Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education is a collegiate private 'deemed to be university' in Karnataka, India. It was established on 30-5-2008 as per Section 3 of UGC Act 1956 to improve the quality of technical education in southern Karnataka. The university is named after Sri Siddhartha. It is in Agalakote, Tumkur. SSAHE has three colleges affiliated to it with an intake capacity of over 800 undergraduate students and 200 postgraduate students. The university encompasses technical fields which offers 11 undergraduate and 10 postgraduate courses. There are more than 100 PhD candidates. SSAHE has a TEQIP center and is affiliated to Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology offering post graduate courses. It has many departments recognized as research centers which are spread across its affiliated institutions in Tumkur, Karnataka. One of its affiliated college, Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology, is recognised by the World Bank for getting assistance in setting up state-of-the-art laboratories, campus facilities, and research centers under the TEQIP. The SSIT Campus, Tumkur campus of SSAHE, offers BE, M.Tech, MCA and PhD programs. The university has signed MoUs with multinational corporations to improve the industry interactions for students and the teachers. SSAHE is a member of the Association of Indian Universities.
Constituent colleges
, the affiliated medical college, has an intake of 130 for MBBS and 12 for MD in Microbiology, General Medicine, OBG, Paediatrics, Radiology, General Surgery, ENT, Ophthalmology; 8 for diploma in OBG, Child Health, ENT, Ophthalmology, Radiology. Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology has an intake of 650 students in undergraduate engineering disciplines, 144 in postgraduate Master of Technology and 60 Master of Computer Applications.
Sri Siddhartha Dental College has 40 BDS undergraduate and 12 MDS postgraduate programmes in Orthodontics, Periodontics, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Pedodontics, Prosthodontia, Oral Pathology
