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{{Short description|Public state university in Tamil Nadu, India}}
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{{Infobox university
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| motto = "To Seek Truth Is Knowledge"
| established = {{start date and age|1966}}
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'''Madurai Kamaraj University''' (MKU) is a [[Public university|public]] [[State university (India)|state university]] located in [[Madurai]] city, in southern [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]], that was established in 1966. MKU is one of the 15 universities in India with the University with Potential for Excellence status, which was awarded by the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]] (UGC) in India.<ref>{{cite web|title=UGC Shortlists 15 Universities with Potential for Excellence {{!}} CollegeDekho|url=https://www.collegedekho.com/news/ugc-shortlists-15-universities-with-potential-for-excellence-37195/|access-date=2022-01-09|website=CollegeDekho.com|language=en}}</ref> In 2021, the university was awarded an 'A++' grade from the [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]] (NAAC) in its 4th cycle.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff Reporter|date=2021-03-25|title=MKU gets A++ accreditation|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/mku-gets-a-accreditation/article34162735.ece|access-date=2022-01-09|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Madhurai kamaraj university front view.JPG|thumb|left|Madurai Kamaraj University-front view]]
The university was established in the year 1966 as Madurai University. In 1978, the name was changed to Madurai Kamaraj University to honor [[K. Kamaraj]], former [[List of chief ministers of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister]] of [[Madras State]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mkuniversity.org/menu_pg.php?id=44?s_id=44 |title=Welcome to the official website of MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY |work=mkuniversity.org |access-date=20 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101091613/http://www.mkuniversity.org/menu_pg.php?id=44%3Fs_id%3D44 |archive-date=1 January 2012 }}</ref>

== Rankings ==
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|NIRF_U_2024=63}}

The [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) ranked Madurai Kamaraj University 63rd among universities in India in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NIRF Ranking 2024 |url=https://www.nirfindia.org/nirfpdfcdn/2024/pdf/Report/IR2024_Report.pdf}}</ref> The ''[[QS World University Rankings]]'' ranked the university 310 in Asia in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-20 |title=QS Asia University Rankings 2025 - Overall |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/asia-university-rankings?page=1&items_per_page=150 |access-date= |website=Top Universities |language=en}}</ref>

== Academics ==
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There are 121 colleges and institutions under MKU which include 16 aided colleges, 24 autonomous colleges (including both government and self-financed), 4 constituent colleges, 1 MKU college, 5 MKU evening colleges, 57 self-financed colleges and 14 approved institutions. Currently, the university consists of 77 renowned Departments and 20 renowned Schools as a whole.

=== Vice chancellors ===
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
!Sl. No. !! Name !! Period of Service
|-
|1 || [[T. P. Meenakshisundaram]] || 01.02.1966 to 18.01.1971
|-
|2 || [[Mu. Varadarajan]] (Dr. Mu.Va)|| 01.02.1971 to 10.10.1974
|-
|3|| [[S. V. Chittibabu]]|| 24.02.1975 to 23.02.1978
|-
|4|| [[V. C. Kulandaiswamy]]|| 31.03.1978 to 02.03.1979
|-
|5|| [[V. Sp. Manickam]]|| 17.08.1979 to 30.06.1982
|-
|6|| [[J. Ramachandran]]|| 29.08.1982 to 28.08.1985
|-
|7|| [[S. Krishnaswamy (biologist)|S. Krishnaswamy]]|| 04.10.1985 to 20.11.1988
|-
|8|| [[M. Lakshmanan]]|| 20.01.1989 to 19.01.1992
|-
|9|| [[M. D. K. Kuthalingam]]|| 20.01.1992 to 19.01.1995
|-
|10|| [[K. Aludiapillai]]|| 19.05.1995 to 18.05.1998
|-
|11|| [[M. Salihu]]|| 24.07.1998 to 23.07.2001
|-
|12|| [[P. K. Ponnuswamy]]|| 01.02.2002 to 31.01.2005
|-
|13|| [[P. Maruthamuthu]]|| 07.03.2005 to 06.03.2008
|-
||14|| [[R. Karpaga Kumaravel]]|| 20.04.2008 to 19.04.2011
|-
|15|| [[Kalyani Mathivanan]]|| 09.04.2012 to 08.04.2015
|-
|16|| [[P. P. Chellathurai]]|| 27.05.2017 to June 14, 2018
|-
||17|| [[Muthukalingan Krishnan|Prof Dr. M. Krishnan]]|| 02.01.2019
|-
||18|| [[J. Kumar|Prof Dr. J. Kumar]]||
|}

