Christ University

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Christ University, is an elite private, deemed, research university located in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.[1] Founded in 1969 by the CMI Fathers on the Dharmaram Campus, it was declared as an institution deemed to be university under section 3 of UGC Act 1956.[2]

CHRIST is under the management of the priests of the Catholic religious order, Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI), part of Syro Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Church. In 2016, the university was accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council with A+ Grade.[3]

History

Christ University was born out of the educational vision of St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara, an educationist and social reformer of the nineteenth century in South India.[4] Chavara founded the first indigenous Catholic congregation Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI) in 1831, which administers Christ (Deemed to be University).[4] Established in 1969 as Christ College, the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India conferred autonomy to Christ College in 2004[5] and identified it as an "institution with potential for excellence" in 2006.[6] In 2008 under section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, the Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Government of India, declared the institution a "deemed to be university" in the name and style of Christ University. Christ was one of the first institutions in India to be accredited in 1998 by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), and subsequently in 2004, 2016 and 2022 had been awarded Grade 'A+' on 4-point scale.[7]

Campus

  • Bangalore Central Campus

The university's main campus is spread over 25 acres (10 ha) and is part of the 100-acre (40 ha) Dharmaram Campus in the central part of Bangalore city. It is on the extension of Hosur Road (NH 7) opposite the Bangalore Dairy Circle Flyover. The city campus is close to residential localities such as BTM Layout, a residential and commercial area; Koramangala, another large neighborhood; and Jayanagar, one of the largest residential neighborhoods in Bangalore.

  • Bangalore Kengeri Campus

In 2009, the university opened its Kengeri campus, which is spread over 90 acres at Kengeri on the Bangalore-Mysore Expressway NH 275 and houses the School of Engineering and Technology; the PU Residential College; the School of Business and Management, which offers Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) programs; the School of Social Sciences offering Bachelor of Science in psychology with Honours; as well as the School of Architecture, which was started officially from 2017.[8]

  • Bangalore Bannerghatta Road Campus

The university also has a campus in Hulimavu on Bannerghatta Road, inaugurated in May, 2016.[9] The campus provides courses across disciplines like Liberal Arts, Business and Management, Political Science, Economics and English. The campus provides wide variety of choices in Business and Management with different specialisations.

  • Bangalore Yeshwanthpur Campus

The university opened its campus in Yeshwanthpur in July 2022, which started functioning from August 2022. The campus is 10 stories tall and spread over 1.6 million square feet of space.

  • Delhi NCR Campus

This is the off-campus of the university Located in Sewa Nagar, Ghaziabad, Delhi NCR established in 2013.[10] The campus is located near to Shaheed Sthal metro station of Delhi Metro and spread over 5 acres.

  • Pune Lavasa Campus

The Pune Lavasa Campus, also known as the Analytical hub of the university, located within the Sahyadri mountain range in Lavasa, Pune which was established in 2014, the Campus is spread over 28 acres.[11][12][13]

Organization and Administration

The university is managed by the CHRIST University Society, which in turn is organized by the CMI congregation, under the Syro Malabar Major Archiepiscopal Church. The Rector of the Pontifical Athenaeum Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram is the de-facto Chancellor of the university. The present chancellor is Dr. Fr. Saju Chackalackal and vice chancellor is Dr. Fr. Joseph C C, both CMI priests.[14]

Academics

The university has over 30,000 students and more than 1200 faculty members across all campuses.[15][16][17] It has a foreign student community of about 700 from 58 nationalities.[18] The university offers nationally and internationally recognised undergraduate, postgraduate and research programmes.

Academic programmes

Undergraduate programmes

The university offers over 50 undergraduate programmes in humanities, social sciences, science, commerce and management, education, law and engineering. Undergraduate programmes are of three-year duration except in the case of Bachelor of Education (BEd, two years), Bachelor of Hotel Management (BHM, four years), Bachelor of Laws (LLB, five years), Bachelor of Technology (BTech, four years) and an integrated BTech/MTech or MBA (five years). Except for Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Science (BSc) programmes follow a Triple Major system.[17]

The institution entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore to make article writing on Wikipedia a core exercise for the continuous internal assessment of its 1600 undergraduate students in Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Sanskrit and Urdu.[19] The Hindi and Kannada articles may be found at collection of Hindi articles and collection of Kannada articles.

Rankings

In 2025, Christ University was ranked 63rd among all universities in India by NIRF.[20]

Membership

The university is a member of the Association of Indian Universities,[21] International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU)[22] and Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).[23]

Notable alumni

NameField of notabilityNotes
Anjana MenonMalayalam film actress
Ankur Betageripoet, fiction writer, art activist
Anne AmiePlayback singer and voiceover artistKerala State Film Award for Best Singer 2023
Annu AntonyMalayalam film actressDebuted in Aanandam
Apurva KasaravalliKannada Film Director
Arvind VenugopalPlayback singer in Malayalam Film Industry
Chandy OommenMember of Legislative AssemblyChairman of the National Outreach Cell, Indian Youth Congress
Francis GeorgeMember of Parliamentrepresented the Idukki Constituency, Deputy Chairman of Kerala Congress
Gautham KarthikTamil film actor[24]
Gokul SureshMalayalam Film Actor[25]
Gouri G. KishanMalayalam film actress
Jahnavi Kamathfilm actress
K M ChaitanyaKannada film maker, theatre director
Krishna Byre GowdaMinister for Revenue, Government of KarnatakaPresident, Karnataka Youth Congress
Leona LishoyIndian film actress and model
M. N. Reddisenior officer in the Indian Police Service
Madhukeshwar DesaiCEO, Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration (MCIA)National Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha
Madonna SebastianMalayalam film actressdebut in the Malayalam film Premam
Meghana RajSouth Indian actress
Nanditha ShwethaKannada actress and South Indian model
Nicole FariaMiss Earth 2010
Nidhhi AgerwalBollywood and Telugu actress,Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva 2014 finalist
Pearle Maaneyactress and modelD 4 dance anchor[26]
Pradeep HegdeWildlife Filmmaker[27]
Prateik JainModel
Priya VadlamaniModel and Telugu Film Actress
Raja Krishna Menonfilm writer, director and producer[28]
Rajeev RavindranathanActor and Comedian
Reba Monica JohnSouth Indian actressdebuted in the movie Jacobinte Swargarajyam[29]
Rima KallingalMalayalam film actress[30]
Roysten AbelIndian theatre director and playwright
Sabbah HajiDirector of Haji Public School[31]
Sabu VarkeyIndian Hockey Team Member
Samyukta HornadKannada film actress[32]
Shilpi Neha TirkeyYoungest MLA from Jharkhand
Shwetha SrivatsavKannada Film Actress
Sruthi HariharanSouth Indian ActressDebuted in the movie Cinema Company[33]
Supriya LohithPlayback singerShe has over 500 films songs to her credit[34]
Vijay Suriyaactor[35]
Vineeth VincentBeatboxer[36]

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