Its original design was planned by the architect Walter Sykes George and is architecturally similar to other educational institutions in India founded in the colonial era.

All undergraduate programs offered by the University of Delhi would thenceforth be for the duration of four years, with multiple exit options and the inclusion of research components.

[13] In June 2014, after a lot of controversy, speculation and protests, the four-year undergraduate program was removed according to the directives of the University Grants Commission.

All the constituent colleges of the University of Delhi were instructed to return to the previous three-year format for first degrees.

[17] Miranda House is the first college to establish a computer-based resource centre to aid its visually challenged students.

Work on the resource centre was initiated in 2006, with an endowment from Ms Manju Kapur Dalmia, author and member of teaching faculty at Miranda House.

[20] The primary objective is to improve the quality of science education in schools by introducing Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) tools embedded in carefully designed learning environments.

[22] Located in the University of Delhi's north campus enclave, Miranda House was designed by architect Walter Sykes George in a similar style to other colonial educational institutions of the country.

Since the beginning, Miranda House has undergone numerous physical changes and has grown with additions to its original layout plan.

In its Golden Jubilee Year, the college auditorium was renovated under the supervision of interior designer and old Mirandian Ketaki Sood.

Miranda House hostel was founded in 1948 by the vice-chancellor, Sir Maurice Gwyer; its foundation stone was laid by Lady Edwina Mountbatten on 7 March the same year.

Miranda House and Sri Ram College of Commerce hosted this team through a week-long course on management and culture.

Sixteen students from Miranda House and fifteen from Sri Ram College of Commerce participated in the program.

The program was the second of a series initiated in 2008 with support from K. Sreenivas, dean of international relations at University of Delhi.

Students then attended a series of workshops and lectures on aspects of inter-cultural business interactions and marketing.

The Students' Union organizes TEMPEST, the annual cultural festival of Miranda House, and addresses all student-related problems.

In 1970 the Miss Miranda beauty contest was abolished by an overwhelming majority of students despite strong opposition by the principal and faculty members.

[citation needed] During the Sikh riots in Delhi in 1984, students of Miranda House organized relief camps for the victims.

[citation needed] Film-maker Shonali Bose, who was a student at Miranda, made the Sikh riots the subject of her film Amu.

[citation needed] Students protested "unreasonable curfew times" for women in 2015, in a campaign called "Break the Cage.

[citation needed] Miranda House also appears in Neeraj Pandey's Akshay Kumar starrer Special 26.

Pandey needed to replicate CBI headquarters, for which the crew recommended the heritage hall at Miranda House.