Bharathiar University has acquired the name after Subramania Bharathiar, the Tamil poet and is one of the repute centers of higher education.
This university is located in Coimbatore, but the educational jurisdiction covers the Nilgiris and Erode districts as well.
This university is a sprawling campus and is at the Maruthamalai foothills on the Maruthamalai Road.
This university is accredited A Grade by National assessment and accreditation council.
Bharathiar University was established in 1982 and is a postgraduate university. This was recognized in 1985 by the University grants commission.
This university is affiliated to 119 institutions including 80 Science and Arts College, 8 Management institutions, 1 Physical education college, 1 Air Force college and 29 colleges of education. They believe strongly and adhere to their motto ‘Educate to Elevate’.
Educational Streams
Bharathiar University has several courses spanning under its roof in arts, science and commerce disciplines. These educational streams encourage as well as motivate research fellowships and young scholars. Ph.D programs pursuing students in this university can acquire UGC fellowships or even from CSIR and many such agencies.
This university has featured credit system in the PG courses curriculum from 2001-2002 and this system had offered lots of flexibility in making convenient choices of courses. The distance education school also is well-established since 1991-92 and has over 100 centers spread in many states as study centers as well as admission centers.
Facilities
This University offers hostel accommodation for boys and girls. The hostels for research scholars as well as PG students for girls and boys are also separate. However, all the hostels are facilitated with basic requirements.
There are guest rooms with modern facilities as well to accommodate the guests. There is no dearth of infrastructural facilities and includes fitness centre, planning and development cell, women’s care centre, health centre, a post office, Bank of India service counter and welfare cell in the university campus premises. |
