Bangalore University NAAC

Can you tell me if Bangalore University is accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) as I want to be sure about it before taking admission in it?

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Bangalore University is a public state university which was established in 1886. It is a part of The Association of Indian Universities (AIU), Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU). It is affiliated by University Grants Commission (UGC) and accredited by NAAC under the new grading system with a grade A.

It offers Integrated Programmes, Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral degrees apart from Diplomas and Certificates in many disciplines. The language of instruction for most courses is English. Bangalore University has 497 affiliated colleges.

In 2001, it was accredited by NAAC and received Five Star Status. It then once again reaccredited under the new grading system with a grade A.

It is the largest University in India having two campuses: City Campus: Central College and Jnana Bharathi Campus. The National Law School of India University is located within the Jnana Bharathi Campus.

Academically, it is structured into 6 faculties- Arts, Science, Commerce & Management, Education, Law and Engineering.

It has 43 Post Graduate Departments, a Postgraduate Centre at Kolar, 3 constituent colleges, 665 affiliated colleges and several other Centers and Directorates of higher learning and research under its purview.

At present, it offers 50 Post Graduate Courses and Employment Oriented Diploma and Certificate Courses.

It has launched the 5 years Integrated Courses in Biological Sciences, Social Sciences, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Business Studies and the 4 years B.S. Programme

Notable Alumni

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Arun Pudur
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
E P Metcalfe
C. N. S. Iyengar
H. Narasimhaiah
T.V. Mohandas Pai
C. Rajagopalachari
C. Aswath
Monisha Unni
Deepti Divakar
Vasant Honavar
Nicole Faria
Anushka Shetty
Anushka Sharma
Anjali Jay
Ramesh Aravind
Mano Murthy
Pooja Umashankar
V. P. Shetty
Mamta Mohandas
K. R. Sreenivasan
Nirupama Rao
A .K. Shiva Kumar
Hospet Sumitra
Sajeeb Wazed
Mandyam Veerambudi Srinivasan
Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya
Lakshmi Narayanan
Manouchehr Mottaki
CNR Rao
Sargur Srihari
Syed Khasim
N. Ahmed
Geeta Rao Gupta
Monica Bhide
Lakshmi Menon
Pushpamala N.
Sajjan Jindal
Sundaraja Sitharama Iyengar
H. V. Sheshadri
Anil Kumble
Rahul Dravid
Venkatesh Prasad
Robin Uthappa
Anaitha Nair
Anita Pratap
Indira Jaising
Deepa Kumar