EDUCATIONAL PROSPECTS IN KARNATAKA

The Mysore University (1916) was the First University to be started
in Karnataka. This was followed by the    Karnataka University (1949),  
the Bangalore University (1964),  the Mangalore University (1980) and  
the Kuvempu  University  (1987).   The two Universities  of Agricultural  
Sciences the one at Bangalore (1965) and the other at Dharwad (1986),  
cater  to  the  needs  of  students  aspiring  for  specialization  in  the  
different   branches   of   agriculture.   Recently   in   1991   Kannada  
University at Hampi has  also  been  started  to  promote the study of  
the Kannada language, art  and  culture.  There  are  other  centres of  
higher learning like the Indian  Institute  of  Science, Bangalore (1911),  
Indian  Institute  of  Management,  Bangalore (1972)  the  National Law  
School of India  University (1987),  Bangalore and  Institute  for  Social  
and Economic Change, Bangalore (1972).  

MEDICAL EDUCATION
The first Medical College was begun  in  1929  at   Bangalore. The  
Medical College was  shifted  to  Mysore in 1930.  The   Bangalore  
Medical College was formed  in 1954. Later,  the  Kasturba Medical  
College  at  Manipal  and  the  Karnataka  Medical College at Hubli  
were  started in 1953 and 1956  respectively. For  the  year 1993-94, 
there  were 19 Medical Colleges, 41 Dental Colleges, 61 Pharmacy 
colleges,  11 Nursing  Colleges, 16 colleges  of  Ayurvedic medicine, 
3 Homeo-pathic Colleges The only Unani College of Medicine (1975) 
is located  at Bangalore and offers B.U.M.S Degree of 5 1/2 years.  

TECHNICAL EDUCATION
The first Engineering College was started by the Mysore Government  
in 1917 at Bangalore. After 1946, three more colleges were started.  
By  the  time  of  Integration  of  the  State,  there  were  totally  five  
engineering colleges (two Government and three private) in the State.  
By 1993-94 there was a total of 47 Engineering Colleges in the State  
of which were four Government institutions, nine were aided  and the  
rest unaided. The large number of professional institutions in Karnataka  
attracts students not only from the other parts of India but also from
foreign countries.

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