No postgraduate college existed in Tripura, until in 1967 the University Grants Commission (UGC) sanctioned a post-graduate wing of CU, named Calcutta University Post graduate Centre (CUPGC), established in 1985.

[3] Sudip Bandopadhya was appointed the first chancellor and Arunoday Saha the first vice-chancellor (VC).

[4] Saha was followed by Anjan Kumar Ghosh,[5] followed by Vijaykumar Laxmikantrao Dharurkar, who was appointed the third VC in July 2018.

[6] In September 2019, Dharurkar resigned over corruption allegations[7] and was replaced by acting VC Sangram Sinha.

[10] The campus of Tripura University is situated at Suryamaninagar, 10 km away from the city centre of Agartala.