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Motto	Excellence and Service
Established	July 15, 1969
Type	Private
Chancellor	Dr.(Fr.)Thomas C. Mathew CMI
Students	7000
Location	Bangalore, India
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	UGC, NAAC
Website	www.christuniversity.in

Christ University in Bangalore, India, formerly known as Christ College (Autonomous) is now a Deemed University. Christ College, founded in 1969 by the fathers of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate, the first indigenous Catholic religious congregation in India, is managed by the CMI. The CMI runs around 400 schools, 30 colleges and a number of hospitals at various locations in India. It is the first University in India managed by the Catholic Church. The University is spread over a large campus of 25 acres (100,000 m²) which is part of the 100-acre (400,000 m²) Dharmaram College^[1] Campus located in the central part of Bangalore city.

The University offers a range of nationally and internationally recognized undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in a variety of academic disciplines including Law, Business Administration, Commerce, Management, Humanities, Sciences, and Social Sciences. In addition, it offers professional courses in a number of fields including Business Management, Computer Application, Hotel Management, Mass Communication, Social Work and Tourism.

Christ College was recognized by the University Grants Commission of India, (UGC) on June 17, 1972. It was amongst the first few colleges which volunteered for assessment and was accredited by the NAAC, a UGC funded body, in the year 1998 and reaccredited in the year 2005. Christ College has the distinction of being the first college in the state of Karnataka to be accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), for quality education. It is currently rated an A+ institution by the NAAC and was recognized as a College with Potential for Excellence.

On July 22, 2008, Christ College was confirmed status of Deemed University by the Ministry of Human Resource Development ^[2] by the Government of India.

[edit] Courses offered

Christ University(of Ajita), offers Undergraduate, Postgraduate, M.Phil and Certificate Programmes in various academic disciplines classified under the Schools of Law, Education, Sciences, Social Sciences & Languages and Commerce & Management. (BA-Bachelor of Arts; MA-Master of Arts; MS, MSc-Master of Science; BSc-Bachelor of Science; NA-Not Available.)

**COURSES**
Subject	Undergraduate	Postgraduate	M.Phil
Biotechnology	B.Sc.	NA	NA
Botany	B.Sc.	NA	NA
Business Administration	BBA	MBA	M.Phil.
Business Management	BBM	PGDM	M.Phil.
Chemistry	B.Sc.	M.Sc	NA
Commerce	B.Com.	M.Com.	M.Phil.
Commerce with CA	B.Com.	M.Com.	M.Phil.
Commerce (Professional)	B.Com.	M.Com.	M.Phil.
Communication and Media Studies	BA	MS Communications	M.Phil., Ph.D.
Computer Applications	BCA	MCA and M.S.	M.Phil
Computer Science	B.Sc.	M.Sc. and M.S.	M.Phil
Counselling and Spirituality	NA	MA	NA
Economics	BA	MA	M.Phil
Education	B.Ed.	NA	M.Phil
Electronics	B.Sc.	NA	NA
English Studies	BA	MA	M.Phil.,Ph.D.
Financial Management	BBM, BBA	MFM	M.Phil.
History	BA	NA	NA
Hotel Management	BHM	NA	NA
Journalism	BA	MS Communications	M.Phil, Ph.D.
Law	B.A.,LL.B. (5 Years)	NA	NA
Mathematics	B.Sc.	M.Sc.	M.Phil.
Philosophy	NA	MA	M.Phil
Physics	B.Sc.	M.Sc.	M.Phil.
Political Science	BA	NA	NA
Psychology	BA	M.Sc.	M.Phil.
Social Work	NA	MSW	M.Phil.
Sociology	BA	MA	M.Phil.
Statistics	B.Sc.	NA	NA
Tourism Administration	B.Com. (Tourism)	MTA	M.Phil.
Zoology	B.Sc.	NA	NA

All Undergraduate Programmes are of 3 year duration except B.Ed (1 year) , BHM (4 year) and B.A.,LL.B (5 years). BA and BSc Programmes follow Triple Major System where students need to choose any of following combination.
BSc Combinations:

1. Biotechnology, Chemistry and Botany

2. Biotechnology, Chemistry and Zoology

3. Chemistry, Botany and Zoology

3. Computer Science, Mathematics and Electronics

4. Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics

5. Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics

6. Physics, Electronics and Mathemtics

BA Combinations:

1. Psychology, Communication and Media Studies, English Studies

2. Psychology, Journalism, English Studies

3. Psychology, Sociology, English Studies

4. Psychology, Sociology, Economics

5. History, Economics, Political Science

6. Sociology, Economics, Political Science

A full listing of all programmes and courses can be found on the University's website www.christuniversity.in

[edit] Awards and recognition

NAAC: Accredited ‘A+’ institution

UGC, 2006: College with Potential for Excellence

India Today ranking, June 2, 2008: Overall Ranking: 8th best college in India for pure Sciences; 6th best in India for Arts; 4th best for Commerce; Factual Ranking: 6th in pure Sciences; 3rd in Arts and 2nd in Commerce; 23rd in the overall Business School rankings

Bangalore Urban Art Commission, 1996 through 2000: Best Campus Award