Mangalore University, Mangalore started its journey as a modest post-graduate centre of the University of Mysore and became an independent university in 1980. The university now boasts 190 affiliated colleges including two constituent colleges, one at Mangalore and another one at Madikeri, taken over by the university from the Government of Karnataka in 1992. The university has established the PG Centre, Cauvery campus at Madikeri, which offers postgraduate courses in Microbiology and Biochemistry. Mangalore University was the first to start undergraduate programmes such as Hotel Management, Human Resource Development, Fashion Design and Yogic Sciences. The university’s mission is to provide excellent academic, physical, administrative, infrastructural and moral ambience; promote quality and excellence in teaching learning and research; preserve and promote uniqueness and novelty of regional languages, folklore, art and culture; contribute towards building a socially sensitive, humane, inclusive society and cultivate critical thinking that can spark creativity and innovation.
The 33 acre university campus is a self-contained facility that hosts a spacious and modern library, University Science Instrumentation Centre, Microtron Centre, Humanities Block, MBA Block and cyber cafe. There is an impressive administrative building, two guest houses for visiting dignitaries and faculty, a well-equipped health centre, a useful shopping complex, two nationalised banks, and an ATM centre. There is a post office and a telephone exchange on the campus.
Faculty of Science and Technology MSc Applied Botany; Applied Zoology; Biosciences; Biotechnology; Microbiology; Chemistry; Applied Chemistry; Organic Chemistry; Computer Science; Electronics; Marine Geology; Geoinformatics; Mathematics; Materials Science; Statistics; Physics; Yogic Science MCA MLibISc MPhil Electronics; Materials Science PhD Applied Botany; Applied Zoology; Biosciences; Biotechnology; Chemistry; Computer Science; Electronics; Library and Information Science; Mathematics; Materials Science; Statistics Faculty of Management and Commerce MBA Tourism Administration; International Business MCom MHRD PhD Management; Commerce Faculty of Arts MA Economics; English; History; Kannada; Political Science; Sociology MCJ MSW PhD Economics; English; Social Work; Indian Society; Community Studies; Religion and Gender; Social Change and Development Faculty of Education BPEd MPEd
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Mangalore University is accredited with Grade A by the NAAC. The university has exchange programmes with universities in USA, UK, Finland, Japan, Norway, Germany, Spain and other countries. The programme helps the university’s faculty get fellowships and a visit to various universities to carry out their postdoctoral work and research assignments with assistance from Commonwealth, Humboldt, Rotary, Agatha Harrison Memorial, Rockefeller and Macarthur fellowships.