Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya, Bhubaneswar was set up on 14th April,1964 by late Sri Biju Pattanaik, the then Chief Minister of Odisha, under Administrative Control of Odisha Sangeet Natak Academy, Bhubaneswar for proper training and dissemination of Culture under Academic Curriculum. The College was managed from 1964-81 under Sangeet Natak Academy and the Certificate given to the pass out students was Sangeet Bharati and Sangeet Acharya. Later these degrees were declared equivalent by Utkal University, Vanivihar as follows.