Bharathiar University

Bharathiar University is a postgraduate university in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, South India.

Named after Tamil poet Subramania Bharathiar, the university was established in February 1982 and was recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) in 1985.

The university is situated in the foothills of Marudamalai and has jurisdiction over the districts of Coimbatore, Erode and the Nilgiris.

It has 119 affiliated institutions (80 arts and science colleges, 29 colleges of education, eight management institutions, 1 Air Force administration college and 1 college of physical education).

The motto of Bharathiar University is "Educate to Elevate".

For more details see its web site at http://www.b-u.ac.in/

There is a brief Wikipedia entry at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharathiar_University

Distance education

Bharathiar University has a School of Distance Education. See http://www.b-u.ac.in/sde/default.asp

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