Kannur University was founded in 1996 to boost higher education in
Kasargod and
Kannur districts and
Mananthavady taluk of
Wayanad District. The university building is situated at Mangattuparamba, about 18 km north of
Kannur in
Kerala.
This fast-growing university has various centers located at different places under its jurisdiction to provide study and research facilities. UGC has chosen it as one of the universities for its scheme of internationalization of higher education.
Nearly 50 colleges are affiliated to this university, which include professional colleges, training colleges, arts and science colleges and oriental title colleges. Departments in related disciplines are organized into schools, of which there are more than a dozen. The university has academic tie-ups with other institutions and universities such as the University of Applied Sciences at Calw in Germany.
