Fakir Mohan University

Fakir Mohan University (FM University) is a state university located at Nuapadhi, Balasore, Odisha, India. It is named after Odia writer Fakir Mohan Senapati.

History
This university was established by the Government of Odisha, under Section 32 of the Odisha Universities Act, 1989 (Act 5 of 1989). It was carved out of the Utkal University in 1999 and acts as an affiliating university.Professor Gorachand Patnaik an eminent educationist of the state and former Principal of Ravenshaw college is the founding Vice Chancellor of the University. FM University has 93 colleges and 15,000 students at the graduate and postgraduate levels. It is the only university in India that offers a postgraduate course in Ballistics.

Campuses
FM University is functioning in two campuses: the old campus at Januganj, besides the National Highway near Remuna Golei (at 21.50614°N, 86.89101°W, around 3 km from Balasore bus stand and railway station) and the new campus at Nuapadhi (at 21.544°N, 86.81592°W, around 15 km from Balasore bus stand and railway station). In March 2021 Union minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi inaugurated New Marine Bioresource and Biotechnology Centre at University Balasore campus.

Colleges
FM University affiliates 96 colleges and 14 professional colleges including two autonomous i.e., FM Autonomous College, Bhadrak Autonomous College. Its jurisdiction extends over Balasore and Bhadrak districts.

Departments

 * 1) Dept. of Physics
 * 2) Dept. of Bioscience and Biotechnology
 * 3) Dept. of Botany
 * 4) Dept. of Business Management
 * 5) Dept. of Chemistry
 * 6) Dept. of Commerce
 * 7) Dept. of Computer Science
 * 8) Dept. of Education
 * 9) Dept. of Environmental Science
 * 10) Dept. of Geography
 * 11) Dept. of Geology
 * 12) Dept. of History & Archaeology
 * 13) Dept. of Journalism & Mass Communication
 * 14) Dept. of Language and Literature
 * 15) Dept. of Mathematics
 * 16) Dept. of Population Studies
 * 17) Dept. of Social Science
 * 18) Dept. of Zoology
 * 19) Dept. of Library Science
 * 20) Dept. of Micro Biology
 * 21) Dept. of Anthropology
 * 22) Dept. of PMIR
 * 23) Dept. of MSW
 * 24) Dept. of Psychology

Facilities
The university has a computer lab, bioscience (botany & zoology) and biotechnology lab, BIF- computer lab (at Dept. of Biosciences and Biotechnology), environmental science lab and Physics lab. There is a centralised computer centre, central library with Internet connection (12 hrs open).

Welfare facilities include UCO bank, two ATMs (SBI and UCO), one canteen, a common gym for both boys and girls, a mini indoor stadium, one cricket field, one volley field, one boys hostel, two girls hostel, staff quarters and a guest house.

Notable alumni

 * Gopanarayan Das