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CHRIST (Deemed to be University) is a private deemed to be university in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Founded in 1969 as an autonomous college, on 22 July 2008 it was declared as an institution deemed to be university under section 3 of UGC Act 1956 by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India.

The University is under the management of the priests of the Catholic religious order, Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI). The University has over 18,000 students and more than 800 faculty members. It has a foreign student community of about 700 from 58 nationalities.

Campus

The University campus was awarded ‘Best Institutional Buildings and Garden’ award by the Bangalore Urban Arts Commission for three consecutive years between 2000–2002. It also won the ‘Best Institutional Garden’ instituted by the Mysore Horticulture Society for twenty four consecutive years including 2012.

CHRIST (Deemed to be University) also has a campus located in Hulimavu on Bannerghatta Road, inaugurated in May 2016. IIM, Bangalore, The Royal Meenakshi Mall and the Bannerghatta National Park are located nearby.

Academic and Industrial Collaborations

CHRIST (Deemed to be University) is part of the University Studies Abroad Consortium(USAC). CHRIST (Deemed to be University) has collaborations with Western Michigan University, Catholic University of America and Baldwin Wallace University in the USA, Swansea University, Sheffield Hallam University, Liverpool Hope University in the UK, Griffith University in Australia, Lille Catholic University in France, University of Paris, University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (FHWS), Germany, Zurich University of Applied Sciences and NHTV University of Applied Sciences in Netherland. MoU for exchange programmes were signed with six Korean universities in 2013. There are also collaborations with the following organizations:

• Baldwin Wallace University, Ohio
• Centre for Social Action, CHRIST (Deemed to be University)
• Cheshire Homes, India
• Dream a dream Foundation
• enParadigm
• Headstreams, NGO working with Children and adolescents
• IBM
• Institute of Management Accountants
• Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology
• LETSCORP (INDIA) Private Limited – Facilitating the extension activities including Career Mapping.
• Make A Difference(MAD)
• National Collaboration with Sangath, (non profit, non governmental: mental heathcentre at Goa
• Nightingales Medical Trust
• ROOTS an early intervention centre – Providing orientation and training programmes for the teachers
• Samarthanam Trust for the disabled
• SAP
• Shree Ramana Maharishi Academy for the Blind
• Swanthana, Daughters of St. Camillus
• Teach For India
• U and I
• Value Base