Kannur University was established in 1996 to provide development of higher education in Kasaragod

Kasaragod district

Kasaragod District is one of the districts of the Indian state of Kerala. Kasaragod District was organised as a separate district on 24 May 1984...

, Kannur

Kannur

Kannur , also known as Cannanore, is a city in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of the District of Kannur and 518km north of state capital Trivandrum. During British rule in India, Kannur was known by its old name Cannanore, which is still in...

, and Wayanad districts of Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

.It was established after the promulagation of Act No. 22 of 1996 of Kerala Legislative Assembly

Kerala Legislative Assembly

The Kerala Legislative Assembly more popularly known as Niyamasabha , is the law making body of Kerala, one of the 28 States in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives and one nominated member from the Anglo-Indian community...

. A University by the name of “Malabar University” had come into existence even earlier by the promulgaton of an Ordinance by the Governor of Kerala, on 9th November 1995. The Kannur University was inaugurated on 2nd March 1996 by the Hon. Chief Minister of Kerala. The primary objective of the Kannur University Act, 1996 was to establish in the state of Kerala a teaching, residential and affiliating University so as to provide for the development of higher education in Kasargod and Kannur revenue Districts and the Mananthavady Taluk of Wayanad District..
Kannur University is unique in the sense that it is a multi-campus university with campuses located at various locations under its jurisdiction. The Act envisages that the University shall establish, maintain, manage and develop campuses at Kannur, Kasargod, Mananthavady, Payyannur, Thalassery, Kanhangad and such other places as are necessary for providing study and research facilities to promote advanced knowledge in Science and Technology and other relevant disciplines.

Schools

Kannur Universitu includes the following Schools:

• School of Information Science & Technology, Department of Information Technology
• School of English & Foreign Languages, Department of Studies in English
• School of Social Sciences, Department of Anthropology
• School of Life Sciences, Department of Biotechnology & Microbiology
• School of Management Studies, Department of Management Studies
• School of Development Studies, Department of Applied Economics
• School of Legal Studies, Department of Law
• School of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Department of Physical Education
• School of Chemical Sciences, Department of Chemistry
• School of Pure and Applied Physics, Department of Physics
• School of Visual and Fine Arts, Department of Music
• School of Pedagogical Sciences
• School of Indian Languages
• Department of Geography
• School of Health Sciences

Affiliated colleges

Government colleges

• Govt. College, Vidya Nagar
• E. K. Nayanar Memorial Govt. College
• K. M. M Govt. Women’s College
• Govt. College Mananthavady, Nallurnad
• Govt. Brennen College, Dharmadam
• Govinda Pai Memorial Govt. College

Professional colleges

• Government Ayurveda College, Pariyaram
• Government College of Engineering, Kannur
• Government College of Engineering, Nallarnad

Training colleges

• Govt. College of Teacher Education, Thalassery

Arts and science colleges (aided)

• Nehru Arts & Science College
• St. Pius X College, Rajapuram
  St. Pius X College, Rajapuram
  St. Pius X College is a post-secondary educational institution in Rajapuram, Kasaragod district of Kerala, India. It was established in 1995 and was the first college in Kerala to offer a B.Sc. degree in Microbiology...
  
  
• Payyannur College
• Co-operative Arts & Science College
• Sir Syed College
• S. E. S. College
• Sree Narayana College
• Nirmalagiri College
• Pazhassi Raja N. S. S. College
• Mahatma Gandhi College, Iritty
• N. A. M. College
• Mary Matha Arts & Science College
  Mary Matha Arts & Science College
  Mary Matha Arts and Science College is a Government of India aided college that is affiliated to the Kannur University and managed by the Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Mananthavady....
  
  

Training colleges (aided)

• P.K.M. College of Education
• Keyi Sahib Training College

Oriental title colleges (aided)

• Nusrathul Islam Arabic College
• Darul Irshad Arabic College

Un-aided colleges

• College of Applied Science, Pattuvam
• College of Applied Science, Pettikundu
• College of Applied Science, Kuthuparamba
• Malabar Islamic Complex Arts & Science College
• Gurudev Arts & Science College
• Aditya Kiran College of Applied Studies
• Sir Syed Institute of Technical Studies
• Taliparamba Arts & Science College
• Deva Matha Arts & Science College
• Mary Matha Arts & Science College
• Sharaf Arts & Science College
• Bhaskara College of Arts
• Sa-A-Diya Arts & Science College
• SNDP Yogam Arts & Science College
• Dr. Ambedkar Arts & Science College, Sreesailam
• Mahatma Gandhi Arts & Science College, Chendayad
• I.T.M College of Arts & Science
• Nalanda College of Arts & Science
• Chinmaya Arts & Science College for Women
• Peoples Co-Opeartive arts & Science College
• Khansa Women’s College for advanced Studies
• St. Joseph’s College, Pilathara
• M. E. S. College
• Sibga Arts & Science College
• Our College of Applied Sciences
• Wadihuda Institute of Research and Advanced Studies

Oriental title colleges (un-aided)

• Ideal Arabic College
• Al-Maquar Arabic College

Professional colleges (un-aided)

• L.B.S College of Engineering
• Sree Narayanan Guru College of Engineering & Technology
• Vimal Jyothi Engineering College
• Institute of Technology, Mayyil
• Chinmaya Institute of Technology
• Don Bosco Arts & Science College
• Mar Thoma College of Special Education
• A. W. H Al Badar Special College

Ayurveda colleges (un-aided)

• Parassinikadavu Ayurveda Medical College

Medical colleges (un-aided)

• Academy of Medical Sciences, Pariyaram
• Kannur Medical College

Dental colleges (un-aided)

• Century International Institute of Dental Science and Research centre
• Pariyaram Dental College
• Kannur Dental College

Pharmacy colleges (un-aided)

• Crescent B. Pharm College
• Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ACME
• Malik Deenar College of Pharmacy
• Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Pharmacy

Nursing colleges (un-aided)

• Malik Deenar College of Nursing
• College of Nursing, A. C. M. E.
• Koyili College of Nursing
• Century College of Nursing
• Canossa College of Nursing
• College of Nursing Kannur Medical College
• Lourde College of Nursing

Other colleges

• Co-operative Institute of health Sciences

External links

• Kannur University homepage