Tripura University is a central university, the main public government university of Tripura, India. Higher education in Tripura has its beginning with Maharaja Bir Bikram College (MBBC), the first degree college in the state, established in 1947, and affiliate to Calcutta University (CU). The campus of Tripura University is situated at Suryamaninagar, 10 km away from the city center of Agartala.