==Notable alumni and faculties==

* [[Samrat Chaudhary]], 8th [[Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar]]
*[[T. N. Seshagopalan]], very eminent Carnatic vocalist and [[Sangeetha Kalanidhi]] awardee
* [[T. P. Meenakshisundaram]], 1st Honorable Vice-Chancellor of MKU and [[Padma Bhushan]] awardee
* [[Mu. Varadarajan]], 2nd Honorable Vice-Chancellor of MKU and recipient of [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for [[Tamil language|Tamil]] literature
* [[V. C. Kulandaiswamy]], 4th Honorable Vice-Chancellor of MKU and [[Padma Bhushan]] awardee
* [[S. Krishnaswamy (biologist)|S. Krishnaswamy]], 7th Honorable Vice-Chancellor of MKU and legendary biologist
* [[Arumugam Manthiram]], fellow of [[Royal Society of Chemistry]], delivered the 2019 [[Nobel Lecture]] in Chemistry on behalf of Chemistry [[Nobel Laureate]] [[John B. Goodenough]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2019/goodenough/lecture/ |title=John B. Goodenough Nobel Lecture |work=[[Nobel Prize]]}}</ref><ref name="ecs">{{cite web |url=https://www.electrochem.org/ecs-blog/manthiram-presents-goodenoughs-nobel-lecture/ |title=Manthiram Presents Goodenough's Nobel Lecture |work=[[Electrochemical Society]]|date=13 December 2019 }}</ref>
* [[A. S. Gnanasambandan]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]] [[writer]], [[scholar]] and literary critic
* [[G. Balasubramanian]], former Vice Chancellor of [[Tamil University]], Thanjavur, in Tamil Nadu, India (4 October 2018 – 3 October 2021)
* [[G. S. Venkataraman]], [[Padma Shri]] awardee
* [[Veerappan Muthukkaruppan]], renowned [[immunology|immunologist]]
* [[Charle]], Indian actor
* [[AR Chelliah]], Indian religious leader
* [[Dharmakkan Dhanaraj]], Indian Old Testament Scholar
* [[R. M. Pitchappan]], eminent [[immunogenetics|immunogeneticist]]
* [[Kunthala Jayaraman]], eminent [[biotechnology|biotechnologist]]
* [[Kuppamuthu Dharmalingam]], the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate (for Biological Sciences)<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=448 | title=Brief Profile of the Awardee | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=5 October 2016}}</ref>
* [[P. Sathasivam]], 40th [[Chief Justice of India]]
* [[Rajan Sankaranarayanan]], the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate (for Biological Sciences) and [[Infosys Prize]] winner<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref>
* [[Rajiah Simon]], the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate (for Physical Sciences)<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees"/>
* [[Rishikesh Narayanan]], the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate (for Biological Sciences)<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees"/>
* [[Ramamirtha Jayaraman]], the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate (for Biological Sciences)<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees"/>
* [[Tho. Paramasivan]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]] [[anthropologist]], [[writer]], [[folklorist]], [[archeologist]] and [[professor]]
* [[Mohan Raghavan]], Malayalam film director
* [[Santhosh George Kulangara]], is an Indian traveller, television producer, director, broadcaster, editor, publisher and he is the founder and managing director of [[Safari TV]] and also serves as the head of [[Labour India Publications]], an educational publisher for school children.
