[3] The university is the fruit of the Mizoram Peace Accord between Mizo National Front and Government of India on 30 June 1986.

The North Eastern Hill University, with its headquarters at Shillong had already run its Mizoram campus since 1978.

Mizoram University has changed immensely after the recent move of the main administration and some academic departments to its permanent campus at Tanhril, Aizawl.

Except for a few remaining academic departments, the Sports Cell, the Medical Clinic and Central Library, the university is now well consolidated in its main campus.

[6] It is now undergoing a sea change, thanks to the development and construction works taking place with the help of the sum of Rs.

25 crores from DoNER and anticipated commitment of UGC Grant for the Infrastructure of Development of Mizoram University under Xth Plan amounting to Rs.

[7] Common plants species include trees like Aporusa octandra, Castanopsis tribuloides, Schima wallichii, Bischofia javanica, and Anogeissus acuminata, shrubs like Melastoma nepalensis and Clerodedrum infortunatum, herbaceous plants like Imperata cylindrica, Erianthus longisetosus, Bidens biternata, and Knoxia corymbosa, and invasive alien species including Chromolaena odorata and Mikania micrantha.

Among reptiles, there are 23 species of snakes in four families, including Boiga cyanea, Elaphe porphyracea, Gonyosoma prasina, Pareas monticola, Rhabdops bicolor, Trachischium tenuiceps, Rhabdophis subminiatus, Trimerusurus erythrurus, Bungarus niger, Naja kaouthia, and Ophiophagus hannah.

A joint initiative of the National Institute for Locomotor Disabilities, Calcutta and the department of social work, Mizoram University.

Mizoram University has provided 5 acres of land to establish Software Technology Parks of India for which an MoU has been signed for a 66-year lease.

[19] Mizoram University Students Council (MZUSC) is primarily responsible for building and preserving a healthy political culture in the campus.