Bharathiar University

Motto in English	Educate to Elevate
Type	Public
Established	1982; 42 years ago (1982)
Chancellor	Governor of Tamil Nadu
Vice-Chancellor	Dr. P. Kaliraj
Registrar	Dr. K. Murugavel
Location	Coimbatore , Tamil Nadu , India 11°2′23.17″N 76°52′43.72″E / 11.0397694°N 76.8788111°E / 11.0397694; 76.8788111
Campus	Urban, 780 acres (315.7 ha)
Affiliations	UGC, NAAC, NCTE, ACU, AIU
Website	www.b-u.ac.in

Bharathiar University is a public state university in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Named after Tamil poet Subramania Bharati, the university was established in February 1982 under the provision of Bharathiar University Act, 1981 (Act 1 of 1982) and was recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) in 1985.

Bharathiar University celebrated its silver jubilee celebrations on 24 February 2007. The president of India, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, and the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, Karunanidhi, were chief guests.^[1] Bharathiar University provides graduate, masters, M.Phil. and Ph.D. programs in various subjects. The university is known for its stringent Ph.D. evaluation guidelines.^[2]

Departments

Department of Tamil

Department of Biotechnology

Department of Microbial Biotechnology

Department of Electronics & Instrumentation

Department of Human Genetics and Molecular Biology

Department of Zoology

Department of Botany

Department of Environmental Science

Department of Sports Education

Affiliated colleges and institutes

Institutes affiliated to the university include 13 Government Colleges, 1 Air Force Administrative College, 3 Constituent Colleges, 1 University PG Extension and Research Centre, 16 Aided Colleges and 99 Self Financing Colleges.^[3]

Rankings

Bharathiar University was ranked 36^th overall^[4] and 21^st among universities^[5] by the National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2023.