* [[Mushi Santappa]], the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate (for Chemical Sciences)<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees"/>
* [[Nirmal Selvamony]], Indian scholar and academician
* [[S. A. Choudum]], eminent Mathematician and Graph Theorist
* [[S. Kameswaran]], renowned ENT surgeon and [[Padma Shri]] awardee
* [[H. Raja]], eminent politician
* [[Gunasekaran Paramasamy]], eminent scientist
* [[Karuppannan Veluthambi]], eminent Plant Biotechnologist and Molecular Biologist
* [[Ram Rajasekharan]], N-BIOS awardee
* [[Mukul Roy]], former [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Union Minister of Railways]] and [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
* [[R. Sankararamakrishnan]], N-BIOS awardee
* [[Syed Zahoor Qasim]], [[Padma Bhushan]] awardee
* [[Kaustuv Sanyal]], N-BIOS awardee
* [[K. S. Krishnan]], [[Padma Bhushan]] awardee, [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] and the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate (for Physical Sciences)<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees"/>
* [[M. K. Chandrashekaran]], the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate (for Biological Sciences)<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees"/>
* [[Sonajharia Minz]], eminent Adivasi activist and current Vice Chancellor of [[Sido Kanhu Murmu University]]
* [[Thamizhachi Thangapandian]], Indian Tamil poet, lyricist, orator, politician and writer
* [[Thavamani Jegajothivel Pandian]], the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate (for Biological Sciences)<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees"/>
* [[Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan]], [[Padma Shri]] awardee
* [[Ganapathy Baskaran]], the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate (for Physical Sciences)<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees"/>
* [[Gopi Shankar Madurai]], Indian equal rights and Indigenous rights activist
* [[Govindappa Venkataswamy]], [[Padma Shri]] awardee and founder of [[Aravind Eye Care System]]
* [[Vijay Siva]], Carnatic music vocalist
* [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]], Indian actor and [[Padma Shri]] awardee
* [[Kailasavadivoo Sivan]], eminent Indian space scientist and current Secretary (Space) and former [[Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation]] and Space Commission
* [[Kumaravel Somasundaram]], N-BIOS awardee
* [[Nazarene Soosai]], Roman Catholic Bishop
* [[A. R. Venkatachalapathy]], Indian historian
* [[Shiv Nadar]], [[Padma Bhushan]] awardee and Indian billionaire industrialist and philanthropist
* [[S. Viyalendiran]], Sri Lankan-Tamil politician
* [[M. Thirumalai|M. Thiurumalai]], Tamil scholar, writer and professor
* [[Sendurai Mani]], Indian-American oncologist
* [[Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy]], Robert W. Parry Collegiate Professor of Chemistry and Biophysics at the [[University of Michigan, Ann Arbor]] and fellow of the [[Royal Society of Chemistry]].
* [[K. K. Pillay|K.K. Pillay]], eminent Indian historian, headed the Department of History in [[University of Madras]] and the first President of South Indian History Congress in the premises of the School of Historical Studies, Madurai Kamaraj University
* [[Sankaran Krishnaswamy]], eminent [[computational biology|computational biologist]]
* [[Ganapathy Marimuthu]], renowned [[chronobiology|chronobiologist]]
* [[Shabaana Khader]], notable Indian-American [[microbiology|microbiologist]]

