The odd semester examinations of undergraduate courses of Mangalore University for the 2021-22 academic year will commence from April 6. Vice-Chancellor P.S. Yadapadithaya said that the 40th annual convocation of the university will be conducted on April 16 from 11.30 a.m. Supreme Court judge Justice S. Abdul Nazeer will deliver the convocation address. The Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot who is the Chancellor of universities has said he will also like to speak in the convocations of all universities from now on wards, he said.

The Vice-Chancellor said that the university is planning to introduce 10 new courses from the academic year 2022-23. The admission review committee of the university will discuss the subjects/courses to be introduced. There is a move to introduce a Bachelor of Science course in Forensic Science at the University College at Hampankatta in the city from the next academic year, he said.