Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU)
Palkalai Nagar
Madurai - 625 021
Phone: + 91 - 452 - 245 8471
Fax: + 91 - 452 - 245 8449
Website:
www.mkuniversity.org
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Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU), established in 1966, has 18 Schools comprising 73 Departments. The Directorate of Distance Education of the University has a student strength of about 1.30 lakhs. The University has 109 affiliated Colleges (9 Autonomous) including other approved institutions and 7 evening colleges. There are centres which promote research potential of teachers. Extension activities are carried out through Department of Youth Welfare, NSS, SC/ST cell and Adult Education programmes.
Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU), (originally known as Madurai University) was named after the historical city of Madurai, the ancient capital of the Pandyan rulers and the seat of three famous Tamil academies going back to the beginnings of the Christian and even perhaps an earlier Era, was inaugurated on 6th February 1966 at the heart of the city. Its nucleus was the Extension centre of the University of Madras located at Madurai.
Two years later, the foundation stone for a new campus was laid by Dr.Zakir Hussain, the then President of India on Madurai - Theni road, 13 kilometers to the west of the city. Since then the campus has grown into a beautiful University township with an extensive area of about 750 acres, appropriately called in Tamil "Palkalainagar". And in 1978, the name of the University was changed to Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) to honour one of the most illustrious sons of our country. The two components of the name may signify the pride in the hoary tradition of the Tamils and the present concern to live up to their ideals.
Motto: The motto of the University is "To seek truth is knowledge" and this has been taken from Tirukkural. The various items shown in the coat of Arms of the Emblem signify and represent the following:
Pandya Gopuram: Represents Madurai as an Ancient City of learning in Tamil Nadu.
Burning Lamp & Open Book: Represents knowledge.
Elephant Rocket: Represents ancient tradition and modern technology.
Lotus: Represents purity and clarity.
Two fishes: Represents the symbol on the Flag of the Pandya King.
Recently this University was accorded the status of "University with Potential for Excellence" - A status conferred by University Grants Commission so far on 9 such Universities in the Country.