Pondicherry University

Pondicherry University is a Teaching-cum-affiliating University, established in 1985, with a jurisdiction spread over the Union Territories of Pondicherry, Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.  The University has three campuses. The main campus is located at Puducherry with 780 acres of lush-green Wi-fi enabled area, housing 15 Schools, 39 Departments, 12 Centres and 1 Chairs, offering over 140 PG & Research programmes.  Other two smaller campuses are located at Port Blair and Karaikal. The University runs PG.Diploma / Certificate Add-On Courses in the evenings so that regular students and outside members can attend these courses to acquire additional knowledge and skill that would enhance their job prospects.

Pondicherry University has made remarkable contribution in the field of Higher Education. Within the span of 34 years the University has been emerging as a center of excellence in teaching, research and extension activities, by offering multidisciplinary courses under the Choice Based Credit System as a pioneering institute in India. The University has been reaccredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC with regard to the students’ friendly learning environment, good infrastructure, modern amenities, excellent teaching and the supportive non-teaching fraternity. 

The Campus Life is extremely congenial and entirely self-contained with a Shopping Complex, Health Centre, Bank, Post Office, Gymnasiums, Sports facilities, etc.  The University has 92 affiliated colleges, offering Under Graduate and Post Graduate courses in the Faculty of Arts, Science, Commerce, Engineering Technology, Fine Arts, Law, Management and Medicine.

Pondicherry University is the first University in the country to start a Community College to cater to the needs and demands of the local community to enhance skill development and their employability.  The College offers several job oriented courses including para medical courses with hands-on training by the expert medical team at hospitals.  Selected students of Community College have been awarded financial support by U.S. Government to get training at Community Colleges in U.S. for one year.  The University has another Community College at Mahe, started in the academic year 2014-15 for the benefit of the local population of that region. 

TheUniversity has 24 hostels (14 for Boys, 9 for Girls and 1 for ForeignStudents), State-of-the-Art Laboratories, Free transport, on-and-off campus andexcellent sports facilities.  It offersrent-free accommodation to all girl students, provides totally-free educationto all the differently-abled students. The Wi-fi enabled campus has 100% power back-up to all the Departmentsand Hostels of the University. At present, the University has more than 125 researchprojects with extramural funding of over Rs. 50 Crore.

Enormousthrust is given for the promotion of collaboration with both national andinternational institutions. The University has more than 76 Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MOUs) with various reputed Institutions/Universities in Indiaand abroad for exchange of faculty & students and for academic and researchcooperation.