Requests to following the original recommendation or even create four universities were made.

[6] The Bill was passed in July 2015[7] and the university was inaugurated on 21 September 2017[8] and T. D. Kemparaju was appointed Vice-Chancellor (VC).

Affiliation to the three universities is based on Karnataka Legislative Assembly constituencies.

BNU affiliating all colleges under Devanahalli, Doddaballapur and Hoskote Assembly constituencies in Bengaluru Rural district; K R Puram, Pulikeshinagar, Sarvagnanagar, C V Raman Nagar and Mahadevapura Assembly constituencies in Bengaluru Urban district; Gauribidanur, Bagepalli, Chikkaballapur, Sidlaghatta and Chintamani Assembly constituencies in Chikkaballapur district; Srinivaspur, Mulbagal, KGF, Bangarpet, Kolar and Malur Assembly constituencies in Kolar district.

A permanent campus will be constructed at Amaravathi village in Chickballapur district.