Karunya University - Coimbtore was established on 4 October 1986 as Karunya Institute of Technology by Arjun Singh, the former Human Resources and Development minister in the Indian Government.
Karunya University - Coimbtore is situated on a sprawling 700+ acre campus located at the foothills of High ranges 26 km (1hour by road) from Coimbatore Airport. The whole academic portion of the campus and the Women's hostels are situated on the south of the main road while the
.....Continuing reading northern portion is occupied by the Men's hostels and the New University Auditorium.
Karunya University - Coimbtore has various sporting facilities, including an athletic track and field stadium, basket ball courts, tennis courts and many football grounds. The University is ranked among the top 15 private engineering colleges in the country and among the top 10 for engineering infrastructure by Outlook magazine.
Karunya University - Coimbtore offers courses in Under Graduate like Bachelor of Technology in Aero Space Engineering, Bio-Technology, Bio-Informatics, Chemical and Food Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Electronics and Media Technology, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering. Courses offered in Post graduate are Master of Technology in Nanotechnology, Applied Electronics, CAD CAM, Computer Science and Engineering, Control and Instrumentation, Engineering Design, Network and Internet Engineering, Power Electronic and Drives, Structural Engineering, Thermal Engineering, VLSI, Embedded systems, Bio-Technology, Bio-Informatics, Food Processing Engineering. Other PG degree courses offered by the University include Master of Business Administration, Master of Computer Application, M.Sc. Mathematics/Physics / Chemistry, M.A English, Integrated Master of science 5 year Visual Communication, Integrated Master of Science 5 year Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Faculty of Education, B.Ed, M.Ed, Ph.D and M.Phil in core engineering & pure sciences etc.
Karunya University - Coimbtore has a Central Library that provides electronic access to various full text and bibliographical databases. The Central library is well equipped with all the necessary facilities and resources in the form of CD-ROM, On-line databases, e-journals, e-books, audio video cassettes, books, journals, project reports etc.
Karunya University - Coimbtore has set up a placement cell to provide jobs in various companies like that M/s Amalgamation Group, M/s Ashok Leyland Ltd., M/s Accel ICIM Ltd., M/s Cognizant Technology Solution Ltd., M/s Convergys IMG etc.....Reading in short