Tumkur University came into existence in the year 2004 and the university is offering education in the faculties of science, commerce & management & Arts.

This university is relatively new when compared to several other older universities operating in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The list of courses offered by Tumkur University through its different faculties of education is given below:

Faculty of Arts:

• Master of Arts in

o Kannada

o English

o History & Archeology

o Economics

o Political Science

o Social Work

o Sociology

Faculty of Science:

• Master of Science in

o Mathematics

o Biotechnology

o Chemistry

o Environmental Science

o Physics

o Biochemistry

o Library & information sciences

Faculty of Commerce & Management:

• Master of Commerce

• Master of Business Administration

• Master of Education

Courses offered through UG departments functioning under the university:

• Bachelor of Fine Arts

o General

o Applied Arts

o Painting

• Bachelor of Arts in

o Urdu

o Sociology

o Sanskrit

o Political science

o Kannada

o Journalism

o History

o Hindi

o English

o Economics

• Bachelor of Science in

o Zoology

o Physics

o Microbiology

o Mathematics

o Kannada

o Electronics

o Computer science

o Chemistry

o Biotechnology

o Biochemistry

o Botany

Courses offered through Affiliated Colleges:

• Bachelor of Science

• Bachelor of Commerce

• Bachelor of Business Management

• Bachelor of Computer Applications

• Bachelor of Arts

• Bachelor of Social Work

• Bachelor of Education

• Bachelor of Physical Education

Tumkur University came into existence as a separate entity with the objective of meeting the educational requirement of thousands of aspirants in the nearby areas. The main aim of the university is to create a new generation of efficient human resources to meet the global challenges facing India.

Towards the achievement of this objective, the university is also planning to introduce several other new courses in addition to the aforesaid courses that are being presently offered.