| 1963 | Economics |
| Education |
| English |
| History |
| Mathematics |
| Politics |
| 1964 | Language |
| Philosophy |
| 1965 | Biology |
| Chemistry |
| Music |
| Physics |
| Sociology |
| 1967 | Computation |
| Social Administration and Social Work |
| 1968 | Centre for Medieval Studies |
| 1975 | Psychology |
| 1979 | Archaeology |
| Electronics |
| 1984 | Centre for Womens Studies |
| 1992 | Enivronment |
| 1994 | Health Sciences and Clinical Evaluation |
| 1995 | Institute of Railway Studies |
| 1996 | Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies |
| Health Studies |
| 2001 | Centre for Criminal Justice Economics and Psychology |
| (Health Sciences merger) |
| 2002 | History of Art and Management Studies become fully fledged departments |
| 2003 | Hull York Medical School |
