Tata Institute of Social Sciences was established as a graduate school of Social Work in 1936 and conferred the status of deemed university in 1964. It offers master programmes in Social work, Personnel Management & Industrial Relations & Health sciences, it offers broad-based M.Phil & Ph.D programmes in social sciences and social work and actively engaged in research work and social action programmes in Rural Campus in Marathwada.

Sir Dorabji Tata Memorial Library is a library of national importance equipped with a good number of national/international journals in the field of social sciences which undertakes the privilege of providing rapid and comprehensive document delivery

Sir Dorabji Tata

service. This service enables University faculty, research scholars, students, private organisations and companies to meet their nascent needs around the country. At present, SDTML Library is sharing its resources and providing document delivery service with other libraries like International Institute for Population Studies, SNDT Women's University, Bombay University, Nirmala Niketan, IIT, Shivaji university, Marathawad University, Fergusan College and others to enhance mutual co-operation and to overcome the budget constraints and have networking and resource sharing facility. Information Sources have been borrowed by there organisations and provided to users whenever there is a need. These services are met by hand delivery, post and e-mail.