| Central University of Tamil Nadu | |
| Motto: | Relentless pursuit of excellence |
| Accreditation: | NAAC |
| Type: | Public |
| Chancellor: | G. Padmanaban |
| Vice Chancellor: | Muthukalingan Krishnan[1] |
| Head Label: | Visitor |
| Head: | President of India |
| Faculty: | 161 |
| Students: | 2,100[2] |
| Undergrad: | 234 |
| Postgrad: | 1,568 |
| Doctoral: | 298 |
| City: | Thiruvarur |
| State: | Tamil Nadu |
| Country: | India |
| Coordinates: | 10.8162°N 79.6143°W |
| Campus: | Rural |
| Language: | English |
Central University of Tamil Nadu (CUTN) is a Central University[3] located in Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, India, and Prof. M. Krishnan is the Vice-Chancellor of this Central University, which now has over 2,000 students in 27 Departments under 12 Schools. CUTN was ranked in the 51–100 band among universities in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2022.
CUTN was established by the Government of India in 2009 under the Central Universities Act, 2009.[4] It was inaugurated in September 2009 and B. P. Sanjay was appointed the first Vice-Chancellor (V-C).[5] Aditya Prasad Dash was appointed as the V-C in August 2015.[6]
G. Padmanabhan replaced V. Krishnamurthy as the Chancellor in July 2018.[7] Karpaga Kumaravel replaced Aditya Prasad Dash as acting V-C in August 2020.[8] Prof. M. Krishnan joined as new regular V-C of CUTN on 6 August 2021.[9] With eight students in M.A. English Studies, the university started functioning in November 2009. Now, it offers over 60 programmes. CUTN is spread across 516.76 acres in Thiruvarur.
CUTN had its Academic Campus in the Neelakudi village of Thiruvarur and its Residential Campus in the Nagakudi village. It also has a Community College that offers Certificate, Diploma and Degree programmes.
List of Schools
1. School of Basic and Applied Sciences
2. School of Behavioural Sciences
3. School of Commerce and Business Management
4. School of Communication
5. School of Earth Sciences
6. School of Education and Training
7. School of Mathematics and Computer Science
8. School of Performing Arts and Fine Arts
9. School of Social Sciences and Humanities
10. School of Technology
11. School of Life Sciences
12. School of Legal Studies
List of Departments
1. Department of Life Sciences
2. Department of Physics
3. Department of Chemistry
4. Department of English Studies
5. Department of Tamil
6. Department of Economics
7. Department of Social Work
8. Department of Hindi
9. Department of History
10. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
11. Department of Microbiology
12. Department of Mathematics
13. Department of Computer Science
14. Department of Applied Psychology
15. Department of Commerce
16. Department of Management
17. Department of Media and Communication
18. Department of Library and Information Science
19. Department of Education
20. Department of Materials Science
21. Department of Music
22. Department of Law
23. Department of Statistics and Applied Mathematics
24. Department of Horticulture
25. Department of Tourism and Hospital Management
26. Department of Geography
27. Department of Geology
| Type: | University and college |
| Nirf U 2023: | 89 |
CUTN was ranked 89th among universities in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2023.