1942

• VKRV Rao of Economics was appointed the first full-time Professor at the University, followed by DS Kothari in Physics.
• Department of Fine Arts and College of Art were established

1943

• The first major amendment in the Delhi University Act that provided for a 3-year degree course and a whole-time paid Vice-Chancellor.
• The Non-Collegiate Women’s Education Board (NCWEB) was set up.

1944

• NCWEB became operational with three students

1945

• Delhi University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) was constituted

1946

• Departments of Library Science, Modern European Languages, and Social Work established.
• College of Nursing (present day Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing) started under the Ministry of Health

1947

• Silver Jubilee year of the University
• Professor VKRV Rao hoisted the national flag on the University’s main building and Dr Radhakrishnan on the Law School building
• Jubilee Hall started on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of the University
• Central Institute of Education (CIE) was established under the aegis of NCERT
• Departments of Anthropology, Botany, Mathematics, and Zoology began

1948

• Special convocation was held to celebrate the Silver Jubilee; honorary degrees were conferred on Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, Lord Mountbatten, Dr Zakir Husain, Maulana Azad, John Sargent and Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur
• Two colleges on the Campus, Hansraj College and Miranda House, were established

1949

• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel laid the foundation stone of the All-India Tuberculosis Institute, now known as Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute.

• Delhi School of Economics was set-up
• Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) was inaugurated

1950

• Lady Irwin College, inaugurated in 1932, got affiliated to the University of Delhi
• Maurice Gwyer resigned as the Vice Chancellor
• Executive Council, while considering Gwyer’s resignation, named the University Hall as Gwyer Hall and Rajpur Quarters as Maurice Nagar.
• S.N. Sen became the first full-time salaried Vice-Chancellor.
• The Executive Council adopted the current Logo of the University and the motto ‘Nishtha Dhritih and Satyam’
• Department of Home Science was initiated
• Lady Hardinge Medical College (founded in 1916) got affiliated to the University of Delhi

1951

• Commercial College, established in 1926, had its name changed to Shri Ram College of Commerce
• SGTB Khalsa College was founded

1952

• Major amendment to the Delhi University Act-changing it to a teaching and affiliating university. To have constituent colleges for Honours and affiliated colleges which offered only Pass degrees. Finance Committee was now added as an Authority of the University. The President of India, Chancellor under the old Act was now made the Visitor. The Chancellor was to be elected by the University Court.
• Departments of Hindi, and Political Science were set-up
• Deshbandhu College was founded.

1953

• Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute was formally inaugurated by Rajkumari Amrit Kaur, Union Health Minister
• Department of Philosophy initiated

1954

• Department of Business Management & Industrial Administration began
• The University campus got another College- Kirori Mal College.

1955

• WUS Health Centre was set up.
• Department of African Studies was inaugurated

1956

• The new building of WUS Health Centre was inaugurated.
• Founded one more women’s college- Lady Shriram College for Women.

1957

• Department of Buddhist Studies added
• PGDAV College established

1958

• The present central library building was inaugurated
• More colleges in the University fold: Maulana Azad Medical College, PGDAV College (Evening), Zakir Husain College (Evening) and Deshbandhu College (Evening)
• The Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) was set-up

1959

• Departments of Urdu, Sociology, and Geography set-up.
• More colleges established- Janaki Devi Memorial College, Dyal Singh College, Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma and Dyal Singh College (Evening)
• The Delhi University Music, Arts and Drama Society formed

1960

• The Department of Music was instituted
• One more on-campus college for women started as Pramila College (present day Daulat Ram College)

1961

• The Delhi University Press was acquired.
• Department of Modern Indian Languages and Literary Studies, and Institute of Home Economics founded.
• Dr C. D. Deshmukh joined as the Vice-Chancellor.
• Shivaji College and Sri Venkateswara College started

1962

• The School of Correspondence Courses was initiated

1963

• Department of Linguistics set-up

1964

• The Delhi University Women’s Association (DUWA) was established
• The Campus got two new departments- Department of Psychology and East Asian Studies.
• The University grew further with more colleges and institutes- Shyam Lal College, Ram Lal Anand College, Rajdhani College, Moti Lal Nehru College, Kamala Nehru College, G B PantHospital and Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research.
• Pramila College was renamed Daulat Ram College after its founder, Daulat Ram Gupta

1965

• Two more colleges founded- Lakshamibai College and Moti Lal Nehru College (Evening).

1966

• Department of Geology was set-up

1967

• Department of Commerce started.
• There was an addition of seven more colleges- Gargi College, Kalindi College, Maitreyi College, Mata Sundri College for Women, Swami Shradhanand College, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, and Nehru Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital.

1968

• Departments of Architecture and Planning, Civil Engineering, and Electrical Engineering introduced.
• One more college for women- Jesus and Mary College was established

1969

• An evening college and a women’s college added- Shyam Lal College (Evening) and Shyama Prasad Mukherji College.

1970

• Women’s education got a boost this year too with a new college- Vivekananda College.

1971

• Medical education promoted with the establishment of University College of Medical Sciences.
• Bharati Mahila College was started, later it became Bharati College

1972

• Golden Jubilee year of the University.
• The Statute was amended to make the Vice-President of India ex-officio Chancellor of the University.
• Departments of Homeopathic Medicine, and Pharmacy started.
• Satyawati College and College of Vocational Studies were founded.
• Sri Aurobindo College was set-up

1973

• CIE, established in 1947, became a part of the University
• The South Campus was started.
• Department of Business Economics was started, as the first department in the South Campus
• Departments of Ayurvedic Medicine, Unani Medicine, Statistics, and Operational Research started.
• Four more evening colleges added- Satyawati College (Evening), Shaheed Bhagat Singh College (Evening), Ram Lal Anand College (Evening) and Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Khalsa College (Evening)

1975

• The Anglo-Arabic College was renamed Zakir Husain College.
• Institute for the Physically Handicapped started
• Kasturba Hospital was instituted

1976

• Adult & Continuing Education Cell was set-up

1977

• National Institute of Health & Family Welfare was established.

