| Important Milestones | Year |
| Federal charter granted by Government of Pakistan | Sep-02 |
Virtual University launches 2 free to air Educational Broadcast
Television Channels (VUTV 1 & VUTV 2) | Mar-04 |
| University adds 2 more channels to its Television Network (VUTV 3 & VUTV 4) | Aug-06 |
| VU goes global - All video lecture placed on YouTube | Jun-08 |
| Launch of a unique VU e-Examination System | Oct-08 |
| Enrollment exceeds 50,000 students | Sep-09 |
| Launch of VU Open Courseware website | Oct-11 |
| VU Open Courseware website declared best website of the year | Apr-12 |
| Deployment of VU Examination Software to NUST for conduct of Entry Test | Jun-12 |
| Student enrollment crosses 100,000 mark | Oct-12 |
| VU offers its educational resources to other universities free of cost | Nov-12 |
| VU partners with University of the Punjab and Technical University Kaiserslautern, Germany to launch B.Ed. in Technical Education | Sep-14 |
| Deployment of VU Learning Management System (VULMS) to Concordia Colleges | Sep-14 |
| University starts Degree Programs in Life Sciences | Sep-14 |
| Launch of VU Journal | Sep-14 |
| Launch of Global Languages website | Nov-14 |
| Initiation of Ph.D. Programs | Sep-15 |
