The Central University of Karnataka, chiefly as, CUK, is a central university situated in the Kadaganchi village in Aland taluka of

Kalaburagi district Kalaburagi district, formerly known as Gulbarga district, is one of the 31 districts of Karnataka state in southern India. Kalaburagi city is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district is the headquarters of Kalaburagi div ...

in the Indian state of

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 ...

. It has been established by an Act of the Parliament of India 2009.

History

The university was established through "The Central Universities Act, 2009" by

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. The university has started operating from its permanent campus at the Gulbarga-Waghdhari Inter-State Highway in Aland

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identified by the Karnataka State Government. The Central Universities Bill 2009 aims at creating one new central university each in

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, Jammu and Kashmir,

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and

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. It also seeks to convert

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in Chhattisgarh, Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya in Sagar (

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) and

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into Central universities.Parliament passes bill to set 12 central varsities – Times Of India
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Schools and departments

* School of Business Studies ** Department of Business Studies ** Department of Commerce ** Department of Economic Studies and Planning ** Department of Tourism and hotel management * School of Earth Sciences ** Department of Geography ** Department of Geology * School of Education and Training * School of Humanities and Languages ** Department of English ** Department of Hindi ** Department of Kannada Literature and Culture ** Department of Linguistics ** Department of Foreign Language Studies ** Department of Music and Fine Arts * School of Social and Behavioral Sciences ** Department of History & Archaeology ** Department of Psychology ** Department of Public administration ** Department of Social Work ** Department of Folklore and Tribal Studies *School of Media Studies ** Department of Journalism and Mass Communication * School of Computer Science ** Department of Computer Science * School of Chemical Sciences **Department of Chemistry * School of Life Sciences **Department of Life science * School of Physical Sciences **Department of Mathematics **Department of Physics * School of Engineering **Department of Electrical Engineering **Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering * School of Legal Jurisprudence Studies **Department of Law

References

External links

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History

Schools and departments

See also

References

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