CALICUT UNIVERSITY UPDATES: 2014

Thursday 5 June 2014

UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT

The University of Calicut is the largest University in Kerala. Established in the year 1968, it is the second university to be set up in Kerala. The University aims to nurture excellence in education and research in its catchment areas of Northern Kerala, historically consigned to the periphery of Kerala’s academic map. The University lays its emphasis on fostering quality human resource and promoting productive research that benefit both local communities and wider humanity.The University was created through a Government plan bifurcating Kerala University. As per the plan, the four post-graduate departments of the University of Kerala operating in Calicut were annexed to the new University along with fifty four constituent colleges spread across seven northern districts. With ‘Nirmaya Karmana Sree’ as it motto, the University has been able to surmount all challenges and emerge as the largest residential cum affiliating University in Kerala. With 30 post graduate departments and 373 affiliated colleges it has become a beacon of hope and enlightenment for hundreds of thousands of young men and women in North Kerala.

The University campus, located at Tenhipalam, 24 km south of Calicut is the main hub of academic activities. Situated here besides the 28 postgraduate teaching and research departments are: the Vice-Chancellor’s Office, the Administration Block, Pareeksha Bhavan, School of Distance Education, Academic Staff College, Educational and Multimedia Research Centre, Computer Centre, and the University Library. The departments on the campus include Arabic, Botany, Biotechnology, Centre for Women Studies, Chemistry, Commerce & Management Studies, Computer Science, Education, English, Hindi, History, West Asian Studies, Mass Communication & Journalism, Life Science, Library and Information Science, Life Long Learning & Extension, Malayalam and Kerala Studies, Mathematics, Nano Science & Technology, Philosophy, Physics, Physical Education, Psychology, Russian & Centre for Comparative Literature, Sanskrit, School of Folklore Studies, Statistics, and Zoology.

source:http://www.universityofcalicut.info/

Friday 2 May 2014

ABOUT

The university of calicut is the largest university in kerala - a sea, if not an ocean and it is incredibly easy to get lost in an ocean. Ever had to search through a never ending wave of links to find the simple bit of information you wanted? How often have you had to keep hitting the 'reload' button in hopes that the page would show? Have you experienced the hardship of hunting for past question papers? Here at Calicut University Blog, you get a one-stop shop for every single thing related to the University Of Calicut, be it notifications, time tables, direct links to results so you don't have to navigate through a plethora of links, past examination question papers and much more."You can't always trust what you hear, but you certainly can trust what you experience - What you experience here"