Universities in Kerala

Kerala was the first and foremost state in India to proclaim total literacy in one town in 1989 and later on April 18, 1991, the National Literacy Mission declared total literacy in the whole state of Kerala. Today, the literacy rate of Kerala is 91 percent which is the highest literacy attained in comparison to any other Indian State. This was possible due to the utmost importance attached to Education. In 1937, the University of Travancore with headquarters in Trivandrum was set up. Then the University of Calicut was established in North Kerala. Finally the Cochin University of Science and Technology, the Kerala Agricultural University, The Mahatma Gandhi University, the Sree Sankaracharya Sanskrit University and the Kannaur University were constituted gradually. These are the top seven universities of Kerala.


Universities;
Central University of Kerala,
Kasaragod,
Kerala



Cochin University of Science and Technology,
Kochi (Cochin / Ernakulam),
Kerala


Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST-Deemed University),
Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum),
Kerala


Kannur University (formerly: Malabar University),
Kannur (Cannanore),
Kerala



Kerala Agricultural University,
Thrissur (Trichur),
Kerala


Kerala Kalamandalam Deemed University for Art and Culture,
Cheruthuruthy,
Kerala



Kerala University (Formerly: University of Travancore),
Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum),
Kerala


Mahatma Gandhi University (Formerly: Gandhi University),
Kottayam,
Kerala



National Institute of Technology (NIT Kozhikode) Deemed University,
Kozhikode (Calicut),
Kerala




Sree Shankaracharya University of Sanskrit,
Kalady,
Kerala


University of Calicut (Calicut University),
Kozhikode (Calicut),
Kerala