The recent Sahyadri College was set up in 1940 with 105 understudies and nine employees as a middle of the road College. In 1956 - 57 the College was updated into the First Grade College with the presentation of B.A. what's more, B.Sc. programs. The quality of the College expanded significantly at customary interims. Accordingly it ended up important to bifurcate the past Sahyadri College into Sahyadri Arts College and Sahyadri Science College in August 1984. B.Com. program was additionally presented in the year 1990. 

As a result of bifurcation of the College, the College has lost the acknowledgment of UGC on the ground that the earlier consent of the UGC was not gotten before the bifurcation of the College. Subsequently, the College connected indeed for a new acknowledgment and the equivalent was allowed vide UGC letter No. F.8-1/94/(CPP-I) dated 28-12-1994 2[f] and 12 [B]. In any case, the bifurcation of the College does not add up to a foundation of another College. The new acknowledgment of the UGC additionally does not modify the date of foundation of the College. 

So as to create Sahyadri Arts and Sahyadri Science College as model Colleges, the University mentioned the Government of Karnataka to move these Colleges to University in 1991. Appropriately, the Government moved these Colleges to University in 1992.