Karnataka > University Education
The Mysore University (1916) was the First University to be started in Karnataka. This was followed by the Karnatak University (1949), the Bangalore University (1964), the Mangalore University (1980), the Gulbarga University (1980)and the Kuvempu University (1987). The two Universities of Agricultural Sciences- the one at Bangalore (1965) and the other at Dharwad(1986), cater to the needs of students aspiring after specialisation in the different branches of agriculture. Recently in 1991 Kannada University at Hampi has also been started to promote the study of the Kannada language, art and culture. The Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) has been granted the status of a Deemed University from 1993.
There are other centres of higher learning like the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (1911), Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (1972), the National Law School of India University (1987) Bangalore and Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore (1972).
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