The Bahagian Arkib Universiti (BARU) was first established in 1982 under the Administration Division, Office of the Registrar and was known as the Archives Unit. The functions and roles of the unit have been revamped and strengthened to improve records management in ITM/UiTM according to current needs.

On 1 June 2015, The Bahagian Arkib Dan Muzium (BAM) which at that time was still under the auspices of the Registrar's Office was handed over to The Perpustakaan Tun Abdul Razak (PTAR) in accordance with Executive Committee Meeting (JKE) No. 06/2015 dated 10 June 2015.