Kannur University was was inaugurated on 2 March 1996. This University was established for development of higher education in Kasaragod, Kannur, and Wayanad districts of Kerala.

It is a multi-campus university and approved by UGC and AIU.

University schools / departments :
Department of Library and Information Science
Inter University Center for Bioscience
School of Information Science & Technology, Department of Information Technology
School of English & Foreign Languages, Department of Studies in English
School of Education, Department of Education
School of Social Sciences, Department of Anthropology
School of Science & Technology
School of Life Sciences, Department of Biotechnology & Microbiology; Food Science
School of Management Studies, Department of Management Studies
School of Development Studies, Department of Applied Economics
School of Business Administration, (M.B.A)
School of Legal Studies, Department of Law
School of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Department of Physical Education
School of Chemical Sciences, Department of Chemistry
School of Pure and Applied Physics, Department of Physics
School of Visual and Fine Arts, Department of Music
School of Pedagogical Sciences
School of Indian Languages
School of Geography & Environment
School of Health Sciences

Courses offers :

B.A Sociology
B.A Music
B.A Economics/Development Economics
B.A Hindi
B.A Functional Hindi
B.A Sanskrit
B.A Arabic
B.A Afsal Ul Ulama
B.A English
B.A English(Complementary Courses)
B.A Malayalam
B.A Functional English
B.A Philosophy
B.A History
B.A Political Science
BCA
BCom
BBA-
B.Tech
M.Tech
M.A. Music
M.A. History & Heritage Studies
M.A. Anthropology
M.A . Applied Economics
M.A. Rural & Tribal Sociology
M.C.J
MCA
M B A
L L M
M.Sc Clinical and Counselling Psychology
M.Sc Medical Microbiology
M.Sc Mathematics
M.Sc Statistics
MPhil
PGDLD
B.Ed.
M.Ed.

Address:
Kannur University
Thavakkara Civil Station P.O.
Kannur, Kerala 670002