Will you please tell me the Delhi University is approved by UGC or not, give me the complete details about the recognition and the approval of this University? What are the courses and the departments offered by the Delhi University, give me the complete list of it?

The University of Delhi (DU) is a collegiate public central university founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly. It is a unitary, teaching and residential University.


The President of India is the Visitor, the Vice-President is the Chancellor and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India is the Pro-Chancellor of the University.

Beginning with three colleges and 750 students, it has grown as one of the largest universities in India with 16 faculties, over 80 academic departments, an equal number of colleges and over seven lakh students.

Its over 500 programmes are approved by Academic and Executive Councils, out of which 209 programmes are being considered for NAAC accreditation purpose. The rest being run in colleges are separately accredited.


Its vision is to be an worldwide acclaimed University, recognized for excellence in teaching, research and outreach; provide the highest quality education to students, nurture their talent, promote intellectual growth and shape the personal development; remain devoted and firm in the pursuit of truth aligned.


Internationally, it is ranked 474 in the QS World University Rankings of 2020. The same rankings ranked it 62 in Asia and 42 among BRICS nations in 2019. It was ranked 601-800 in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2020, 156 in Asia and 130 among Emerging Economies University Rankings in 2019.


In 2019, it ranked 573 overall among the universities around the world by SCImago Institutions Rankings. In India, it was ranked 20 overall by the National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2019 and 13 among universities. Its Faculty of Law was ranked fourth in India by The Week's "Top Law Colleges In 2019."


Faculties

The 86 academic departments of University are divided into 16 faculties:

Faculty of Applied Social Sciences & Humanities
Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Commerce and Business Studies
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Interdisciplinary and Applied Sciences
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Management Studies
Faculty of Mathematical Sciences
Faculty of Medical Sciences
Faculty of Music and Fine Arts
Faculty of Open Learning: The faculty is concerned with distance education.
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Social Sciences

Contact Detail:

University of Delhi
Benito Juarez Marg, South Campus,
South Moti Bagh, New Delhi, Delhi 110021
011 2700 6900