Kannur University was established in 1996 to provide development of higher education in Kasaragod (Kasaragod district), Kannur, and Wayanad Districts of Kerala State, India. The main campus is located in Mangattuparamba in the Kannur District. The Information Technology Education Centre in Kasaragod (ITEC Kasaragod) provides postgraduate courses in computer science and features sophisticated computing laboratories.It has the following departments, School of English & Foreign Languages, Department of Studies in English School of Social Sciences, Department of Anthropology School of Life Sciences, Department of Biotechnology & Microbiology School of Management Studies, Department of Management Studies School of Information Science & Technology, Department of Information Technology School of Development Studies ,Department of Applied Economics School of Legal Studies, Department of Law School of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Department of Physical Education School of Chemical Sciences, Department of Chemistry School of Pure and Applied Physics, Department of Physics School of Visual and Fine Arts, Department of Music School of Pedagogical Sciences School of Indian Languages Department of Geography School of Health Sciences