Thunchathu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan Malayalam University at Tirur

Trivandrum, 31 May 2012: The government plans to establish a Malayalam University at Tirur, Malappuram. The university to be named as Thunchathu Ramanujan

Ezhuthachan Malayalam University will be established at the Vettam village in Tirur Taluk. The proposal submitted by Chief secretary K Jayakumar to the Chief Minister Oommen Chandy  recommends to start the University on November 1, 2012 offering 12 Post Graduate courses under nine schools and five faculties.

Courses conducted by the University will include Malayalam language studies, literature, comparative literature, translation, performing arts, visual arts and architecture, cultural studies, media studies and traditional knowledge systems. Post Graduate courses will be offered in the following disciplines

 Malayalam linguistics
 Malayalam poetry
Malayalam novel
 Malayalam drama
Performing arts
 Kerala music
Kerala visual arts
Cultural anthropology
Social history
Cultural studies
Heritage studies
Media studies