Tumkur University

About Tumkur University

It was started during the year 2004 as a separate entity to cater the needs of thousands of young aspirants of higher education in the area. The University is having its administrative head quarters at Dr. Ambedkar Bhavan, M.G.Road, Tumkur. At present the offices of the Vice-Chancellor, the Registrar, the Registrar (Evaluation), the Finance Officer and other staff housed in it. Tumkur is a historical centre possessing the rich cultural heritage which had valiant historical events of different kingdoms and humane social setup of uncomparable stature with many reigns and regions. In globalized environment the newly established Tumkur University has paved the way for realizing the vision at the international arena to the human welfare.

In order to cope with the present global environment, Tumkur University has initiated an integrated and interdisciplinary approach in the dissemination of knowledge with the aim of achieving overall human personality development. To fulfil its objectives, the University offers several professional and conventional courses in almost all the disciplines available at the University. Majority of programs are offered at the Masters level viz. Master of Arts (MA in Kannada, Economics, English, Political Science, History and Sociology), Master of Social Work (MSW), Master of Science (MSc in Mathematics, Electronic Media, Physics Mass Communication, Chemistry, Psychology, Bio-Chemistry, Bio-Technology, Environmental Science and Library and Information Science), Masters of Commerce (M.Com), Masters of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Education (Med). Undergraduate courses are offered in the field of Fine Arts (foundation course in Fine Arts), Bachelor of Visual Arts (BVA) and Bachelors of Fine Arts (Arts foundation, specialization Applied Art and Specialization painting

The newly established Tumkur University is marching towards the spread of higher education, with its vision `Knowledge is Eternal’ The University blossomed in the era of globalization in which the economies of the world are being transformed from their original closed self sustaining structure to the globalized context, where they can expose themselves to the competitive world. This transition forced the arena of knowledge emphasizing itself to more of its application than of accumulation of facts. Tumkur University in order to cope with the present global environment, is attempting to the integrated and interdisciplinary approaches in the dissemination of knowledge with the aim of achieving overall human personality development.

Departments

• Kannada
• English
• History & Archaeology
• Economics
• Political Science
• Social Works
• Mathematics
• Bio-Chemistry
• Library & Info Science
• Commerce
• Business Administration
• Education
• Fine Arts