A residential cum affiliating university, the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University is located is located in Gorakhpur at Uttar Pradesh. In the year 1965, the University was set up by an Act passed by the Uttar Pradesh legislature. It started functioning from 1st September 1957. Initially, the functioning University started with only four faculties, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Commerce, Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Education. In the year 1958, the Faculty of Science came up. Gradually the Faculties of Engineering, Medicine and Agriculture came up. The territorial jurisdiction of the University extends over five districts of the Gorakhpur Division and there are nearly one hundred and twenty three colleges under its wing.

Spread over an area of 300 acres, the campus houses teaching and residential campuses. Initially, the University was spread in two buildings. The Pant Block and the Majithia Block. Several other buildings have come up in recent years. The other buildings are the Central Library, the Arts Block, the Administrative Block, the Law Faculty, a Student`s Union building, a Gymnasium hall, a Health Centre, a Computer Centre and Research Buildings for Chemistry, Zoology, and Botany. There are other buildings for Commerce and Education Faculties and also for the faculties of Home, Science, Geography, Psychology, Sociology, Hindi, Ancient History, Fine Arts and Music, Political Science and Adult Education.

The University aims to provide quality education, excellent research and good infrastructure for, stimulating the pursuit of knowledge. The University has an excellent faculty who are eminent personalities in their respective fields.