The Centre for Post Graduate Studies (CPGS), OUAT was instituted during the academic session 1998-1999 with opening of the PG Department of Computer Science and Application with an intake capacity of 60 students per year. It has the facility to offer Two-year course programme leading to award of MCA degree. The Department of Computer Science & Application (CSA) produce IT Professionals for IT companies in India and abroad, e-governance, telecom, IT in Agriculture etc. In the year 2002, the centre was further strengthened with opening of P.G. Department of Bioinformatics having intake capacity of 32 students per year. This Department was opened to extend two-year course programme leading to award of M.Sc. degree in Bioinformatics.