homeA central University, established through an Act of Parliament in 1985, has just completed its 25th year of existence. The campus is spread over 780 acres of land with lush green tropical vegetation; and its entire campus is Wi-Fi enabled. It has emerged as India’s fastest expanding Central University crossing growth mark of 300% during the last four years and has about 5000 students now representing 33 states of the country and abroad, and over 450 highly qualified faculty from across the country. It has a state of the art Library with remote access to over 31,000 digital information resources through a dedicated library portal (www.pondiuni.edu.in).
The University offers 157 Masters, Doctoral and Diploma programmes in 34 Departments, 10 Centres and two Chairs under the umbrella of 15 Schools. It has a Community College and Directorate of Distance Education offering Business Management programmes. Besides a two-year Masters, this University offers 5 years Integrated programmes in Physics, Chemistry, Applied Geology, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science and Economics.
The University also has two campuses at Karaikal (150 Kms. south of Pondicherry) and at Port Blair offering Post-Graduate & Doctoral programmes. As an affiliating University, it has 5 Medical colleges, 16 Engineering Colleges, 30 Colleges of Education and 19 Arts and Science Colleges. Over 37,000 students are enrolled in these affiliated colleges.
Pondicherry University was the first University to adopt the CBCS and Semester system which easily facilitates the mobility of students with credit transfer both in India and abroad. The University is growing with a cardinal principle of Expansion with Excellence and Equity and remains connected globally. More than 27 MoUs have been signed with International Universities and National institutions for exchange of faculty and students.
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