Karnataka State Akkamahadevi Women's University, Vijayapura: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

Karnataka State Akkamahadevi Women’s University was set up in 2003 and is a state university situated in Vijayapura of Karnataka. It is a women’s university with comprehensive academic programmes in undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The institution occupies a campus area of 281 acres, total enrolment in the institution is 1607 and total faculty strength is 63. It is also accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and recognised by University Grants Commission (UGC). IUM offers 223 courses in 22 programmes and ranges in Arts, Science, Commerce & Education streams.

The facilities available at Karnataka State Akkamahadevi Women’s University adequately serves the needs of the academia. The centralised library building, constructed in a year ago, measuring ten thousand two hundred and ninety-eight point sixty-two sq mtr is well equipped with proper collection of books, periodicals and E-resources. It operates during the working day hours between 9:00 AM to 7 PM and for the holidays between 10 AM to 5 PM. The library operates on settings from the KOHA software package and offers access to e-journals as well as Internet services. UGC-Infonet facilities are also found in a digital library in contributed campus.

As for the living spaces, the university provides hostels for students; they are managed by lady wardens, 700 students in total. The said hostels include dining halls, prayer halls, and recreation halls in enough size. From first aid to emergency cover for accidents and diseases, an efficiently stocked health centre is functional on the campus with an ambulance service. The university again provides gym facilities with professional trainers and facilities with some latest equipment.

Karnataka State Akkamahadevi Women’s University provides the facility to its students through which they can study various fields. The comprehensive directory of programmes comprises 223 courses wherein full-time, part-time and online classes are offered. The total student intake of the university is 1,391 in all the courses offered at the institution. The university registered a total of 1, 607 students as follows: Undergraduate 1,586, postgraduate 21.

The admission to Karnataka State Akkamahadevi Women’s University depends on the chosen course. In general, for undergraduate programmes, the qualifying marks in the examination are taken into consideration for admissions. For postgraduate courses, university takes into consideration the marks secured in the qualifying examination and may conduct some tests for specific courses. This includes the MBA programme which admits scores from the Common Management Admission Test CMAT and Karnataka PGCET for admission into its programme. UG and PG courses require student to write entrance exams organised by the university, in general, the dates are given on the university website. Also, it allows scores of national level entrance for particular courses to be considered valid.