The university was formed in 2017 following the trifurcation of
Bangalore University, Dr. Venugopal K R, UVCE Alumni, Principal UVCE was the Special Officer to the Government of Karnataka for Trifurcating Bangalore University. He submitted the report on 26 March 2015 for restructuring Bangalore University into
Bangalore University, Bengaluru City University and
Bengaluru North University . The first
vice chancellor (VC) of the university was S. Japhet. Narasimha Murthy replaced him as an interim VC in November 2020 until the appointment of Lingaraja Gandhi in April 2021. == Affiliation ==