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{{short description|Public university in Balasore, Odisha}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox university
|name = Fakir Mohan University
|image_name = Fakir_Mohan_University_Logo.png
|motto = {{lang|sa|अमृतं तु विद्या}} {{small|([[Sanskrit]])}}
|mottoeng = Knowledge is Nectar
|established = 3 July 1999
|type = [[Public university|Public]]
|chancellor = [[Governor of Odisha]]
|vice_chancellor = Prof Santosh Kumar Tripathy<ref>{{Cite news|date=24 November 2020|title=Six state-run varsities get new VCs in Odisha, Utkal University gets first woman VC|work=The New Indian Express|url=https://www.edexlive.com/|url-status=live|access-date=1 Dec 2020}}</ref>
|city = [[Balasore]]
|state = [[Odisha]]
|country = [[India]]
|faculty = 112<ref name=nirf_stud>{{cite web |title=NIRF 2021 |url=http://www.fmuniversity.nic.in/NIRF_information.html |publisher=Fakir Mohan University}}</ref>
|students = 1,637<ref name=nirf_stud/>
|postgrad = 1,473<ref name=nirf_stud/>
|doctoral = 164<ref name=nirf_stud/>
|campus = Vyasa Vihar (Old Campus), Nuapadhi (New Campus)
|affiliations = [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]], [[All India Council for Technical Education|AICTE]], [[Association of Indian Universities|AIU]], [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council|NAAC]]
|website = {{url|http://www.fmuniversity.nic.in/}}
|coor = {{coord|21.491389|N|86.931944|E|format=dms|region:IN-OR_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
}}
[[File:Img of fmu entrance.png|thumb|Fakir Mohan University entrance]]
'''Fakir Mohan University''' ('''FM University''') is named after prominent Odia writer [[Fakir Mohan Senapati]]. The seat of the Vice-Chancellor is in the new campus located at Nuapadhi, [[Balasore]], [[Odisha]], [[India]].

==History==
This university was established by the Government of Odisha, under Section 32 of the Odisha Universities Act, 1989 (Act 5 of 1989). It has been accredited by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) since 2000 and is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), UK.

It was carved out of the [[Utkal University]] in 1999 and acts as an affiliating university. FM University has 92 colleges and 15,000 students at the graduate and postgraduate levels. It is the only university in India that offers a postgraduate course in Ballistics.
[[File:Dept of apab.jpg|thumb|PG Department of Applied Physics and Ballistics]]

==Campuses==
FM University is functioning in two campuses: the old campus at Januganj, besides the National Highway near Remuna Golei (around 3 km from Balasore bus stand and railway station) and the new campus at Nuapadhi (around 15 km from Balasore bus stand and railway station).
On March 2021 Union minister [[Pratap Chandra Sarangi]] inaugurated New Marine Bioresource and Biotechnology Centre at University Balasore campus.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Marine Bioresource and Biotechnology Centre established at F.M. Varsity: First of its kind in Odisha|website=orissadiary.com |date=6 March 2021|location=Balasore|url=https://orissadiary.com/marine-bioresource-and-biotechnology-centre-established-at-f-m-varsity-first-of-its-kind-in-odisha/|url-status=live|access-date=30 March 2021}}</ref>

== Collaborations/linkages with national institutions ==
* The Department of Information and Communication Technology has established linkage with [[Proof and Experimental Establishment]], and [[Integrated Test Range]], Balasore in undertaking research.
* The Department of Applied Physics & Ballistics offers M.Sc. in Applied Physics & Ballistics with active support from [[Proof and Experimental Establishment]].
* Other departments have also established linkage with local industries for research and consultancy.
* Bilateral collaboration with [[University of Rome Tor Vergata]] for research on Biodeterioration of stone monuments of cultural heritage and their conservation.

==Departments==

# Dept. of BBA(hons)
# Dept. of Biotech and Bioscience
# Dept. of Botany
# Dept. of Business Management
# Dept. of Chemistry
# Dept. of Commerce
# Dept. of Education
# Dept. of Environmental Science
# Dept. of Geography
# Dept. of Geology
# Dept. of History & Archaeology
# Dept. of Information and Communication Technology
# Dept. of Journalism & Mass Communication
# Dept. of Language and Literature
# Dept. of Mathematics
# Dept. of Population Studies
# Dept. of Social Science
# Dept. of Zoology
# Master of Law (LL.M)
# Directorate of Distance and Continuing Education (FMU-DDCE)
Dept. of Applied Physics and Ballistics

== Facilities ==
The university has Computer lab, Bioscience (Botany & Zoology) and Biotechnology lab, BIF- Computer lab (at Dept. of Biosciences and Biotechnology), Environmental Science lab and Applied Physics & Ballistics lab.
[[File:Dept of social science.jpg|thumb|PG Department of Social Sciences]]
There is a centralised computer centre, central library with internet connection (12 hrs open).

Welfare facilities include UCO bank, two ATMs (SBI and UCO), one canteen, a common gym for both boys and girls, a mini indoor stadium, one cricket field, one volley field, one boys hostel, two girls hostel, staff quarters and a guest house.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External link==
*[http://www.fmuniversity.nic.in Official website]

{{Universities in Odisha}}
{{Department of Higher Education, Odisha}}
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>MPGuy2824 at 02:52, 6 October 2021