As its name suggests, a large part of the barangay is occupied by the main Diliman campus of the University of the Philippines (UP).

UP Diliman, the university campus itself, covers seven other barangays in Quezon City, namely Krus na Ligas, San Vicente, Botocan, Culiat, Old Capitol Site, Pansol, and Vasra.

24 issued by then Quezon City Mayor Norberto Amoranto.

The mayoral order itself was pursuant to Presidential Decree 557 issued by then President Ferdinand Marcos on September 21, 1974 which mandates the conversion of barrios into barangays.

Campus, according to a census in 2012, has a squatter population of at least 15,500 households, each having an average of 4.5 members.