Delhi University

The University of Delhi, commonly called Delhi University or DU, is a collegiate central university in Delhi, India, founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly. It began with two faculties, Arts and Science, and about 750 students, linked to four existing colleges including St. Stephen's College and Hindu College. Hari Singh Gour was its first Vice-Chancellor, and the Vice President of India serves as chancellor. Today it has 16 faculties, 86 academic departments and 91 colleges across the city, with well over a hundred thousand regular students. Its chemistry, geology, zoology, sociology and history departments hold the status of Centres of Advanced Studies, and admission has run through the Common University Entrance Test since 2022.