costumes, ornaments, audio-video recordings, etc;
(xix) to promote, preserve and pave the way for performance and research of folk culture of Uttar Pradesh and India;
(xx) to collect, evaluate and preserve the best classical compositions, manuscripts, photographs, instruments, costumes, ornaments, audio-video recordings, etc;
(xxi) to foster cultural and academic contacts within India and abroad through cultural and academic exchange programs with a view to facilitate students, teachers, and to conduct research for their foreign visits to attend seminars and performances as well as to give advancement to their studies;
(xxii) to grant affiliation and to enter into Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) with the Universities, museums and Academies of the same nature from different States of India and other countries of abroad;
(xxiii) to establish a Research and Documentation Cell in University to enrich pure Indian classical music, accessible to the world by way of both real and virtual teaching in the digital era of globalization;
(xxiv) to promote and encourage Guru Shishya Prampara tradition of Indian Culture;
(xxv) to initiate research in Music as a therapy and to promote and encourage inter-disciplinary researches therein;
(xxvi) to establish inter-departmental cultural academic exchange programme and courses with any similar Universities or Institutes;
(xxvii) to prepare professional courses of highest academic level synthesising music, art, culture and tourism to promote employment;
(xxviii) to sign M.O.U. with different Pilgrimage Development Boards established or to be established by the Government of Uttar Pradesh for granting Degree, Diploma,for participation in research and cultural activities and also to have co-operation with other activities of these Boards in order to promote cultural diversity;
(xxix) to set up a separate faculty for study and research in traditional theatre of different cultural zones of Uttar Pradesh i.e., Awadh, Poorvanchal, Bundelkhand, Braj and Pashchimanchal Uttar Pradesh, etc;
(xxx) to promote study of and to establish centres related to Uttar Pradesh Classical Gharanas, and classical and folk music in countries like Mauritius, Surinam, Trinidad, etc;
(xxxi) to facilitate scholarships to those students of the University, who are pursuing their further studies abroad in the field of music, arts and culture;
(xxxii) to facilitate students to achieve different fellowships;
(xxxiii) to set up a mega auditorium for performance and a digitals studio, well-equipped with modern facilities and techniques for music composing, editing, dubbing and other related works. along with a mini auditorium to promote performing skills among the students and artists, by way of workshops and seminars/symposia as and exhibition gallery for various exhibitions;
(xxxiv) to set up a modern library, digitally equipped library for studies and other similar works; (xxxv) to set up a museum of rare instruments related to folk, tribal and contemporary music, art and culture;
(xxxvi) to felicitate the reputed and distinguished personalities of the State of Uttar Pradesh, of India and abroad to give them proper recognition of their lifelong works and achievements to music art and culture, and to develop a sense of responsibility among the students and research scholars of the University so that they can serve the society in fields of music and arts by developing skills in respect thereof;
(xxxvii) to organize lectures, seminars, symposia and conferences to make music and arts with efficient instruments of socio-cultural and academic development;
(xxxviii) to hold examinations and confer degrees and other academic distinctions;
(xxxix) to do all such other acts and things as may be necessary or desirable to further the objects of the University.