Editing Mysore (section)

== Education ==
[[File:CrawfordHall 1.jpg|thumb|200x200px|right|Crawford Hall, University of Mysore]]
Before the advent of the European system of education in Mysore, ''[[Agrahara]]s'' ([[Brahmin]] [[Quarter (country subdivision)|quarters]]) provided [[Vedas|Vedic]] education to Hindus, and ''[[madrasa|madrassas]]'' provided schooling for Muslims.<ref name="rao1927">{{Cite book|last=Rao|first=C. Hayavadana|title=Mysore Gazetteer|publisher=Government Press, [[Mysore state]]|year=1927|location=Bangalore|author-link=C. Hayavadana Rao}}</ref>{{rp|459}} Modern education began in Mysore when a free English school was established in 1833.<ref name="hd">{{cite web|url=http://www.undp.org/content/dam/india/docs/human_development_in_karnataka_1999_full_report.pdf |work=Human development in Karnataka 1999 |title=Education and literacy |publisher=Planning Department, Government of Karnataka |page=50 |access-date=30 September 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724191458/http://data.undp.org.in/shdr/kar/Karnataka1999.pdf |archive-date=24 July 2011 }}</ref> Maharaja's College was founded in 1864. A high school exclusively for girls was established in 1881&nbsp;and was later renamed ''Maharani's Women's College''.<ref name="maharan">{{cite web |url=http://maharanisartsandcommercecollegemysore.com/ |title=Welcome to our college website |publisher=Maharani's Arts and Commerce College for Women, Mysore |access-date=29 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121065602/http://maharanisartsandcommercecollegemysore.com/ |archive-date=21 January 2012 }}</ref> The ''Industrial School'', the first institute for [[technical education]] in the city, was established in 1892; this was followed by the [[Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts|Chamarajendra Technical Institute]] in 1913.<ref name="rao1927" />{{rp|601}} While the modern system of education have made inroads, colleges such as the ''Mysore Sanskrit Pāthaśhāla'', established in 1876, still continue to provide Vedic education.<ref name="rao1927" />{{rp|595}}

The education system was enhanced by the establishment of the [[University of Mysore]] in 1916.<ref name="univ">{{cite journal |last1=Sharma |first1=Ravi |year=2004 |title=Record of excellence |journal=Frontline |volume=21 |issue=3 |url= http://frontlineonnet.com/fl2103/stories/20040213002409000.htm|access-date= 29 February 2012}}</ref> This was the sixth university to be established in India and the first in Karnataka.<ref name="univ" /> It was named  ''Manasagangotri'' ("fountainhead of the [[Ganges]] of the mind") by the poet [[Kuvempu]]. The university caters to the districts of [[Mysore district|Mysore]], [[Mandya district|Mandya]], [[Hassan district|Hassan]] and [[Chamarajanagar district|Chamarajanagar]] in Karnataka. About 127 colleges, with a total of 53,000 students, are affiliated with the university.<ref name="colun">{{cite web|url=http://www.uni-mysore.ac.in/about-the-university/|work=Official Webpage of the University of Mysore|title=About the University|access-date=4 March 2012}}</ref> Its alumni include Kuvempu, [[Gopalakrishna Adiga]], [[S. L. Bhyrappa]], [[U. R. Ananthamurthy]] and [[N.R. Narayana Murthy]]. Engineering education began in Mysore with the establishment in 1946 of the [[National Institute of Engineering]], the second oldest engineering college in the state.<ref name="nie">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/26/stories/2006022604310500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202204547/http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/26/stories/2006022604310500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2014|date=26 February 2006|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|title= Agreements with industry to help NIE improve quality of education|access-date=20 November 2007}}</ref> The [[Mysore Medical College]], founded in 1924, was the first medical college to be started in Karnataka and the seventh in [[India]].<ref name="mmc">{{cite web|url=http://www.karunadu.gov.in/dmekarnataka/Autonomous_2.html|publisher=Directorate of Medical Education, Government of Karnataka|title=Autonomous colleges|access-date=4 March 2012|archive-date=20 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120074208/http://www.karunadu.gov.in/dmekarnataka/Autonomous_2.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> National institutes in the city include te [[Central Food Technological Research Institute]], the [[Central Institute of Indian Languages]], the [[Defence Food Research Laboratory]], and the [[All India Institute of Speech and Hearing]].<ref name="cdp" />{{rp|18}} The city houses a campus multi-campus, multi-disciplinary private [[deemed university]], [[Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Amrita Mysuru Campus {{!}} Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham|url=https://www.amrita.edu/campus/mysore|access-date=5 May 2021|website=www.amrita.edu}}</ref>

=== Universities ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Established
!University
!Type
!Level
!Specialisation
|-
|1916
|[[University of Mysore]]
|Public
| rowspan="3" |Undergraduate, Post-Graduate, and Doctoral Research
| rowspan="3" |Multi-disciplinary
|-
|1948
|[[National Institute of Engineering]]
|Private
|-
|1996
|[[Karnataka State Open University]]
|Public
|-
|2008
|[[Karnataka State Music University, Mysore|Karnataka State Music University]]
|Public
|Undergraduate and Post-Graduate
|Music
|}

=== Autonomous institutes ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Established
!Institute
!Type
!Commissioning Body/Affiliation
!Level
!Specialisation
|-
|1992
|[[Mahajana Law College]]
|Private
||Affiliated to [[Mysore University]]
|Undergraduate, LLB
|Law
|-
|1924
|[[Mysore Medical College & Research Institute]]
|Public
|Affiliated to [[Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences]]
| rowspan="2" |Undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate, and doctoral research
|Medicine
|-
|1928
|[[Yuvaraja's College, Mysore]]
|Public
|University of Mysore
|[[Basic Science]]
|-
|1946
|[[National Institute of Engineering]]
|Government-aided private
|Affiliated to [[Visvesvaraya Technological University]]
|Undergraduate, post-graduate
|Engineering
|-
|1950
|[[Central Food Technological Research Institute]]
| rowspan="2" |Public
|Set up by the [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]]
| rowspan="2" |Research and development
|Food technology
|-
|1961
|[[Defence Food Research Laboratory]]
|Set up by the [[Defence Research and Development Organisation]]
|Defence and contingency food technology
|-
|1963
|[[Regional Institute of Education, Mysore|Regional Institute of Education, Mysore (NCERT)]]
|Government
|Affiliated to [[University of Mysore]]
|Undergraduate, Post-graduate and Research in the field of Teacher Education
|Educational Training and Research
|-
|1966
|[[All India Institute of Speech and Hearing]]
|Public
|Commissioned by the Central [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)|Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]]
|Undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate, and doctoral research
|Audiology, speech, and hearing
|-
|1945
|[[Sarada Vilas College]]
|Private
|Affiliated to Mysore University
|Undergraduate, Graduate, LLB, Pharmacy
|Educational
|-
|1997
|[[Vidya Vardhaka College of Engineering]]
|Private
|Affiliated to [[Visvesvaraya Technological University]]
|Undergraduate, Post Graduate, Research and Development
|Engineering
|}