The Academy of General Education Manipal Sri Bhuvanendra College, Karkala was popularly known as Sri Bhuvanendra College, Karkala (Dist. Udupi) was established on 1st June 1960 and was founded by the eminent educationist, banker, and visionary Padmashree Late Dr. T.M.A. Pai and named after the Patron Saint, Sri Bhuvanendra Thirtha Swamiji.

It is one of the premier colleges established to impart & provide in the field of higher education for the deserving candidates and prove to be a milestone in the part of progress.

It is sponsored by the Academy of General Education, Manipal and managed by Sri Bhuvanendra College Trust.
 
The college is affiliated to Mangalore University, Mangaluru and it is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) under section 2(f) on 2nd June 1960 & 12(B) on 1st June 1966 under Act, 1956.

It is re-accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with "B" Grade - (CGPA Score 3.30 on a 4 Point Scale in 3rd Cycle) on 19th February 2016.

The college always strives to achieve its cherished goal to import sound education and develop the students good manners, habits and tastes, to inculcate in them a high sense of duty and discipline and to prepare young men and women with a sense of idealism and modern outlook for living a useful life to meet the challenges of the times.

The college provides quality and value based education to the students in Arts, Science, Commerce, and Management. Over the past 55 years, the college has grown in terms of a number of courses, student strength, infrastructural facilities and students’ achievements.

In addition to degree courses, the college also provides Higher Education with three Post Graduate courses viz, M.Com, M.A. (Economics) and M.Sc. (Mathematics).

The college campus spreads over 46 acres and the college aims to attract more and more students and to improve the student enrollment by introducing new courses and providing better infrastructural facilities for both Degree and Higher Education.

The college has maintained the highest educational standards. The teachers are highly educated and experience in their fields and provided to the students to cultivate the best intellectual and spiritual values.

At present, the college offers five undergraduate degree courses under Credit Based Semester System of Mangalore University, Mangaluru viz, B.A, B.Com, B.Sc, B.B.M, and B.C.A.

B.A degree in Psychology, English Major and Journalism, B.Sc with Biotechnology, Botany, and Chemistry, B.Sc with Physics, Mathematics and Computer science combination, B.B.M, B.C.A and P.G courses are self-financed.

As Post-Accreditation initiative, three Post-graduate courses are introduced. M.Com course was started in 2010-11 with the intake of 40 students. M.A in Economics and M.Sc in Mathematics were started from 2012-13 and 2014-15 respectively.

The total strength of P.G students is 117 in 2014-15. The total number of students passed out of the college ever since its inception is 8,887.

Vision:

• To make Sri Bhuvanendra College, a centre of excellence creating graduates and post graduates to be the worthy citizens of India imbued with knowledge, skills and values ethical, social, secular and spiritual enabling them to lead an ideal and successful life with high integrity of character and being compassionate and beneficial to the poor and the downtrodden

Mission:

• To make quality, the hallmark of teaching, evaluation, and research through the combination of self-evaluation and external evaluation
• To provide the students  life-skills along with academics  through various add-on courses, clubs and association activities
• To facilitate employment through campus recruitment and  also  in liaison with Corporate and Service sector employers
• To collaborate with other stakeholders of higher education for quality evaluation, promotion, and sustenance