The Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, came into being in 2009 under the Central Universities Act 2009 (Parliament Act No. 25 of 2009). The University is founded on the noble vision of a ├oΓe¼╦£Caring Wisdom├oΓe¼Γao and is guided by the lofty ideals of academic and social commitment, moral steadfastness and intellectual and spiritual enlightenment, as reflected in the vision statement. The University opened its academic portals in October 2009 with 17 students enrolled in two PG programmes and operated from a rented building at Nayanmarmoola (Vidyanagar) in Kasaragod town. From this humble beginning the University has grown into an institution offering twenty seven postgraduate and twenty two research programmes with a total enrolment of around 2500 students.
Detailed program curriculum, fee structures, and course specializations for this university are currently being updated by our team.
Vision
Located in a backward region characterized by linguistic and ethnic diversity and cultural richness, the University seeks to harness the local resources - human, intellectual, social, artistic and cultural – while bringing in the best that is globally available.
Based on the noble idea of amrutam tu vidya (knowledge is eternal), and guided by the lofty ideals of academic and social commitment, moral steadfastness, intellectual honesty and creativity, the University seeks to impart knowledge, wisdom, and values by passionately striving to draw out the human potential for building a responsible society through a wholesome process of mentoring.
Vision Statement: “Driven by the sense of knowledge, wisdom and values, we passionately strive to drawing out the human potential for building a responsible society by mentoring”
Mission
Armed with the motto of caring wisdom, the University seeks to extend the frontiers of knowledge by facilitating the learners to be creative and innovative. The CUK seeks to motivate, encourage and support students to think analytically and develop their social and cultural competence and consciousness. It also aims to develop the student's inherent strengths to conceive and achieve sustainable growth of the nation and the world. At a practical level, it intends to prepare the students to analyze and respond to real-life situations based on their university training. Based on these, the University has the following Mission:
Detailed program curriculum, fee structures, and course specializations for this university are currently being updated by our admissions team.
The newly admitted students in Postgraduate programmes during the academic session 2015-2017 can apply for various scholarships offered by Kerala State Higher Education Council, SC/ST Development Department of Kerala, University Grant Commission etc. through online subject to their eligibility as detailed below:-
Most Trusted Librarian in Kerala award to the Deputy Librarian
Dr. Senthilkumaran, Deputy Librarian, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod has been
awarded Most Trusted Librarian in Kerala for excellence and leadership in education and e-
learning. The Golden AIM Awards is one of the most prestigious awards that recognize and
reward excellence and Leadership in the Education sector. Dr. Senthilkumaran Periyasamy
received award from Dr. P. Balakrishna Shetty, Vice Chancellor, Sri Siddhartha University.
The Golden AIM awards have been instituted by Dynergic Business Solutions to celebrate
the achievements of education professionals and the outstanding contributions to the Library
and Information Science Professionals immensely towards the growth of the education
industry across India.