Students intending to pursue postgraduate courses on the Mangalore University campus or on the postgraduate campuses in Chikkalvaru and Madikeri can now apply online.
Starting this academic year, the university will allow online filing of applications.
Speaking at a felicitation programme for the teaching and non-teaching staff of the university, Vice-Chancellor K. Byrappa said this was part of the work taken up to digitalise the whole process – starting from admission to issuance of marks cards. “Work is at an advanced stage and it will be in force from this academic year,” he said.
Prof. Byrappa said students could submit their applications and details online and then physically submit the copies of the documents for verification. The online system of admission will be adopted at the affiliated colleges at a later stage.
Students on the university campuses will be issued smart cards, which could be used at information kiosks to get information such as attendance and fees.
Three such kiosks would be established soon, the Vice-Chancellor said.
Campus safety
The university was also moving towards making its campus more secure for students by permitting vehicles only through one entrance after 7 p.m., he said.
A security personnel will be placed at this gate to allow vehicles inside only after noting the vehicle numbers. Sensor-enabled street lights, which will be on as long as a student is on the road, and close circuit cameras were being installed on the roads.
“With this a student can walk at anytime in the night on the campus,” he said, and added that this would be ready in another six weeks.
The varsity also plans to upgrade facilities at its Mangala and other auditoriums to world-class. Different departments of the university also plan to adopt the nearby villages and conduct studies on various issues.