==Recipients of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize==
* [[Mushi Santappa]] (Chemical Sciences)
* [[M. K. Chandrashekaran]] (Biological Sciences)
* [[Ramamirtha Jayaraman]] (Biological Sciences)
* [[Thavamani Jegajothivel Pandian|T. J. Pandian]] (Biological Sciences)
* [[Kuppamuthu Dharmalingam]] (Biological Sciences)
* [[Rajan Sankaranarayanan|R. Sankaranarayanan]] (Biological Sciences)

==Other associated people==
* [[S. Ramachandran (scientist)|S. Ramachandran]], [[Padma Bhushan]] awardee<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/right-man-right-time-right-place-ramachandran/article8487263.ece |title=Right man, right time, right place - Ramachandran | author=D. BALASUBRAMANIAN |date=18 April 2016 |work=The Hindu |access-date=18 April 2016 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* [[Ch. Mohan Rao]], the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate (for Medical Sciences), Executive Committee member for the Centre of Excellence of the Bioinformatics Centre (founded by Prof. [[Kuppamuthu Dharmalingam|Kappamuthu Dharmalingam]]), Madurai Kamaraj University, 2004
* [[P. N. Rangarajan|P.N. Rangarajan]], the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate (for Medical Sciences) and N-BIOS awardee, Coconvenor of the lecture workshop on ''Recent Advances in Biotechnology of Health and Disease'' (BHD-2011) organized by Madurai Kamaraj University in 2011<ref name="BHD-2011">{{Cite web |url=http://web-japps.ias.ac.in:8080/SEP/Reports/report_lw/217_40.pdf |title=BHD-2011 |date=2017 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref>
* [[Sathees Chukkurumbal Raghavan]], the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate (for Biological Sciences), Convenor of the lecture workshop on ''Recent Advances in Biotechnology of Health and Disease'' (BHD-2011) organized by Madurai Kamaraj University in 2011<ref name="BHD-2011">{{Cite web |url=http://web-japps.ias.ac.in:8080/SEP/Reports/report_lw/217_40.pdf |title=BHD-2011 |date=2017 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref>
* [[Erwin Bünning]], eminent German chronobiologist, invited by [[M. K. Chandrashekaran]] to [[India]] in 1978, to conduct the Biological Oscillation workshop in Madurai Kamaraj University<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/6339008/perspectives-erwin-bunning-indian-academy-of-sciences|title= YUMPU|publisher= YUMPU|access-date=1 May 2010}}</ref>
* [[Dorairajan Balasubramanian]], the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate (for Chemical Sciences),<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees"/> [[Padma Shri]] awardee and member of the advisory committee for 'International Conference on Genome Biology 2019 (ICGB-2019)' organized by the School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University<ref name="readkong.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.readkong.com/page/school-of-biological-sciences-madurai-kamaraj-university-6308630|title= School of Biological Sciences Madurai Kamaraj University Madurai - 625021, India|publisher= School of Biological Sciences Madurai Kamaraj University|access-date=1 May 2010}}</ref>
* [[Dipankar Chatterji]], the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate (for Biological Sciences), [[Padma Shri]] awardee and member of the advisory committee for 'International Conference on Genome Biology 2019 (ICGB-2019)' organized by the School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University<ref name="readkong.com"/><ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees"/>
* [[Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain]], the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate (for Biological Sciences), [[Padma Shri]] awardee and member of the advisory committee for 'International Conference on Genome Biology 2019 (ICGB-2019)' organized by the School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University<ref name="readkong.com"/><ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees"/>
* [[Rakesh Bhatnagar]], member of the advisory committee for 'International Conference on Genome Biology 2019 (ICGB-2019)' organized by the School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University<ref name="readkong.com"/>
* [[Tapas Kumar Kundu]], the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate (for Biological Sciences), N-BIOS awardee and member of the advisory committee for 'International Conference on Genome Biology 2019 (ICGB-2019)' organized by the School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University<ref name="readkong.com"/><ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees"/>
* [[Siddhartha Roy]], the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate (for Biological Sciences) and member of the advisory committee for 'International Conference on Genome Biology 2019 (ICGB-2019)' organized by the School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University<ref name="readkong.com"/><ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees"/>
* [[Rakesh Mishra]], member of the advisory committee for 'International Conference on Genome Biology 2019 (ICGB-2019)' organized by the School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University<ref name="readkong.com"/>
* [[P. Namperumalsamy]], [[Padma Shri]] awardee and the Co-investigator on a research Project “Clinical and Laboratory Studies on Eales Disease” in collaboration with [[National Eye Institute]], [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]], United States and [[Indian Council of Medical Research]] and Madurai Kamaraj University.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aravind.org/members/dr-namperumalsamy/#1549962531452-0a90807c-77af6f49-7897|title= ARAVIND EYE CARE SYSTEM|publisher= Aravind Eye Care System|access-date=1 May 2010}}</ref>

