The main campus of Gulbarga University is spread over 860 acres and situated 6 Kilometre east of Kalaburagi city.[8] The university has more than 45 post-graduate and post-graduate diploma programmes at 37 study centres.[9]
It is well connected by National Highways with Bangalore and Hyderabad, which are 610 kilometres (380mi) and 225 kilometres (140mi) away respectively, from Kalaburagi. Road distances to other cities within the state are: Basavakalyan-80 kilometres (50mi), Bidar -120 kilometres (75mi), Raichur - 155 kilometres (96mi) and Bijapur - 160 kilometres (99mi).