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Introduction
The University of Delhi informally known as Delhi University, is a collegiate public central university, located in New Delhi, India. It has 77 affiliated colleges and 5 other institutes with an enrollment of over 132,000 regular students and 261,000 non-formal students.

History
The University of Delhi was established in 1922 as a unitary, teaching and residential university by an Act of the then Central Legislative Assembly of the British India.

First VC
The university initially had two faculties (Arts and Science) and approximately 750 students. Hari Singh Gour served as the university's first Vice-Chancellor from 1922 to 1926.



Maurice Gwyer
When Sir Maurice Gwyer came to India in 1937 to serve as Chief Justice of British India, he became the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Delhi. During his time, postgraduate teaching courses were introduced and laboratories were established at the university.



Present form
The University has grown into one of the largest universities in India. At present, there are 16 faculties, 86 academic departments, 77 colleges and 5 other recognised institutes spread across city, with 132435 regular students (114494 undergraduates and 17941 postgraduates).

Advanced Studies
DU's chemistry, geology, zoology, sociology and history departments have been awarded the status of Centres of Advanced Studies.

Campus
North Campus and South Campus serve as the two main campuses of the University.

North Campus
North campus proper now has 13 colleges geographically centred on the Faculty of Arts, Science, Law and Management, which are Hansraj College, Hindu College, Lady Irwin College, Miranda House, Ramjas College, St Stephen's College, among several others.







South Campus
The University of Delhi started the south campus in 1973 as an effort to cope with its expansion. It moved to its present location on Benito Juarez Marg, near Dhaula Kuan, in 1984.



Colleges
Some of the colleges in the South Campus are Lady Shri Ram College, Gargi College, Kamala Nehru College, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, and Delhi College of Arts and Commerce among several others.

Zakir Husain Delhi College
Zakir Husain Delhi College, which is situated in the central part of New Delhi, is the oldest college in Delhi carrying 300 years of legacy.

East Campus
The East Campus is being developed with the University College of Medical Sciences as its nucleus.



Organisation and administration
The President of India is the Visitor, the Vice-President of India is the Chancellor and the Chief Justice of India is the Pro-Chancellor of the University. The University Court is the supreme authority of the University and has the power to review the acts of the Executive Council and the Academic Council.

Faculties
The University of Delhi's 86 academic departments are divided into 16 faculties, such as Arts, Applied Social Sciences & Humanities, Management Studies, Music and Fine Arts, among several others.



Engineering and Technology
The faculty earlier included the Delhi College of Engineering, before it was transformed into the Delhi Technological University and Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology before it was transformed into the Netaji Subhas University of Technology.



Sports
Delhi University Stadium has a rugby sevens stadium, situated within the North Campus. Spread over 10000 square metres (110000 sq ft), the stadium has a seating capacity of 2500 permanent and 7500 temporary seats.

Facilities
It also includes a training area for netball, boxing, women's wrestling and athletics.