Davangere University is a

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located in

Davangere Davanagere is a city in the centre of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is the seventh largest city in the state, and the administrative headquarters of eponymous Davangere district. Hitherto being a cotton hub and hence popularly known ...

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

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. The university was established in the year 2008 by the

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History

Davangere University was a post-graduate centre of the University of Mysore from 1979 to 1987 and functioned as a post-graduate centre of Kuvempu University from 1987 to 2009. Davangere University was established on 18 August 2009 out of Kuvempu University with a vision to meet the education aspirations of the people of the region.

Campus

The university is located at Shivagangothri Campus Tolahunase, 9 km from

city. It houses the post-graduate departments of Commerce, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Economics, Food Technology, Accounting & Finance, M.Ed., and MSW. The ''Institute of Management studies'' is also housed at the P.G. Centre. The campus of 73 acres has attractive buildings as well as hostel and boarding facilities. Davangere University is one of the youngest affiliating type of universities in Karnataka. It has

and

Chitradurga Chitradurga is a city and the headquarters of Chitradurga district, which is located on the valley of the Vedavati river in the central part of the Indian state of Karnataka. Chitradurga is a place with historical significance which is locate ...

districts under its jurisdiction and is headquartered at

. The city is located on National Highway-4 about 265 km from Bangalore, the state capital of Karnataka. Davangere became a separate district from 15 August 1997; before then, it was part of Chitradurga District.

Organisation and administration

Colleges

It has two constituent colleges, one autonomous college and 110 affiliated colleges offering graduate and post-graduate course in disciplines catering to the education needs of nearly 400,000 students.

Faculties

The university has five faculties: Arts, Science and Technology, Commerce and Management, Engineering and Education. It has seven post-graduate departments of studies and research on the main campus offering eight post-graduate and one P.G. diploma courses. The constituent university college of (Fine) Visual Arts (established in the year 1964) has two departments and offers Bachelor of Visual Arts & Master of Visual Arts courses.Davangere University

References

External links

Official Website of Davangere University
{{Authority control Universities in Karnataka Education in Davangere Universities and colleges in Davanagere district Universities and colleges established in 2008 Davangere 2008 establishments in Karnataka