Kerala University is one among the oldest universities in India and this university was established in the year 1937 in the name of University of Travancore. Initially only 10 colleges were affiliated to this university and number of affiliated college grown slowly and steadily and at present, the university has more than 150 affiliated colleges. The university is presently offering education under sixteen faculties and a total of 41 departments are functioning under these faculties to offer different courses to the students. The main focus of the university is to offer Post Graduate, M. Phil and doctoral programmes and the list of course offered by the university is given below:

Courses offered in Affiliated Colleges:

Under Graduate Courses:

• Bachelor of Science in

o Mathematics

o Physics

o Statistics

o Chemistry

o Botany

o Zoology

o Geography

o Geology

o Biochemistry

o Biotechnology

o Polymer chemistry

o Biochemistry & Industrial Microbiology

o Computer Science

o Fashion Technology for Hearing Impaired

o Computer Science for Hearing Impaired

o Electronics

o Computer Applications

o Physics & Computer Applications

o Chemistry & Industrial Chemistry

o Botany & Biotechnology

o Industrial Microbiology

o Home Science

o Environment & Water Management

o Hotel Management & Catering

o Optical Instrumentation

• Bachelor of Arts in

o Economics

o History

o Islamic History

o Philosophy

o Psychology

o Politics

o Music

o Arabic

o English

o Communicative English

o Malayalam

o Hindi

o Sanskrit

o Sanskrit

 Vedanta

 Special Nyaya

 Sahitya

 Vyakarna

 Jyotisha

o Malayalam with Mass Communication & Translation

o Mass Communication & Video Production

o Tamil

o Sociology

• Bachelor of Audio & Speech Language Pathology

• Bachelor of Fine Arts

o Applied arts for hearing impaired

o Painting, sculpture & Applied art

• Bachelor of Performing Arts

o Vocal music

• Bachelor of Computer Applications

• Bachelor of Business Administration

• Bachelor of Commerce

o Bachelor of Commerce with computer Application

o Tax Procedure & Practices

o Travel & Tourism Management

o Hotel Management & Catering

• Bachelor of Technology

Post Graduation Courses:

• Master of Communication & Journalism

• Master of Tourism Administration

• Master of Arts in Malayalam

Master of Philosophy

Department-wise courses offered at the university campus:

Department of Botany:

• Master of Science

• M. Phil

• Ph. D

Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries:

• Master of Science

• M. Phil

• Ph. D

Department of Biochemistry:

• Master of Science

• M. Phil

• Ph. D

Department of Chemistry:

• Master of Science

• M. Phil

Department of Mathematics:

• Master of Science

• M. Phil

• Ph. D

Department of Statistics:

• Master of Science

• M. Phil

• Ph. D

Department of Geology:

• Master of Science

• M. Phil

• Ph. D

Department of Computer Science:

• Master of Science

• Master of Technology

• Ph. D

Department of Environmental Sciences:

• Master of Science

• M. Phil

Department of Futures Studies:

• Master of Technology

• MTA

• M. Phil

• Ph. D

Department of Optoelectronics:

• Master of Technology

• M. Phil

Department of Archaeology:

• Master of Arts

• M. Phil

• Ph. D

Department of Economics:

• Master of Arts

• M. Phil

• Ph. D

Department of Islamic Studies:

• Master of Arts

• M. Phil

• Ph. D

Department of Political Science:

• Master of Arts

• M. Phil

• Ph. D

Oriental Research Institute and Manuscript Library:

• Master of Arts

• M. Phil

• Ph. D

Department of Hindi:

• Master of Arts

• M. Phil

Department of Linguistics:

• Master of Arts

• M. Phil

• Ph. D

• Short term Course in Functional Malayalam

Department of Sanskrit:

• Master of Arts

• M. Phil

• Ph. D

Department of Tamil:

• Master of Arts

• M. Phil

• Ph. D

Department of Communication & Journalism:

• Master of Communication & Journalism

• Ph. D

Institute of English:

• Master of Arts

• M. Phil

• PGDEC

Department of Library & Information Science:

• Master of Library & Information Sciences

• M Phil

• Ph. D

Department of Philosophy:

• Master of Arts

• M.Phil

Department of Russian:

• Certificate Course

• Integrated Diploma

• Diploma

• Master of Arts

• М. Phil

• Ph. D

Department of Music:

• Master of Arts

• M Phil

• Ph D

• Short Term Courses

Department of Law:

• Master of Law (L.L.M.)

Courses offered through Institute of Distance Education:

Under Graduation Courses:

• Bachelor of Arts in

o English

o Malayalam

o Economics

o History

o Political Science

o Sociology

o Afzal-Ul-Ulma

• Bachelor of Library & Information Sciences

• Bachelor of Commerce

o Additional Elective: Co-operation (1 year)

o B.Com. (With Computer Application)

• Bachelor of Science in

o Mathematics

o Computer Science

• Bachelor of Computer Application

Post Graduate Courses:

Two-Year Courses:

• Master of Arts in

o Arabic

o English

o Hindi

o Malayalam

o Economics

o History

o Islamic History

o Music

o Philosophy

o Political Science

o Public Administration

o Sanskrit

o Sociology

o Tamil

• Master of Commerce

• Master of Human Resource Management

• Master of Science in

o Computer science

o Mathematics

• Master of Health Science in Clinical Child Development

Three-year Courses:

• Master of Hospital Administration

• Master of Business Administration

Diploma Courses:

• PGDAP - Post Graduate Diploma in Adolescent Pediatrics

• PGDCAFC - Post Graduate Diploma in Child Adolescent and Family Counseling

• PGDCJ - Post Graduate Diploma in Communication and Journalism

• PGD-DN - Post Graduate Diploma in Developmental Neurology

• PGD-HSR - Post Graduate Diploma in Health Science Research

• PGDEPMA - Post Graduate Diploma in Educational Planning, Management and Administration

• PGDHHA - Post Graduate Diploma in Health and Hospital Administration

• PGDHRM - Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management

• PGDMM - Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management

• PGDTTM - Post Graduate Diploma in Travel and Tourism Management

• PGDCA - Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application (18 months)

• PGD-BT - Post Graduate Diploma in Beauty Therapy

Certificate Course:

• Communicative English