The university was founded in April 1916 under the supervision and leadership of Bharat Ratna Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya.Today it has a vast property under it which comprises of more than 50 faculties with minimum 2000 teaching staff. It has a medical college which is ranked 7th in the country according to the NIRF. It is the only university which has its own IIT. Some of its faculties are: ARTS FACULTY, INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, FACULTY OF COMMERCE, INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, LAW FACULTY and many more. It also comprises of the international studies like graduation in foreign languages like Japanese, French, Spanish, Chinese and many more. It is ranked 3rd in the country according to NIRF.
Vice Chancellor: Dr. Rakesh Bhatnagar
It comes under one of the most subsidised universities.
Bhu has its hospital which is a great book for the most patients of U. P., Bihar, M.P. and many more. Bhu has the largest trauma centre in India with more than 350 beds and almost 100 doctors per department.
Bhu also provides research programmes like P. hD, JRF, geneticist, biologist etc
Most of the students from east U. P. and Bihar come here to grab quality study and intellectual experience in their own fields