The act gave the university jurisdiction over the colleges in the four districts of Prayagraj division, Prayagraj, Kaushambi, Fatehpur and Pratapgarh, previously affiliated to Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University.

[1] However, due to difficulties in transferring the land,[2] the construction of the university was delayed until 2016, when it was announced on the 2016 budget that funds were assigned and the land was identified for the university,[3] leading to the official date of establishment on 17 June 2016.

[5] In 2019 the university was renamed after Rajendra Singh through an ordinance,[6] which was later that year replaced by the Uttar Pradesh State Universities (Amendment) Act, 2019.

[7][8] Srivastava resided until November 2020, when she was appointed VC of Allahabad University and replaced with K.N.

In March 2021 Akhilesh Kumar Singh took charge as VC.