Fakir Mohan University

Fakir Mohan University (FM University) is a state university located at Nuapadhi, Balasore, Odisha, India. It is named after Odia writer Fakir Mohan Senapati.

History

This university was established by the Government of Odisha, under Section 32 of the Odisha Universities Act, 1989 (Act 5 of 1989). It was carved out of the Utkal University in 1999 and acts as an affiliating university. FM University has 93 colleges and 15,000 students at the graduate and postgraduate levels. It is the only university in India that offers a postgraduate course in Ballistics.

Campuses

FM University is functioning in two campuses: the old campus at Januganj, besides the National Highway near Remuna Golei (at , around from Balasore bus stand and railway station) and the new campus at Nuapadhi (at , around from Balasore bus stand and railway station).
In March 2021 Union minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi inaugurated New Marine Bioresource and Biotechnology Centre at University Balasore campus.

Colleges

FM University affiliates 96 colleges including two autonomous i.e., FM autonomous college and Bhadrak autonomous college, one medical college and 14 professional colleges. Its jurisdiction extends over two districts Balasore and Bhadrak.

Departments

# Dept. of Physics
# Dept. of Bioscience and Biotechnology
# Dept. of Botany
# Dept. of Business Management
# Dept. of Chemistry
# Dept. of Commerce
# Dept. of Computer Science
# Dept. of Education
# Dept. of Environmental Science
# Dept. of Geography
# Dept. of Geology
# Dept. of History & Archaeology
# Dept. of Journalism & Mass Communication
# Dept. of Language and Literature
# Dept. of Mathematics
# Dept. of Population Studies
# Dept. of Social Science
# Dept. of Zoology
# Dept. of Library Science
# Dept. of Micro Biology
# Dept. of Anthropology
# Dept. of PMIR
# Dept. of MSW
# Dept. of Psychology

Facilities

The university has a computer lab, bioscience (botany & zoology) and biotechnology lab, BIF- computer lab (at Dept. of Biosciences and Biotechnology), environmental science lab and Physics lab.

There is a centralised computer centre, central library with Internet connection (12 hrs open).

Welfare facilities include UCO bank, two ATMs (SBI and UCO), one canteen, a common gym for both boys and girls, a mini indoor stadium, one cricket field, one volley field, one boys hostel, two girls hostel, staff quarters and a guest house.

Notable alumni

* Gopanarayan Das

References

External links

Official website

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Autonomous Colleges of Odisha
Department of Higher Education, Odisha
Universities in Odisha
Education in Balasore district
1999 establishments in Orissa
Educational institutions established in 1999
Balasore