Vice Chancellor's Message

I am happy to present our University to you which is progressing day by day to get connected to its past glory and future academic expansion.

Over the past 45 years, Mangalore University with an excellent academic record has grown in stature and is today recognised as one of the premier Universities in the country accredited by NAAC. The University has 26 full fledged Departments offering 42 post graduation as well as Ph D programmes. We have 154 affiliated colleges, 09 autonomous colleges and a constituent college. Mangalore University is ranked by NIRF in the 101-150 band nationally and we are in the 51-100 band among State Public Universities. We are ranked 4th nationally in the World University Green Metric Ranking and we are ranked 263rd in Asia by QS World ranking 2025.

In 2024-25 we have published over 1119 papers with 255 of them published in high impact factor journals. Currently our H-index is 86 and our faculty have achieved over 15 patents.

We have 39 MoU’s of which 8 were signed during 2024-25. We have signed MoUs for collaborative activities with national agencies like Infosys, NPCIL, MRPL, MAHE and other institutes of eminence. We have also signed MoU’s for collaborative works with Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales, Bridgewater State University, USA and Wonk Wang Digital University, Korea during 2024-25.

With the academically committed teachers as well as bright and motivated students, we have a community driven social extension programs which are realized through our acclaimed study centres. We have strived to involve the neighbouring villages and organizations in discharging our activities designed to reach out to people with inclusive commitment. Each department of the University is engaged in establishing an alumni association to help the department and to reach the larger social base to get the interaction activated.

In its journey of more than four decades Mangalore University has reached out to different parts of our society in order to fulfil its institutional social responsibility through various collaborative programmes.

Owing to the recent trends in higher education pattern the student strength on the campus has reached to over 3000 and among them girls occupy the top position with 70 percent enrolment.

By successfully strengthening the industry academia relationship, Mangalore University is involving all the stake holders in few crucial areas like designing syllabus, internship as well as joint academic ventures. The study centres have opened Mangalore University to large groups of people which has helped us to foster the relationship between academics and different social groups.

The students of Mangalore University have won laurels both in sports and cultural competitions at all levels. Recently they have bagged the third position in the National Inter-University Youth Festival organized by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) at Amity University, Noida. The Sports team has the best rewards and recently added the National Championships in Kho-Kho.

Mangalore University has considered it as its primary responsibility to impart the skill based education so as to make the students economically independent. Hence, there have been several attempts in making students self sufficient through rigorous skill development programs.

I am confident that Mangalore University will reach greater heights of excellence nationally and internationally in the days to come and attract more students from different corners of the world.