state-controlled institution of higher education located at Delhi, India. Founded in 1922 as a residential university, it developed into a teaching and affiliating body and is now designated as one of India's federal universities, with jurisdiction over numerous colleges scattered throughout the metropolitan area of Greater Delhi. There are numerous institutions affiliated to it, including schools of medicine, nursing, education, agriculture, and technology, as well as the Institute of Economic Growth, the Delhi School of Social Work, and the School of International Studies for women. The university has faculties of arts, education, applied sciences, law, medicine, Indian medicine, mathematics, management, music and fine arts, sciences, social sciences, and technology. Instruction is in English and Hindi.