1981

• Tibia College of Unani Medicine, and Department of Computer Science added

1982

• Adult & Continuing Education Cell that was set-up in 1976, was upgraded as Centre for Adult, Continuing Education & Extension

1983

• Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering introduced.

1984

• Departments of Bio-Chemistry, Genetics, Microbiology, Applied Sciences, and Humanities started.
• The year saw two more colleges- Sri Aurobindo College (Evening) and Sri Guru Gobind College of Commerce

1985

• Centre for Adult, Continuing Education & Extension became a full-fledged Department
• Departments of Punjabi, Electronic Science, Bio-Physics, and Computer Engineering started

1987

• Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education, popularly known as CPDHE was set-up
• Women’s Studies and Development Centre of Advanced Study (WSDC) was established
• More colleges added- Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, and Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education and Sports Sciences.

1988

• The name of Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Khalsa College (Evening) was changed to Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Khalsa Post-Graduate College (Evening)
• CPDHE started functioning
• Departments of Germanic and Romance Studies, Slavonic and Finno-Ugrian Studies, and Plant Molecular Biology introduced

1989

• One more engineering department added- Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering.

1990

• Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College set-up.

1991

• Dr B.R. Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical Research (ACBR) came into existence
• The University got two more colleges- Acharya Narendra Dev College and Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar College.
• Department of Environmental Studies initiated.
• One more specialised college for women, Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women was set-up.

1993

• Several departments under the Faculty of Medicine Sciences were established.
• Bhagini Nivedita College, Ahilya Bai College of Nursing, and Institute of Human Behaviour & Allied Sciences started.
• Developing Countries Research Centre was set-up

1994

• Department of Financial Studies was started in the South Campus

• The University got more colleges- Aditi Mahavidyalaya, Keshav Mahavidyalaya and Maharaja Agrasen College.

1995

• The University of Delhi established the D.S. Kothari Centre for Science, Ethics and Education
• Department of Mechanical Engineering set-up.
• Two more specialised colleges came up- Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences and Maharshi Valmiki College of Education.

1997

• The Institute of Informatics and Communication initiated.

1998

• Department of Production and Industrial Engineering came up.

1999

• Amar Jyoti Institute of Physiotherapy was started

2002

• Institute for the Physically Handicapped, started in 1975, was renamed as Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Institute for the Physically Handicapped
• School of Rehabilitation Sciences was established

2004

• The School of Correspondence Courses was renamed School of Open Learning

2005

• Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Khalsa Post-Graduate College (Evening) became a full-fledged day college and its name was changed to Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College
• Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences set-up

2006

• Durgabai Deshmukh College of Special Education and Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences founded.

2007

• Institute of Life Long Learning (ILLL) was set-up

2008

• Department of Dental Sciences (under Faculty of Medical Sciences) introduced

2010

• Deshbandhu College (Evening) renamed Ramanujan College

2011

• Cluster Innovation Centre (CIC) and Holy Family College of Nursing established

2012

• The Zakir Husain College (earlier named Anglo-Arabic College) was again renamed as Zakir Husain Delhi College
• Ramanujan College (erstwhile Deshbandhu (Evening) College) became a full-fledged morning college
• CIC started offering B.Tech. Humanities in five streams (Journalism, Education, Historical Tourism, Art & Design, and Counselling) through the Meta College concept
• Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya was founded.
• The cultural festival of the University, Antardhawani was organised for the first time
• Gyanodaya Express started for educational journeys
• A special convocation was organised to confer Honorary D. Litt. Degree upon H. E. Dilma Vana Rousseff, the President of the Republic of Brazil.
• The University started celebrating its Foundation Day

2013

• The University signed an MoU with Software Technology Park of India (STPI)
• College of Nursing at Army Hospital (R&R) was started.

2014

• Ram Lal Anand College (Evening) which was set-up in 1973, was made a full-fledged day college and named Aryabhatta College
• The University established the Intellectual Property Rights Cell at the Research Council

2016

• Institute for the Physically Handicapped, started in 1975, then renamed as Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Institute for the Physically Handicapped in 2002, was further renamed as Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya National Insitite for Persons with Physical Disabilities (Divyangjan)
• WSDC, established in 1987, was recognised as an Advanced Centre of Study by the UGC
• All-India Institute of Ayurveda was started.

2017

• Dyal Singh College (Evening) became a full-fledged day college

2018

• The A+ Grade accredited to the University by NAAC

2019

• In South Campus, Departments of Business Economics and the Department of Financial Studies were amalgamated to form the Department of Finance and Business Economics
• Florence Nightingale College of Nursing was set-up

2020

• University of Delhi declared as an Institution of Eminence (IoE)
• Pioneer work done in the evaluation system by conducting Open Book and online examinations, including 100% online evaluations, in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic

2021

• Developing Countries Research Centre, set-up in 1993, was renamed Centre for Global Studies
• All admissions, involving around two lakh students, were conducted in 100% contactless and online mode in wake of Covid-19 pandemic
• The Maharishi Kanad Bhawan at the University inaugurated
• For the first time the University distributed online digital degrees in its convocation
• Foundation stones for two new campuses, East Campus and West campus, were laid.