The Central University of Kerala (CUK)

The Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, came into being in 2009 under the Central Universities Act 2009 (Parliament Act No. 25 of 2009). The University is founded on the noble vision of a ‘Caring Wisdom’ and is guided by the lofty ideals of ng Wisdom’ and is guided by the lofty ideals of academic and social commitment, moral steadfastness and intellectual and spiritual enlightenment, as reflected in the vision statement. The University opened its academic portals in October 2009 with 17 students enrolled in two PG programmes and operated from a rented building at Nayanmarmoola (Vidyanagar) in Kasaragod town. From this humble beginning the University has grown into an institution offering twenty seven postgraduate and twenty two research programmes with a total enrolment of around 2500 students. The campus of the University known as Thejaswini Hills is located at Periye, Kasaragod on the 310 acres of land allotted by the Govt. of Kerala in 2012. The permanent campus has a built-up area of 6,58,400 Sq Ft. In addition to headquarters located at Periya the University has Law department located at Thiruvalla in Pathanamthitta and BA programme in International Relations is offered at Trivandrum Centre. Prof. Jancy James was the first Vice Chancellor (2009 – 2014) of CUK. She was followed by Prof. G. Gopakumar (2014 – 2020). Prof. H. Venkateshwarlu was the Vice Chancellor (Aug 2020-Oct 2023). Prof. Baiju K.C is the present Vice Chancellor(I/c) Located in a backward region characterized by linguistic and ethnic diversity and cultural richness, the University seeks to harness the local resources - human, intellectual, social, artistic and cultural – while bringing in the best that is globally available. Based on the noble idea of amrutam tu vidya (knowledge is eternal), and guided by the lofty ideals of academic and social commitment, moral steadfastness, intellectual honesty and creativity, the University seeks to impart knowledge, wisdom, and values by passionately striving to draw out the human potential for building a responsible society through a wholesome process of mentoring. Vision Statement: “Driven by the sense of knowledge, wisdom and values, we passionately strive to drawing out the human potential for building a responsible society by mentoring” Armed with the motto of caring wisdom, the University seeks to extend the frontiers of knowledge by facilitating the learners to be creative and innovative. The CUK seeks to motivate, encourage and support students to think analytically and develop their social and cultural competence and consciousness. It also aims to develop the student's inherent strengths to conceive and achieve sustainable growth of the nation and the world. At a practical level, it intends to prepare the students to analyze and respond to real-life situations based on their university training. Based on these, the University has the following Mission: To extend the frontiers of knowledge facilitating innovation and creativity To motivate, encourage and support students to think analytically, critically, socially and culturally. To enhance student strengths to help sustainable growth of the nation and the world. To prepare students to understand and analyze the real life situations. ...view more