Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam is a premier educational institution and one of the four affiliating universities in the state of Kerala. Established on October 2, 1983 Mahatma Gandhi University has jurisdiction over the revenue districts of Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki and parts of Pathanamthitta and Alappuzha. The university has 18 departments, an international inter university centre, six inter university centres, seven inter school centres, 36 self-financing departments, 82 aided affiliated colleges (of which eight are colleges with Potential for Excellence), 230 unaided affiliated colleges and 273 recognised research institutes. It imparts education in the interdisciplinary as well as conventional disciplines of science, social science and humanities besides the professional disciplines of Engineering, Technology, Legal studies, Pedagogy, Pharmacy and Nursing. Mahatma Gandhi University offers research programmes in 40 disciplines through its own schools as well as through its approved research centres. The university boasts collaboration with various national agencies and institutions including the UGC, FIST, DRS, ISRO, COSIT, DIT, DST (Nano Mission), CSIR, DAAD, STEC, ICMR, BARC, MOEF, ICCR, ICHR, IED, IIFT, Institute of Chinese Studies and the Sahitya Akademi. The university is also associated with international research institutions such as the Max Planck Institute of Technology, Germany; Brown University, USA; University of Nantes, France; California Institute of Technology, USA; University of Toronto, Canada; Catholic University, Belgium; Heidelberg University; Germany and the Institute of Political Studies, Rennes, France; Trent University, Canada; IPFDresden, Germany; University of Paris and University of Strasbourg. The university’s faculty boast about 20 patents, including four from the USA and considerable percentage of the alumni of the university are comfortably placed in the country and abroad as academicians, scientists and professionals.
The university’s 110 acre main campus called Priyadarshini Hills at Athirampuzha, is 13 km off Kottayam. Mahatma Gandhi University also boasts seven satellite campuses in parts of Kottayam and the neighbouring districts. The campus amenities include spacious classrooms, well equipped laboratories, a well stocked library, placement and counselling centre, an infirmary, a computer centre, a book store, an ATM, and sports facilities for various outdoor and indoor games.
School of Behavioural Sciences MSc Disability Studies and Reliability Sciences; Psychology; MPhil Special Education and Rehabilitation Sciences; Rehabilitation Psychology; Behavioural Medicine and Rehabilitation; Behavioural Science and Rehabilitation Nursing PhD Special Education, Psychology, Rehabilitation Medicine and Inter Disciplinary Researches School of Biosciences MSc Biochemistry; Biotechnology; Microbiology; Biophysics MPhil Bioscience PhD Biochemistry; Biotechnology; Microbiology; Physiology School of Chemical Sciences MSc Chemistry Inorganic; Organic; Physical Chemistry; Polymer Science MPhil Chemistry PhD Chemistry MTech Polymer Science and Technology Integrated MSc and PhD Chemistry; Chemical Physics School of Computer Sciences MSc Computer Science PhD Computer Science School of Environmental Sciences MSc Environment Science and Management; Environment Science and Disaster Management MPhil Environment Management PhD Environmental stress studies; Environmental Biology; Biodiversity and conservation biology; Biodiversity characterisation; Aerobiology and allergy; Vegetation analysis through RS and GIS; Wetland biodiversity; Environmental chemistry; Environmental biotechnology and solid waste management; Aquatic microbiology; Microbial toxicology; Bioremediation; Climate change; Environmental Impact Assessment; Environmental Geology; Disaster Management PG Diploma Course Geoinformation Science and Technology (Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS); Digital Photogrammetry and Digital image processing; Water and waste water analysis; Air, soil and noise analysis The School of Gandhian Thought and Development Studies MA Gandhian Studies; Development Studies MPhil Gandhian Studies; Development Studies PhD Gandhian Studies School of Indian Legal Thought BA LLB Hons LLB Hons LLM Intellectual Property Rights; Human Rights; Constitutional & Administrative Law PhD Law School of International Relations and Politics MA Politics and International Relations; Politics and Human Rights; Public Policy and Governance MPhil Politics and International Relations PhD Politics and International Relations School of Tourism Studies Master of Tourism Management (MTM) Aviation Management; Tour Operations and Health Tourism School of Pedagogical Sciences MEd MPhil PhD School of Physical Education and Sports Sciences MPEd School of Pure and Applied Physics MSc Physics MPhil Physics PhD Plasma Physics, Space Physics, Non-linear time series analyses, Wavelet analysis; Laser Spectroscopy, Sol-Gel Optics, Nano Materials, Nonlinear optics; X-ray crystallography, Molecular Modeling, Conformational studies of macromolecules, organic, inorganic, natural products, DNA and RNA, structure of modified nucleic acid; Galactic and stellar cluster dynamics; Nanomaterials Syntheses and characterisation; Solar Physics, Magnetosphere, Quantum Computation; Crystal Growth and characterisation, Nanocrystals, Magnetic materials; Laser Spectroscopy, Photonics and Nonlinear optics School of Management and Business Studies MBA MPhil PhD School of Social Sciences MPhil Anthropology; Economics; History; Sociology; Human Ecology/natural history; Social Transformation and Empowerment; Social Science Policy MA Anthropology; Economics; History
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The Mahatma Gandhi University offers research programmes in 40 disciplines through its own schools as well as through its approved research centres. The university boasts collaboration with various national agencies and institutions including the UGC, FIST, DRS, ISRO, COSIT, DIT, DST (Nano Mission), CSIR, DAAD, STEC, ICMR, BARC, MOEF, ICCR, ICHR, IED, IIFT, Institute of Chinese Studies and the Sahitya Akademi. The university is also associated with international research institutions such as the Max Planck Institute of Technology, Germany; Brown University, USA; University of Nantes, France; California Institute of Technology, USA; University of Toronto, Canada; Catholic University, Belgium; Heidelberg University; Germany and the Institute of Political Studies, Rennes, France; Trent University, Canada; IPFDresden, Germany; University of Paris and University of Strasbourg. The university’s faculty boasts about 20 patents, including four from the USA and considerable percentage of the alumni of the university are comfortably placed in the country and abroad as academicians, scientists and professionals.252
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