In 1973, CIEFL was awarded the status of a deemed university. Venturing into newer territories like curriculum development, evaluation, and methodology, two new campuses were set up in Shillong (1973) and Lucknow (1979) to cater for the needs of language practitioners in the North East and the North.

 

Building on its achievements in the use of radio and television, the Educational Media Research Center (EMRC) was established at CIEFL in 1984 with the objective of designing and telecasting programmes in different disciplines.

 

In 2006-2007, CIEFL was given central university status by an Act of Parliament and accordingly renamed The English and Foreign Languages University. Dedicated to the study of English and ten foreign languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Korean, and Persian), it is the only one of its kind in South Asia. It has been specially set up to conduct advanced research and training in the areas of teacher education, literature, linguistics, interdisciplinary studies, and cultural studies. Today, EFL University has 7 schools and 26 Departments. Apart from graduate, postgraduate, and research programmes, EFL University offers postgraduate diplomas, and degrees through the distance mode.