University DepartmentsUniversity of Kerala has sixteen faculties and forty one Departments of teaching and research. Teaching, Research and Knowledge extension are the mandate of the Departments. They primarily focus on post-graduate (masters) programmes, MPhil programmes (1-year research degree) and doctoral research. The Departmental Councils consisting of all faculty members of the Departments have financial and academic powers. Headship of the Department is on a rotation-basis. Each Dept falls under one of the Faculties which is headed by a Dean of Faculty (Various programmes in affiliated colleges also fall under respective faculties). Department are listed below faculty-wise (except Institute of Distance Education, which is imparts education in subjects under many faculties):
Here is a print-friendly address label list of Depts, Centres and Other Institutions in PDF, DOC formats Multi-Faculty
Institute of Distance Education Faculty of Science(Dean: Dr. Ashalatha S.Nair)
Dept of Aquatic Biology & Fisheries
Dept of Botany
Dept of Biochemistry
Dept of Chemistry
Dept of Demography and Population Studies
Dept of Physics
Dept of Mathematics
Dept of Statistics
Dept of Geology
Dept of Zoology Faculty of Applied Sciences & Technology (Dean: Dr. V. P. Mahadevan Pillai)
Dept of Bio-Technology
Dept of Computer Science
Dept of Environmental Sciences
Dept of Futures Studies
Dept of Opto-electronics
Department of Computational Biology & Bioinformatics Faculty of Social Science (Dean: Prof. G. Gopakumar)
Dept of Archaeology
Dept of Economics
Dept of Psychology
Dept of Sociology
Dept of History
Dept of Islamic Studies
Dept of Political Science Faculty of Oriental Studies (Dean: Dr.C.R.Prasad)
Oriental Research Institute and Manuscripts Library
Dept of Arabic
Dept of Hindi
Dept of Linguistics
Dept of Malayalam
Dept of Sanskrit
Dept of Tamil Faculty of Arts (Dean: Dr. Maya Dutt)
Dept of Communication and Journalism
Dept of German
Institute of English
Dept of Library and Information Science
Dept of Philosophy
Dept of Russian Faculty of Commerce(Dean: Dr. .K.Sasikumar)
Dept of Commerce Faculty of Education (Dean: Dr.M.S.Geetha)
Dept of Education Faculty of Fine Arts(Dean: Dr.P.Venugopalan)
Dept of Music Faculty of Law(Dean: Dr.K.C. Sunny)
Dept of Law Faculty of Management Studies(Dean: Dr.K.S.Chandrasekhar)
Institute of Management in Kerala Faculty of Physical Education(Dean: Dr Usha Sujit Nair)
No University Department, only affiliated Colleges Faculty of Homeopathy(Dean: Dr V M Janakykutty)
No University Department, only affiliated Colleges Faculty of Ayurveda (Dean: Dr A Nalinakshan)
No University Department, only affiliated Colleges Faculty of Dentistry (Dean: Dr N.O.Varghese)
No University Department, only affiliated Colleges Faculty of Engineering & Technology(Dean: Dr. B.Anil)
No University Departments, only affiliated Engg Colleges & University Engg College Faculty of Medicine(Dean: Dr K T Shenoy)
No University Department, only affiliated Colleges Study CentresThe University has also a number of study centres in specialised areas. Some of these centres have taught programmes (Certificate/Diploma/Masters/MPhil) and some offer PhD programmes also. These are very often attached to one of the teaching Depts and share Dept facilities, though some have independent buildings and infrastructure.
International Centre for Kerala Studies (ICKS)
Centre for Adult Continuing Education & Extension (CACEE)
Centre for Arthropod Bioresources and Biotechnology (CABB)
Centre for Systems and Synthetic Biology (CSSB)
Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Centre for Geo-Information Science and Technology
Centre for Geomatics and Earth System Management
Centre for Marine Diversity
Centre for Performing & Visual Arts
Population Research Centre
Centre for Rural Studies
Sree Narayana Centre for Social Change
Centre for Comparative Literature
Technology and Resource Centre for Malayalam
Survey Research Centre
Centre for Gandhian Studies
Centre for Australian Studies
Centre for English Language Teaching
Centre for Canadian Studies
Centre for Women's Studies
Centre for Vedanta Studies
Christian Study Centre for Cultural and Social Change
Dr B R Ambedkar Chair
V K Krishna Menon Study Centre for International Relations
V.K. Sukumaran Nayar Chair for Parliamentary Affairs
UGC Nehru Study Centre
Centre for Quantitative Analysis
Centre for Convergence Media Studies
Trivandrum Astronomical Observatory
Study on the Cost of Cultivation of Principal Crops in Kerala, Kariavattom
Enterpreneurship Development Cell
Centre for Management Education & Enterpreneurship Development(C-MEE)
Other Institutions:There are a number of other important institutions under the University, which are not regular teaching departments, but render academic/technological/information/support services to the academic community at large and the Depts/Centres in particular. Some of them like Lexicon are mission oriented Departments.
Kerala University Computer Centre (Research Centre & Hub of University’s e-Governance )
Credit and Semester System
Research Council
IP Cell
UGC Academic Staff College (Organising national level training Programmes for Teachers, Academic Administrators and Non-Academic Staff)
University Service and Instrumentation Centre (USIC)
Dept of Malayalam Lexicon
Dept of Publications
University Library, Palayam
Campus Library, Karyavattom
Dept of Physical Education
University Health Centre, Palayam
University Health Centre, Kariavattom
Department of Student Services
National Service Scheme
University Press
University Engineering Unit
Shramik Vidayapeeth, Thiruvananthapuram
Jan Shikshan Sansthan
UITs, UTECs and UCEThe University has established 10 University Teacher Education Centres (UTECs) and 8 University Institute of Technologies (UITs), both of which offer under-graduate programmes (BEd in UTECs and BSc Computer Science/IT, Electronics/BBA in UITs), although masters programmes are available in select UITs. The University College of Engineering at Karyavattom offers Engineering Education at Undergraduate level.
University Teacher Education Centres (UTECs)
University Institute of Technologies (UITs),
University College of Engineering at Karyavattom
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