India elevated the university into a National University and established NFSU through National Forensic Science University Act. Simultaneously, NFSU has also been accorded the status of an institution of national importance (INI). On upgradation, the erstwhile GFSU has become the Gujarat campus of NFSU and the Lok Nayak Jayprakash Narayan- National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Sciences (LNJN-NICFS) at Rohini, New Delhi as another campus. Seven more campuses/academy have been set up at Goa, Tripura, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Manipur and Karnataka. The headquarter of NFSU continues to be located at its ultra modern and lush green campus at Gandhinagar, the capital city of a vibrant and industrious state of Gujarat.

The university comprises of various schools and centres spread across wide ranging academic disciplines of Forensic Science, Cyber Security and Digital Forensics, Behavioural Sciences, Forensic Psychology, Engineering and Technology, Pharmacy, Management Studies, Police Science and Security Studies, Medico-Legal Studies, Law Forensic Justice and Policy Studies, Doctoral Studies and Research, and Open Learning. Presently, the university offers more than 70 post-graduate as well as integrated courses. Besides this, it undertakes a variety of short-term training programs for the officers from diverse fields such as police,judiciary, prosecution, armed forces, academics, finance, banking etc. As a result since 2009, NFSU has trained over 25000 officers, including more than 5000 officers from 75 different countries. In order to harness the latest knowledge, advanced technology and the best practices, NFSU has entered into academic collaboration across the world and within India with more than 130 multi-discipline institutions.

One of the unique features is that it offers expert consultancy in setting up or upgrading various laboratories in the country as well as abroad. The university boast of some unique and state-ofthe- art infrastructure, which includes the Center of Excellence in Cyber Security (erstwhile CyberDefence Centre (CDC)), the Ballistics Research Centre & Testing Range (BRCTR), Centre of Futuristic Defense Studies, International Centre for Humanitarian Forensics (ICHF) in collaboration with ICRC, Center of Excellence DNA forensics, Center for Happiness & Well-being(CHWB), Forensic Innovation Centre, Centre of Excellence for Narcotic Drugs and PsychotropicSubstance (NDPS), Center of Law and Emerging Technologies, Center of Excellence Advance Digital Forensics etc.

NFSU is progressing under the dynamic leadership of its founder Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, Padma Shri Dr. J.M. Vyas, a globally renowned and senior most forensic scientist of India with a rich experience of five decades in this field. The highest body of the University is the Board of Governors with the Vice Chancellor as its chairman.