The M.Sc., Medical Physics Programme was started in the Department of Physics in the academic year 2002-2003 in collaboration with G. Kuppusamy Naidu Memorial Hospital (GKNM Hospital), Coimbatore.

The approval for RSO level-III Certificate was obtained from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai in 2004.

The Department of Zoology was started in 1973 as one of the departments of Madras University Post Graduate center at Coimbatore under the headship of (Late) Prof. G. Sundararajulu. When Bharathiar University was formed in 1982, the Department of Zoology became a part of it. Ever since its inception it has been promoting teaching, research and extension activities in the field of Zoology in this part of the state. This Department has a good history with the mentorship of eminent professors such as Dr.

The Centre for Women’s Studies was started in 2004 with the financial support of the University Grants Commission in the X plan period. It was upgraded into a full-fledged Department of Women’s Studies in the year 2008 in the XI plan period. The department was upgraded as a statutory department in 2009.

The Department of Textiles and Apparel Design was established in 2011 and funded under UGC-Innovative Programme during the XII plan period (2012-2017) offering M.Sc. Textiles and Apparel Design. In 2013 M.Phil and Ph.D programmes were introduced. The department has five qualified faculties specialized in multifarious fields of textile research.

The Department of Tamil, one among the thirty five departments, was established on 02.08.1985. The M.Phil and Ph.D. Programmes was introduced during the academic year 1985 - 86 itself. The Post Graduate course has been launched during the academic year 1986-87.

Department of Statistics was established in 1979 with one Professor under the erstwhile Post - Graduate Autonomous Centre of University of Madras. Initially, two research programmes leading to Ph.D., and M.Phil., Degrees in Statistics were offered in the Department with two fields of research specialization, namely Statistical Quality Control and Statistical Inference.

Established in 1976, the department offers M.Phil. and Ph.D. programmes, and from its inception, 31 students were awarded Ph.D. degree and 167 were awarded M.Phil. degree. Resolved to profess sociological perspective and with receptivity to change and transformation, the Department has a vision to be an active partner in the development of this region through research partnerships with private businesses corporations, government agencies, and social and community service organizations.

Department of Social Work, Bharathiar University journey began in 2007. The primary focus of the department is to build the capacities of young graduates on the threshold of fruitful careers in Social Work. We strive to establish knowledge and practice through a range of ideological stances as reflected in the Social Work curriculum, complex domains of the practice, research and field engagements. The students are subjected to concurrent Field Work training in all four semesters.

The origin of the Department of Psychology was one of the significant contributions by Padmashree N. D. Sundarvadivelu, the Beacon Light of education in Tamil Nadu and the former Vice-Chancellor of University of Madras. The Department was one of the four Departments started to constitute the Madras University Autonomous Post Graduate Centre, Coimbatore in 1974.

Vision

The vision of the department is to shape the students in to skill full, emotionally adjusted individuals integrated with skills, studies and research activities be at institution or in the community in which he/she lives which would in turn help in the all-round development of a teaching personality.

Mission