Dr Cynthia Menezes Prabhu was the temporary Vice-Chancellor during June – July 2022.

Ramesh was appointed as VC temporarily till new VC is appointed by the state[5] With more than 650 affiliated colleges, the Karnataka government has decided to bifurcate, or 'carve out a new university' to ease management.

[9] Affiliated colleges include: The university is structured into six faculties- Arts, Science, Commerce & Management, Education, Law and Engineering.

It has 43 Post Graduate Departments, a Postgraduate Centre at Kolar, (Started during 1994–95), three constituent colleges, 665 affiliated colleges (of which 115 have PG Courses) and several other Centres and Directorates of higher learning and research under its purview.

[14] In a first, the university in 2010 announced admissions for transgender people by reserving one seat in each PG course.