Information about Kuvempu University

Can you tell me in detail information about the Schools and Departments offered by Kuvempu University? Also provide me the contact address of Kuvempu University?

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Kuvempu University is a public state university which was established in 1987 by the act of the Karnataka state legislature through an amendment No.28/1976 dated 29 January 1989 under the Karnataka State University Act 1976.

It offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in wide range of disciplines. It was recognized by the UGC in 1994 and is a member of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).

It has 80 affiliated colleges, 3 constituent colleges (among three, one is autonomous college) and other one autonomous college, one B.P.Ed. College and 17 B.Ed. colleges under its jurisdiction spread over 2 districts of Shimoga, and Chikmagalur. It also has outlying regional Post-Graduate centre at Kadur.

Schools and Departments

School of Languages, Literature and Fine Arts
• Department of Kannada
• Department of English
• Department of Hindi
• Department of Urdu
• Department of Sanskrit
• Department of Fine Arts

School of Social Sciences
• Department of Sociology
• Department of Political Science
• Department of History and Archaeology
• Department of Social Work (Jnana Sahyadri Campus) (Shivagangotri Campus)
• Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
• Department of Adult Continuing Education and Field Outreach

School of Economics and Business Studies
• Department of Economics (Jnana Sahyadri Campus) (Jnana Sahyadri Campus) (Shivagangotri Campus)
• Department of Business Economics (MBE) (P.G. Centre, Kadur)
• Department of Commerce (Jnana Sahyadri Campus) (Shivagangotri Campus)
• Department of Accounting and Finance
• Department of Business Administration (Jnana Sahyadri Campus) (Shivagangotri Campus)(P.G. Centre, Kadur)
• Department of Tourism Administration
• Department of Master of Banking, Finance and Insurance

School of Physical Sciences
• Department of Mathematics
• Department of Computer Sciences
• Department of Computer Applications (MCA)
• Department of Industrial Mathematics and Computer Applications
• Department of Physics
• Department of Electronics
• Department of Library and Information Science

School of Chemical Sciences
• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Industrial Chemistry
• Department of Biochemistry (Jnana Sahyadri Campus) (Shivagangotri Campus)
• Department of Organic Chemistry
• Department of Analytical Chemistry
• Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

School of Bio Sciences
• Department of Applied Zoology
• Department of Wild Life Management
• Department of Applied Botany
• Department of Biotechnology
• Department of Bioinformatics
• Department of Microbiology (Jnana Sahyadri Campus) (Shivagangotri Campus)
• Department of Clinical Psychology

School of Earth Science and Environmental Sciences
• Department of Applied Geology
• Department of Remote Sensing Application
• Department of Water Management and water harvesting
• Department of Environmental Science

Department of Law
• Department of LL.M (Business Law)

Department of Education
• Department of Education (Jnana Sahyadri Campus) (Shivagangotri Campus)
• Department of Physical Education

Research centre
• Centre for the Study of Local Cultures (CSLC). This is actually a joint venture with the university of Ghent, Belgium. This involves studying the local tribal and village cultures from a scientific perspective and understanding the modern life changes -resulting in a postgraduate diploma in 6 months.

Contact Detail:
Kuvempu University
Jnanasahyadri, Shivamogga Dist, Shankaraghatta, Karnataka 577451