Campus

The main campus named “Manasagangotri”– eternal flow of the mind – by the Poet-laureate ‘Kuvempu’, the former Vice-Chancellor, and the first ‘Jnanapeetha’ awardee, is located on 739 acres of picturesque land containing a sprawling Kukkarahalli lake surrounded by verdurous trees extending to an area of 261 acres.

In addition to the main campus, there are three campuses located in Tubinakere near Mandya, Hemagangotri near Hassan and at Chamarajanagara. The Tubinakere campus near Mandya is known as Sir M. Visvesvaraya Postgraduate Centre and is located on the Mysore-Bangalore highway at a distance of about 8 kms from Mandya. The Postgraduate Centre at Hemagangotri, Hassan is located near Kenchattahalli village on the Mangalore- Bangalore highway at a distance of about 10 kms. from Hassan. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Post-Graduate Centre of Mysore University is located at Chamarajanagar, the Southern most district Headquarters of Karnataka State.

There are 85 PG Departments offering more than 150 Postgraduate Programmes with more than 1,20,000 UG, PG, M.Phil, and Ph.D students. There are 228 affiliated colleges, 39 Recognized Research Centers, 138 Outreach /Research Centers, 8 training centers, 23 specialized programmes, 38 Foreign collaborations and 131 National collaborations. Further, there are 11 PG Departments with National Research Facilities, 15 Chairs, 13 DST-FIST, UGC-SAP funded departments and 13 supporting units. Enrollment of a large number of overseas students from around 50 countries reflects the international reputation of the university.