Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University was established in 1956.

The university was spread over colleges in Gorakhpur and the adjoining erstwhile twelve districts with about 125 affiliated colleges.

In 1973, when the Gorakhpur University act was replaced by uniform piece of legislation called the U.P. Universities act, about two dozed colleges located in five districts were transferred to the newly created Avadh University with headquarters at Faizabad.

The jurisdiction of the Gorakhpur University was drastically curtailed further in its headquarters at Jaunpur.

At present, with the establishment of new colleges and the creation of new districts, there are 123 colleges located in five districts of Gorakhpur Division.

The college has a neat and attractive campus spread over an area of about 300 acres with well-planned teaching and residential campuses.

In the beginning the university was housed in two buildings the Pant block and the Majithia block.