Davangere University

About Davangere University

Davangere University is a public state university and approved by the UGC and AICTE. It is located in Davangere, Karnataka. It was established in the year 2008 by the government of Karnataka. It has Davangere and Chitradurga districts as its jurisdiction and is headquartered at Davangere. Hostorically, Davangere University was a post-graduate centre of the University of Mysore from 1979 to 1987 and functioned as a post-graduate centre of Kuvempu University from 1987 to 2009. The Univesity’s main campus ‘Shivagangotri’ is about 12 km from Davangere and 60 km from Chitadurga. It has two constituent colleges.

Davangere University Faculties / Departments

• Arts
• Science and Technology
• Commerce and Management
• Engineering
• Education

Davangere University Facilities

Hostel Facilities - The University has 4 PG hostels two each (Old block and new block each) for men and women on the main campus. It has kitchen and well-furnished dining hall, store room and accommodation. Internet Browsing facilities are made available to the students in the hostels.

Library Facilities - The University Library is centrally located with stock section and reference cum periodical section. It has spread over an area of 60 sqs. Library has Internet facility and electronics database available for various Items.

Sports Facilities - The University has good sporting facilities both for indoor and outdoor games for overall development of students. It conducts inter-collegiate tournaments, team selection trials for participation of Students in interuniversity tournaments, coaching camps and in-door and out-doors games.

Quarters - The University has 9 residential quarters available; 3 quarters for the teaching faculty members and 6 quarters are for the non-teaching staff. 

Health Facilities - The University health centre is headed by a Visiting Medical Officer assisted by a full time nurse at Shivagangotri Campus. It has the preliminary diagnostic facilities and provides health care to the faculty, staff, and students.

NSS - It was established in University in the year 2010 with the motto of Community Service through Education. The thrust area of NSS includes: adult literacy and environmental protection related programmes.

Bank Facilities - There is banking facilities for the students in University. State Bank of Mysore, Davangere University extension counter and ATM counter are available on campus.