== International collaborations ==
*[[University of Oxford]]: Discovery of first Indians in 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/geneticists-identify-first-indians/story-INqikMSk5JRjGsICqHFzMN.html |title=GENETICISTS IDENTIFY FIRST INDIANS|work=mkuniversity.org |access-date=20 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101091613/http://www.mkuniversity.org/menu_pg.php?id=44%3Fs_id%3D44 |archive-date=1 January 2012 }}</ref>
*[[University of Munich]]: Genomics research and studies
*[[University of Tubingen]]: Collaborative research and faculty-student exchange<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/madurai-kamaraj-university-inks-mou-with-german-university/article5181927.ece |title=MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY INKS MOU WITH GERMAN UNIVERSITY|work=mkuniversity.org |access-date=20 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101091613/http://www.mkuniversity.org/menu_pg.php?id=44%3Fs_id%3D44 |archive-date=1 January 2012 }}</ref>
*[[Harvard University]]: Ancient [[DNA]] research<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/mku-harvard-university-to-collaborate-in-dna-study-madurai/article29512576.ece |title=KEEZHADI EXCAVATION:MKU, HARVARD UNIVERSITY TO COLLABORATE IN DNA STUDY|work=mkuniversity.org |access-date=20 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101091613/http://www.mkuniversity.org/menu_pg.php?id=44%3Fs_id%3D44 |archive-date=1 January 2012 }}</ref>
*[[University of Melbourne]]: Student exchange and research<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/madurai/article65414588.ece |title=UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE AND MKU ANNOUNCE RESEARCH COLLABORATION|work=mkuniversity.org |access-date=20 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101091613/http://www.mkuniversity.org/menu_pg.php?id=44%3Fs_id%3D44 |archive-date=1 January 2012 }}</ref>
*[[University of Oslo]] and [[Institute for Energy Technology]]: Indo-Norwegian International Online Conference on “Functional materials for energy, environment And biomedical applications" (FARAON 2022)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://faraon2022.mkuniversity.ac.in/about.html |title=INDO-NORWEGIAN INTERNATIONAL ONLINE CONFERENCE ON "FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS|work=mkuniversity.org |access-date=20 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101091613/http://www.mkuniversity.org/menu_pg.php?id=44%3Fs_id%3D44 |archive-date=1 January 2012 }}</ref>
*Algoma Algal Biotechnology, [[University of Wisconsin]]: From 2017
*[[Eastern University, Sri Lanka]]: From 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/mku-forms-special-team-for-action-on-mous-signed/articleshow/62214784.cms|title=MKU FORMS SPECIAL TEAM FOR ACTION ON MOU SIGNED|work=mkuniversity.org |access-date=20 December 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101091613/http://www.mkuniversity.org/menu_pg.php?id=44%3Fs_id%3D44 |archive-date=1 January 2012 }}</ref>
*[[Uppsala University]]: From 2018
*[[South Dakota School of Mines]]: Staff exchange and collaboration, joint research activities and publications, student exchange
*[[Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences]]: Research collaboration
*[[National Cancer Institute]], [[National Institutes of Health]]: Research collaboration
*[[Okayama University]]: Research collaboration
*[[University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover|University of Veterinary Medicine]], Hannover: Research collaboration
*[[Loyola University Chicago|Loyola University]]: Research collaboration
*[[Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research]]: Research collaboration
*Graduate Medical School, [[Singapore]]: [[Cancer]] [[Genomics]] [[Project]]<ref>{{cite web|title=MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY|url=https://mkuniversity.ac.in/new/school/sbs/MoU.php|website=CollegeDekho.com|language=en}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[American College, Madurai]]
*[[Sri S. Ramaswamy Naidu Memorial College]]
*[[University of Madras]]
*[[Indian Institute of Science]]
*[[Alagappa University]]

== References ==
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==External links==
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