Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee laid the foundation stone of the university campus on 2 October 2018.

The Department of Public Works (West Bengal) has identified the land in Bamunia, Mahishadal and started the process of constructing the university building.

The construction of the boundary wall of the twenty acre campus started in 2019, but due to lack of funds, the work stopped by April 2022.

But as the construction work of the academic building was not completed, the students were started in Mahishadal Raj College.

[1] Chandradipa Ghosh was appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University on 16 March 2023.