Bharathiar University
One of the major and fast prospering state universities of Tamil Nadu, is Bharathiar University, which is located in Coimbatore, and has been reaccredited by NAAC with grade 'A'. Named respectfully after the great Tamil poet Subramania Bharathiar, this highly ambitious teaching-cum-affiliating university was incepted as per the State legislature Act No-1 of 1982 of Tamil Nadu, and was properly recognized under UGC in May 1985. Before being established as a separate affiliating university, this had been serving as the postgraduate center of the University of Madras in Coimbatore. Today, this bharathiar university india, has about 105 affiliated colleges and institutes which are full-fledged in the districts of Coimbatore, Erode, and the Nilgiris. The extensive, highly aesthetic, and refreshingly placid campus of this hugely popular university of Tamil Nadu is located at a distance of about 15 Km from the city of Coimbatore, and at the foothills of mountain Maruthamalai.
This highly rich and reputed bharathiar university of Tamil Nadu has the following Schools and departments, at present: -
- Bharathiar School of Management and Entrepreneur Development
- School of Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering - Department of Biotechnology; Department of Microbial - Biotechnology
- School of Chemical Sciences - Department of Chemistry
- School of Commerce - Department of Commerce; Department of Finance & Accounting
- School of Computer Science & Engineering - Department of Computer Applications; Department of Information Technology; Department of Computer Science
- School of School of Economics - Department of Economics; Department of Econometrics
- School of Educational Studies - Department of Communication & Media Studies; Department of Educational Technology; Department of Education; Department of Extension, Career Guidance and Student Welfare; Department of Physical Education
- School of English & Other Foreign Languages - Department of English; Department of Linguistics
- School of Life Sciences - Department of Life Science; Department of Botany; Department of Bioinformatics; Department of Environmental Sciences; Department of Zoology
- School of Mathematics & Statistics - Department of Mathematics; Department of Applied Mathematics; Department of Statistics;
- School of Physical Sciences - Department of Physics; Department of Medical Physics; Department of Nanoscience and Technology; Department of Electronics & Instrumentation;
- School of Social Sciences - Department of Social Work; Department of Sociology and Population Studies; Department of Psychology; Department of Women's Studies
- School of Tamil and Other Indian Languages - Department of Tamil;
- Department of Textiles and Apparel Design
These well-equipped and opulent faculty schools and academic departments of bharathiar university coimbatore, nurture and escort a rather extensive gamut of educational and professional courses at the postgraduate and doctoral levels, in the mentioned subjects or disciplines. Prolific PG diploma courses are also conducted in some subjects or fields. Its School of Distance Education (SDE) offers a large number of educational and employment-oriented courses in various disciplines and subjects, which relate to varying academic levels. For diploma, certificate and graduate-level courses, its affiliated colleges are highly efficient. For gathering comprehensive information about the courses of this one of the highly reputed, hugely popular, and top universities in coimbatore, please refer to its website: www.b-u.ac.in.
Besides well-resourced and affluent academic and educational infrastructure and facilities, other supporting amenities and facilities available within the campus of this bharathiar university tamil nadu, are library, university science instrumentation centre (USIC), Academic Staff College, hostels, canteens, university counseling cell, health centre, placement wing, students welfare bureau, ST/SC welfare cell, women's centre, statistical cell, fitness centre and gym, NSS, youth red cross, planning and development cell, financial aids/scholarships, banking and postal services, and many other support facilities and services.