Central University of Tamil Nadu

Central University of Tamil Nadu (CUTN) was established by an Act of Parliament (No.25 of 20 March 2009).[1][2] The University was inaugurated on 30 September 2009 by the then Union Minister Kapil Sibal who laid the foundation stone. Prof. B.P.Sanjay, Former Director of Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) and Professor in the Department of Mass Communication, University of Hyderabad, was appointed as the first Vice-Chancellor of this Central University. Presently, the CUTN is functioning from its permanent campus with an area of 516.76 acres.

Central University of Tamil Nadu
TypePublic
Established2009
ChancellorProf. G. Padmanaban
Vice-ChancellorProf. Aditya Prasad Dash
Academic staff
136
Administrative staff
81
Students2133
Location
Thiruvarur
,
Tamil Nadu
,
610 005
,
India

10°48′48″N 79°36′49″E
CampusRural
LanguageEnglish
Websitecutn.ac.in
Administrative Block

Campus

The main campus is spread over 500 acres in the two revenue villages of Neelakudi and Nagakudi of the Thiruvarur District and is on a fast track development. The Tamil Nadu government has embarked upon a road widening project that allows for a two way wide road for both the campuses linking both sides of the state highways to Mayiladuthurai-Chennai and Kumbakonam-Chennai. An elevated bridge connects the two campuses that are separated by river Vettar. A Kendriya Vidyalaya was started in the Nagakudi Residential Campus in July 2013 and presently it has classes up to Standard 12. The campus is self-sufficient with ATMs in both the campuses, a BSNL Exchange with Mobile Tower, a post office and an SBI bank branch.

CUTN has a well-equipped Guest House with catering facilities. In addition to hostel mess, the university also has two cafeterias working during academic sessions.

Schools and Departments
Department of Physics
Division Departments
School of Basic and Applied Sciences
  1. Department of Physics
  2. Department of Chemistry
School of Behavioral Sciences
  1. Department of Applied Psychology
School of Commerce and Business Management
  1. Department of Commerce
  2. Department of Management
  3. Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management
School of Communication
  1. Department of Media and Communication
  2. Department of Library and Information Science
School of Earth Sciences
  1. Department of Geography
  2. Department of Geology
School of Education and Training
  1. Department of Education
School of Legal Studies
  1. Department of Law
School of Life sciences
  1. Department of Life Sciences
  2. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
  3. Department of Microbiology
  4. Department of Horticulture and Floriculture
School of Mathematics and Computer Sciences
  1. Department of Mathematics
  2. Department of Computer Science
  3. Department of Statistics and Applied Mathematics
School of Performing and Fine Arts
  1. Department of Music
School of Social Sciences and Humanities
  1. Department of English
  2. Department of Tamil
  3. Department of Economics
  4. Department of Social Work
  5. Department of Hindi
  6. Department of History
School of Technology
  1. Department of Materials Science


Academics

Admission

Admission to various programmes of the CUTN is done through the CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES COMMON ENTRANCE TEST (CUCET). Every year CUCET is being conducted by a consortium of central universities established by Central Universities Act, 2009.The number of Universities participating in CUCET increases year by year. CUCET-2016 was conducted in 57 centers across the country for admission to various Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Research and Integrated programmes. CUTN received over 80,000 applications in 2019.

Ranking
University and college rankings
General – India
NIRF (Universities) (2020)[3]100-150

References
  1. "Gazette of India, Act 25 of 2009" (PDF). Ministry of Law and Justice (Legislative Department). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  2. "Central University Tamil Nadu". University Grants Commission (India). Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  3. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Universities)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.


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