North Campus of University of Delhi
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Motto in English
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Dedicated to Truth |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1922 |
| Chancellor | Vice-President of India |
| Vice-Chancellor | Yogesh K. Tyagi |
| Students | 132,435 |
| Undergraduates | 114,494 |
| Postgraduates | 17,941 |
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Other students
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261,169 |
| Location |
New Delhi, Delhi, India 28°41′N 77°13′E / 28.69°N 77.21°ECoordinates: 28°41′N 77°13′E / 28.69°N 77.21°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colours | Purple |
| Affiliations | UGC, NAAC, AIU, ACU, Universitas 21 |
| Mascot | Elephant |
| Website | du |
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| General – international | |
| QS (World) (2018) | 481-490 |
| QS (BRICS) (2016) | 41 |
| QS (Asia) (2018) | 72 |
| Times (World) (2018) | 601-800 |
| Times (BRICS) (2017) | 109 |
| Times (Asia) (2017) | 131-140 |
| General – India | |
| NIRF (Overall) (2017) | 15 |
| NIRF (Universities) (2017) | 8 |
| Law – India | |
| The Week (2017) | 3 |
The University of Delhi (UOD), informally known as Delhi University (DU), is a collegiate public central university, located in New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1922 by an Act of the Central Legislative Assembly. As a collegiate university, its main functions are divided between the academic departments of the university and affiliated colleges. Consisting of three colleges, two faculties, and 750 students at its founding, the University of Delhi has since become India's largest institution of higher learning and among the largest in the world. The university currently consists of 16 faculties and 86 departments distributed across its North and South campuses. It has 77 affiliated colleges and 5 other institutes with an enrollment of over 132,000 regular students and 261,000 non-formal students. The Vice-President of India serves as the University's chancellor.
DU is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, Association of Indian Universities, and Universitas 21, a global network of research-intensive universities. The University of Delhi was ranked 15th in India overall by the National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2017 and 8th among universities. It was ranked 66th in Asia in 2016, and 481-490 in 2018 by the QS World University Rankings.
DU has graduated many notable alumni, including seven heads of state or government and 2 Nobel laureates.
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