Fakir Mohan University

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.

Fakir Mohan University
Mottoअमृतं तु विद्या (Sanskrit)
Motto in English
Knowledge is Nectar
TypePublic
Established1999
ChancellorGovernor of Odisha
Vice-ChancellorProf. Madhumita Das
Students15,000
Location
Balasore
,
Odisha
,
India

21.491389°N 86.931944°E / 21.491389; 86.931944
CampusVyasa Vihar (Old Campus), Nuapadhi (New Campus)
AffiliationsUGC, AICTE, AIU, NAAC
Websitewww.fmuniversity.nic.in
Fakir Mohan University entrance

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.

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).

Collaborations/linkages with national institutions

Departments
  1. Dept. of BBA(hons)
  2. Dept. of Biotech and Bioscience
  3. Dept. of Botany
  4. Dept. of Business Management
  5. Dept. of Chemistry
  6. Dept. of Commerce
  7. Dept. of Education
  8. Dept. of Environmental Science
  9. Dept. of Geography
  10. Dept. of Geology
  11. Dept. of History & Archaeology
  12. Dept. of Information and Communication Technology
  13. Dept. of Journalism & Mass Communication
  14. Dept. of Language and Literature
  15. Dept. of Mathematics
  16. Dept. of Population Studies
  17. Dept. of Social Science
  18. Dept. of Zoology
  19. Master of Law (LL.M)
  20. 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.

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.

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