Tumkur University

Tumkur University was established in 2004 in Tumkur, Karnataka, India. It was carved out of Bangalore University to accommodate the needs of the students from Tumkur district. Established under the Karnataka State Universities Act, 2000, as a multi-faculty university, it has 12 postgraduate departments, 2 constituent colleges and 94 affiliated colleges. It established 29 research centres to promote advanced multi-disciplinary research and academic collaborations. In 2012, the university was recognized under section 12(b) of the UGC Act, 1956. In the same year, the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), an inter-university council of the UGC, accredited the University with "B" Grade in the three-grade rating scale.FacultiesThe academic structure is divided into four faculties. Faculty of Arts Department of Social Work Department of Sociology Department of Economics Department of Political Science Department of History Department of Psychology Department of Journalism Department of Library and Information Science. Department of Mathematics Department of Physics Department of Chemistry Department of Bio-Chemistry Department of Zoology Department of Botany Department of Evs Faculty of EducationUniversity College of ScienceThe University College of Science was established in 1940. Beginning as an intermediate college, it was upgraded to a full-fledged first grade college with Bachelors courses in disciplines in the Natural Sciences. Disciplines in the Commerce subjects were introduced in 1970.The erstwhile Government Science College was inaugurated by His Excellency Sri V.V. Giri, Bar-At-Law, the Governor of Mysore on August 11, 1966. In 1973 it was bifurcated into Science and Arts colleges.