Bengaluru North University will have its own campus near Amaravathi village in Chikkballapur district in a 172 acre land allotted by the Government of Karnataka in 2018. Currently, the university is functioning in a rented building of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) in Kolar district. After the Bangalore University, Jnanabharathi Campus was divided, Bengaluru City University got its own campus. However, Bengaluru North University lacked a campus and it was allotted a building with a few rooms in Kolar district.
Speaking to TNIE, a senior administrative official at Bengaluru North University said, "The funds allocated to build the infrastructure got delayed every year, and got them in phases. The recent developments might shift the university to the new building in a few weeks."
He said, "The new building will have an administrative block, rooms for departments for various UG and PG courses, classrooms and hostel facilities for students. It is constructed with inspirations from Hampi, Pondicherry and Ashoka Universities. Around 210 colleges in North Bengaluru, Kolar and Chikkaballapur districts are affiliated to the university and the administration oversees the functioning of colleges in these regions. We also have a constituent BEd college functioning under our affiliation."
The official also said that they would start a campaign to enrol students for UG and PG programmes for the academic year 2026-27. "We want to start new courses in AI and DeepTech, but due to staff crunch and 90% of teaching staff being guest faculties, we have limited ourselves to the existing courses."
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