The Department of Educational Technology was established in September 1990 as an interdisciplinary department to offer post graduate and research programmes in the field of education, and educational communication. The department conducts PG, M.Phil and Ph.D programme in educational technology (interdisciplinary) from the academic year 1991-92.The approach is interdisciplinary and curriculum is designed to integrate the talents of students with their personal visions and aspirations.

The School of Distance Education of Bharathiar University was established during the Academic Year 1991-1992. The School of Distance Education at present has more than 190 spot admissions cum leaning information centres spreading over 23 states and offer various job oriented programmes ranging from Diploma to Post Graduate programme to cater to the needs of different levels of aspirants, thereby help to achieve Higher Gross Enrollment Ratio in higher education.

The Department of Education, Bharathiar University was started in March, 2012 with an objective of bringing out effective and efficient Teacher Educators besides ensuring quality and need based researches in the field of Education. At present, the Department offers M.Phil. and Ph.D. Programmes in Education (Both Full-time & Part time). The University has proposed to start the M.Ed, Programme from 2013-2014 with due recognition of the NCTE.

The Department of Computer Science was established in the year 2005 with dedicated, well–qualified faculty, technical staff and students. The Department is committed to be an international, multi-disciplinary centre of excellence in Computer Science through education and research.  The Department offers the programmes M.Sc., M.Phil. and Ph.D.

The Department of Computer Applications was established in the year 2008.  It has its roots from the year 1985 and it is one of the well known departments in the field of computer applications education and research. It plays a vital role in both academic and research contributions to the society.  The Department of Computer Applications offers Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.), M.Sc. Data Analytics, M.Sc. Cyber Security, M.Phil.

           The Department of Communication and Media Studies was established in May, 2008 to delve deeper into the science of communication with a view to shaping media professionals for the increasingly progressive industry and to provide with sought-after leaders to address the grave issues penetrating the society with the help of the media they are attached to.

The Department of Commerce was started in the year 1990 as a Research Department with Ph.D as the only course with Finance, Marketing, Accounting and Human Resource Management as specialisation. Apart from the core specialization the department is also contributing to the allied activities such as Consumer issues and Skill Development.

The department came into existence as part of the PG centre of Madras University in the year 1973. Since 1982, the department has emerged as one of the full-fledged university department of Bharathiar University. During the inception, the department functioned with 3 faculty members.