Overview

Established in 2009 by an Act of the Parliament, the Central University of Karnataka (CUK) is one of the 16 new central universities established by the Government of India during the UGC XI Plan Period. The UGC XI Plan aims to provide access to quality higher education to people in less educationally developed districts which have a Graduate Enrolment Ratio of less than the national average of 11 percent. The main objective of the university is integrating the components of teaching, research, innovation, training and skill development (TRI-TSD) with an aspiration to excel in dual degree, post graduate and doctoral programmes. The university offers programmes in arts, humanities, management, sciences and engineering with 16 departments spread across eight schools and one centre offering nine dual degree programmes, 15 master degree programmes, and 16 research (PhD) programmes.

Campus

The 654 acre university campus is sited near Kadaganchi village in the district of Kalaburagi, Karnataka. The campus hosts a well stocked library with a collection of reference books, text books, CD/DVDs, dissertations, thesis, magazines and news papers, well equipped laboratories, health centre, health centre, guest houses, indoor and outdoor sports facilities, hostels, bank and post office.

Academics

Undergraduate Courses BBA BTech - General Engineering with domain knowledge in Basic Sciences; Electrical Engineering; Electronics Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Civil Engineering; Computer Science Engineering Dual Degrees Courses BA and MA - English; Economics BSc and MSc - Geography; Geology; Psychology BSW and MSW Dual Degree Programme in Engineering Teaching component (TC), comprising of Lectures (L), Tutorials (T) and Practical (P), and Learning component (LC), comprising of internships, projects, thesis, seminars, colloquium, paper presentation, etc. Postgraduate Courses MBA MCom MCA MA Economics; English; Hindi; Kannada MSc Chemistry; Applied Geography & Geoinformatics; Mathematics; Physics; Clinical and counseling Psychology; Organisation Behavior and Human Resource Development; Educational and career counseling MTech Information, Communication & Computer Technology (ICCT); Power and Energy Technology (PET); Manufacturing Technology (MT); Infrastructure and Environmental Technology (IET); Automation, Control, Instrumentation Technology (ACIT) MSW Social Development (SD); Human Resource Management (HRM); Medical and Psychiatric Social Work (MPSW); Family and Child Welfare (FCW); Criminal Justice and Correctional Administration PhD Management; Commerce; Economics; Chemistry; Geology; Geography; English; Hindi; Kannada; Mathematics; Physics; Psychology; Social Work; History Integrated Courses MA - Economics and English MSc – Geography, Geology and Psychology

General Information

Admission

The university issues admission notification for all courses in the last week of April every year and entrance examinations are conducted in the first week of June which are followed by counselling schedule and admission for dual degree programs, BBA programme, MA/MSc/MCom/ MBA and MSW programmes from mid June to early July. Counselling and admission for PhD programme starts from last week of June and ends in second week of July. Please contact the university for further information on admissions. Fees Please contact the university admission/accounts cell for information on fees.

Achievement

The university aims to integrate the components of teaching, research, innovation, training and skill development (TRI-TSD) with an aspiration to excel in dual degree, post graduate and doctoral programmes.

Accommodation

The university offers two separate, spacious and well-furnished hostels for both boys and girls within the campus.