Madurai Kamaraj University
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| Motto: | "To Seek Truth Is knowledge" |
| Established: | 1966 |
| Type: | Public |
| Vice-Chancellor: | Dr. P. Maruthamuthu |
| Location: | Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Affiliations: | UGC |
| Website: | www.mkuuniversity.org |
[edit] Profile
Madurai Kamaraj University, located in Madurai town (in southern Tamil Nadu, India) established in 1966, has 18 Schools comprising 72 Departments. The Directorate of Distance Education of the University has a student strength of about 1.30 lakhs. The University has 109 affiliated Colleges (9 Autonomous) including other approved institutions and 7 evening colleges. There are centres which promote research potential of teachers. Madurai Kamaraj University, or simply Madurai University was named after the historical city of Madurai, the ancient capital of the Pandyan rulers and the seat of three famous Tamil academies going back to the beginnings of the Christian and even perhaps an earlier Era, was inaugurated on 6th February 1966 at the heart of the city. Its nucleus was the Extension centre of the University of Madras located at Madurai. Two years later, the foundation stone for a new campus was laid by Dr Zakir Hussain, the then President of India on Madurai - Theni road, 13 kilometers to the west of the city. Since then the campus has grown into a beautiful University township with an extensive area of about 750 acres (3.0 km²), appropriately called in Tamil "Palkalainagar" (means university township). And in 1978, the name of the University was changed to Madurai Kamaraj University to honour one of the most illustrious sons of our country, Late Mr Kamaraj (ex-Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu). Official Website: http://www.mkuniversity.org/
The Directorate of Distance Education of this university was established in 1971 and has a student strength of about 1.20 lakhs. There are 29 Spot Admission Centres and 16 Information Centres within Tamilnadu and 73 Study Centres outside Tamilnadu across the country and 10 Study Centres outside the country.
Directorate of Distance Education website: http://www.mkudde.org/
[edit] Academics
The School of Biological Sciences and the School of Biotechnology of the university are known for its world class research[citation needed]. Madurai Kamaraj University College is famous for its biological researches and comprises maths physics and computer science specialisations.
[edit] External links
- Madurai Kamaraj University
- School of Biological Sciences
- School of Chemistry
- Department of Management Studies Alumini Site
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