Dr. Manmohan Singh Bengaluru City University (DMSBCU), formerly Bengaluru City University, is a collegiate public state university located in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. It was formed in 2017 and renamed in 2025 in the honour of Dr Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India.
History The university was formed in 2017 following the trifurcation of Bangalore University, Dr. Venugopal K R, UVCE Alumni, Principal UVCE was the Special Officer The state government has issued orders bifurcating Bangalore University. KR Venugopal, principal, University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering has been named special officer of Bangalore North university. – The Times of India (indiatimes.indiatimes.com)Venugopal is special offer for North University- The New Indian Express to the Government of Karnataka for Trifurcating Bangalore University. He submitted the report on 26 March 2015 for restructuring Bangalore University into Bangalore University, Bengaluru City University and Bengaluru North University . The first vice chancellor (VC) of the university was S. Japhet. Narasimha Murthy replaced him as an interim VC in November 2020 until the appointment of Lingaraja Gandhi in April 2021.
Constituent Colleges Government Arts College Bangalore Ramnarayan Chellaram College of Commerce and Management, Bangalore
Affiliated Colleges For the academic year 2019–20 the university had 204 affiliated colleges, 24 education colleges, and 9 autonomous colleges. Notable affiliated colleges include:
St. Joseph's College of Commerce Baldwin Methodist College College of Fine Arts, Bengaluru Government Science College, Bangalore Jyoti Nivas College Maharani Lakshmi Ammanni College For Women St Francis College, Koramangala, Bangalore The Regency College of Education, Bangalore K.L.E. Society's S. Nijalingappa College MES College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Malleswaram, Bengaluru
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