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{{Infobox university
|name = Davanagere University
|image_name = Davangere University logo.jpg
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|caption = Knowledge is Light
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|established = 18 August 2009
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|type = [[Public university|Public]]
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|chancellor = Sri Vajubai Vala<br />[[Governor of Karnataka]]
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|vice_chancellor = Prof.Sharanappa V.Halse,<ref>[http://davangereuniversity.ac.in/brief%20Biodata%2030-12-13.pdf Profile of Vice-chancellor]</ref><ref>[http://davangereuniversity.ac.in/vicechancellor.html Vice-chancellor]</ref> M.Sc,M.Phil.,Ph.D.
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|city = [[Davangere]]
|state = [[Karnataka]]
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|campus = Shivagangotri, 73 acres
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|website = [http://davangereuniversity.ac.in/ Official Site]
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'''Davangere University''' is a [[Public university|public]] [[State university (India)|state university]] located in [[Davangere]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]. The university was established in the year 2008 by the [[Government of Karnataka]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/alluniversity.pdf |title=UGC List |access-date=21 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617093548/https://www.ugc.ac.in/oldpdf/alluniversity.pdf |archive-date=17 June 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==
Davangere University was a post-graduate centre of the University of Mysore from 1979 to 1987 and functioned as a post-graduate centre of Kuvempu University from 1987 to 2009. Davangere University was established on 18 August 2009 out of Kuvempu University with a vision to meet the education aspirations of the people of the region.

==Campus==
The university is located at Shivagangothri Campus Tolahunase, 9 km from [[Davangere]] city. It houses the post-graduate departments of Commerce, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Economics, Food Technology, Accounting & Finance, M.Ed., and MSW. The ''Institute of Management studies'' is also housed at the P.G. Centre. The campus of 73 acres has attractive buildings as well as hostel and boarding facilities.<ref name=autogenerated1 />
Davangere University is one of the youngest affiliating type of universities in Karnataka. It has [[Davangere]] and [[Chitradurga]] districts under its jurisdiction and is headquartered at [[Davangere]]. The city is located on National Highway-4 about 265 km from Bangalore, the state capital of Karnataka. Davangere became a separate district from 15 August 1997; before then, it was part of Chitradurga District.

==Organisation and administration==
===Colleges===
It has two constituent colleges, one autonomous college and 110 affiliated colleges offering graduate and post-graduate course in disciplines catering to the education needs of nearly 400000 students.

===Faculties===
The university has five faculties: Arts, Science and Technology, Commerce and Management, Engineering and Education. It has seven post-graduate departments of studies and research on the main campus offering eight post-graduate and one P.G. diploma courses. The constituent university college of (Fine) Visual Arts (established in the year 1964) has two departments and offers Bachelor of Visual Arts & Master of Visual Arts courses.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.davangereuniversity.org/Davangere%20University.html Davangere University] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20120729014702/http://www.davangereuniversity.org/Davangere%20University.html |date=2012-07-29 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://davangereuniversity.ac.in/ Official Website of Davangere University]

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[[Category:Universities in Karnataka]]
[[Category:Education in Davangere]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges in Davanagere district]]
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