On January 15, 1974 the foundation stone of Narendra Dev University of Agriculture & Technology was laid by the then Hon’ble Prime Minister of India late Smt. Indira Gandhi at Mashodha near Faizabad city. Shri Laxmi Narain Rai, a PCS officer of Agriculture Department, Government of UP, was deputed as officer on special duty. After a few months, he was succeeded by Dr. A.S. Srivastava who took over in October, 1974. Thereafter on 21, 1975 the govenment of UP decided that the main campus of the university would be established at Kumarganj, Faizabad instead of Mashodha.

Shri A.D. Pandey, IAS (retired) was appointed the first Vice-Chancellor of the university on 10th October,1975. The university started functioning in a borrowed building of Gram Swalabi Vidyalaya Acharya Nagar, Naka, Faizabad. Dr. R.P.Chandola joined as the first Registrar of the university on November 1975. A committee was constituted for the site selection of Academic, administrative and residential blocks of the university at kumarganj.The committee submitted its report on 22nd January, 1976. On july 10, 1976. The paddy research station located at, Mashodha.Ghghra Ghat along with ECF and NDS schemes were transferred to the University by the government and U.P. Institute Agril. Science, Kanpur which thereafter formed the nucleus of the research at the University. Dr. Kirti Singh took over the first Dean of the Agril. faculty on february,12, 1977 got approved creation of 20 departments in the college of agriculture.

The university includes the following constituent colleges:

• College of Agriculture, Kumarganj, Ayodhya
• Mahamaya College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Akbarpur, Ambedkar Nagar
• College of Fisheries, Kumarganj, Ayodhya
• College of Home Science, Kumarganj, Ayodhya
• College of Horticulture and Forestry, Kumarganj, Ayodhya
• College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Kumarganj, Ayodhya
• College of Agriculture, Azamgarh