Himachal Pradesh University (or simply HPU) (Hindi: हिमाचल प्रदेश विश्वविद्यालय) Located nearly 5 km away from the town, at Summer Hill, a quiet suburb of Shimla in the vicinity of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study. Himachal Pradesh University, a premier institution of teaching and research in the country, was established on 22 July 1970 by an Act of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. It is wholly financed by the Government of Himachal Pradesh and the University Grants Commission, New Delhi. Apart from an International Centre for Distance Education and Open Learning, a University Evening College, a University College of Business Studies, a Regional Centre at Dharamshala and nearly 80 affiliated Under-graduate, Post-graduate, engineering, medical, dental, education and Sanskrit colleges, the Himachal Pradesh University has 28 Teaching Departments offering various courses, among other subjects, Bhoti (an Indo-Tibetan language), ayurveda, and yoga. There are 65 Govt Degree Colleges, 18 Sanskrit Colleges and 5 other colleges, apart from this there are more than 195 private colleges/institutes affiliated by Himachal Pradesh University.