Jamia Hamdard was founded on August 1, 1989, by Late Shri Rajiv Gandhi. The goal of Jamia Hamdard is to encourage excellence. Jamia Hamdard is currently a NIRF University in Delhi, with a ranking of 41, and it is a government-funded university, accredited by NAAC with grade A and score of 3.15. It is one of the highest quality standards for higher education. Jamia Hamdard was a driving force for the creation of educational institutions in the form of a "Deemed to be University."

By preparing you for the best and providing you with the best facilities, a degree from the Delhi Jamia Hamdard institute will help you achieve success. It was recently awarded ‘the Institute of Eminence status’ by MHRD in 2019.

Over a period of last ten years, Jamia Hamdard has emerged as an outstanding institution of higher learning with distinct and focused academic programmes. Its department of online learning has now introduced 5 programmes namely, BBA, B. Com (Accountancy), BCA (Data Science), MA in Human Rights and in Islamic Studies.