The Government of India declared the DAYALBAGH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE, as an institution deemed to be a University from the session 1981-82, under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act. The Institute has since been accorded the membership of the Association of Indian Universities. The Institute comprises of the faculties of Arts, Commerce, Education, Engineering, Science and Social Sciences. From the session 1986-87, the DEI Technical College, Dayalbagh, a diploma level Engineering Institution and from the session 1995-96, the DEI Prem Vidyalaya Girls Intermediate College, have also been brought under the academic and administrative control of the Institute.

A Technical School, which later developed into a College, was started in 1927 for imparting training in automobile, electrical and mechanical engineering, leading to the award of diploma in the concerned branch of the Board of Technical Education, U.P.

Departments

Department of Arts
Department of Commerce
Department of Engineering
Department of Education
Department of Science