The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) is a central university headquartered in Hyderabad with regional campuses at Shillong and Lucknow. Its institutional history began in 1958 with the establishment of the Central Institute of English, created to strengthen English-language teaching and teacher training in India. The institute later expanded beyond English, developing work in foreign languages, linguistics, literature, language education, cultural studies and related humanities. Its regional presence also grew: the Shillong campus was established in 1973 and the Lucknow campus in 1979. The institution subsequently became known as the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, reflecting the broader linguistic mandate it had developed. Parliament transformed the institute into The English and Foreign Languages University through central legislation, and it became a Central University on 3 August 2007. EFLU’s academic structure is unusually specialized. Its schools include English Language Education, Language Sciences, European Languages, Arab and Asian Studies, Literary Studies and Inter-Disciplinary Studies. Programmes span undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral, diploma and certificate study in English, foreign languages, language teaching, linguistics, phonetics, literature, translation and cultural fields. Teacher education remains central to the institution’s identity, linking present university programmes with the original mission of the Central Institute of English. EFLU also has an international training role, including English-proficiency and professional-development programmes for participants from many countries under government-supported initiatives. Its three-campus structure gives the university a national reach while retaining a highly focused mission. Rather than covering every academic discipline, EFLU concentrates institutional resources on languages, literatures, pedagogy, intercultural understanding and humanities research, making it one of India’s most distinctive specialist central universities. Its regional campuses allow specialized language education to reach different parts of India, while the Hyderabad headquarters remains the principal centre for advanced work in language pedagogy, linguistics, literature, translation, testing and intercultural studies.