Thiruvalluvar University

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Thiruvalluvar University
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Motto in English
Lead them to lead
Type State
Established2002;22 years ago (2002)
Chancellor Governor of Tamil Nadu
Vice-Chancellor T. Arumugam [1]
Location,
India

13°01′46″N79°12′36″E / 13.02944°N 79.21000°E / 13.02944; 79.21000
CampusUrban, 112 acres (0.45 km2)
Affiliations UGC
Website www.tvu.edu.in

Thiruvalluvar University is a public state university in the city of Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. It was established by the Government of Tamil Nadu, under the Thiruvalluvar University Act, 2002 (Tamil Nadu Act 32 of 2002). The university was named after the Tamil poet and sage Thiruvalluvar.

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It began functioning as the 'Post Graduate Extension Centre of University of Madras', at the Fort Campus, Vellore. After bifurcation from the University of Madras, Thiruvalluvar University moved to a new campus at Serkadu, Vellore. [2]  The university affiliates Arts and Science colleges under the area comprising the districts of  Ranipet, Tirupattur, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore.

Campus

University campus is spread over an area of 112 acres at Serkadu about 16 km from the Vellore city on NH-4. [3] [4] The campus was inaugurated by Dr. Karunanidhi on 27 November 2010. It was constructed at a cost of Rs.20.35 crores.

The campus has an administrative block, academic and computer science blocks, and a library. [5]

Administration

Departments

University has following departments which offer several courses. [6]

Course offered

Courses offered at the university are [7] [8]

Biotechnology

  • M.Sc. (Biotechnology)
  • Ph.D. (Biotechnology)

Chemistry

  • M.Sc. (Chemistry)
  • Ph.D (Chemistry)

Zoology

  • M.Sc. (Zoology)
  • Ph.D. (Zoology)

Mathematics

  • M.Sc. (Mathematics)
  • Ph.D. (Mathematics)

Economics

  • M.A. (Economics)
  • Ph.D.(Economics)

Tamil

  • M.A. (Tamil)
  • Ph.D (Tamil)

English

  • M.A. (English)
  • Ph.D.(English)

Computer Science

  • M.Sc. (C.S)
  • Ph.D (C.S)

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References

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