Dear students, parents and friends,

I am pleased to welcome you to the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the RV University, Bengaluru. The invitation is part of a transformative journey that will impart essential life skills and knowledge to the graduates of tomorrow to successfully navigate through the professional world.

In our rapidly changing era, education is witnessing a churn where no longer the conventional approach to learning and careers hold relevance.

The tectonic shifts have led to the evolution of a new thinking around education, employment and employability. The constant evolving of professional opportunities – existing and emerging, technical and artistic – is rather going to be the norm. This will be propelled by pursuits for personal fulfilment in neo-millennial job-life trajectories. Hence, higher education has to become preparatory for life based on students’ ability and passion.

The School of Liberal Arts and Sciences will facilitate this process through an eclectic and essential curriculum of majors, minors and foundation courses, led and designed by academics with global experience and ongoing contributions to research, industry and practice.

Our faculty:student ratio of 1:15, is envisioned to lend a mentor-learner dynamism to the traditional teacher-student model, through a pedagogy of participatory learning, where students will be introduced to a range of subjects from the Humanities, Arts (visual and performing), and the Sciences (physical, social and behavioural), before making an informed choice for aptitude-driven majors and minors.

Aligned to our vision of preparing responsible global citizens, the curriculum is cognisant of building an India-centric awareness towards making learning relevant to the context of its unfolding.

Being located in one of India’s truly global cities that has produced some of the country’s best scientists, artists, scholars and entrepreneurs, will further enrich student experience through opportunities of interaction and mentoring by the accomplished.

The ‘liberal education’ model has produced notable global leaders, thinkers, scientists, writers, poets, teachers and philosophers, both in ancient civilisations and the modern world.

Today, many successful entrepreneurs, business leaders, filmmakers, data scientists, digital artists, social media influencers, motivational speakers, content creators, consultants, policy makers, actors, media editors, bloggers, environmentalists, administrators, communicators, managers and educators have had an educational background that’s been liberal and interdisciplinary in its learning opportunities.

In a billion plus nation of trillion plus dreams, the possibilities to shine forth are aplenty. Once students settle into the campus life, the courses are designed to create a strong foundation in intellectual and emotional growth through critical learning, creative thinking and the nurturing of empathetic communication skills. Laying of this well-curated foundation will significantly enrich their quality of life and relationships, at home and the world outside, along with the nature of their engagement with leisure and public service.

Come and join us to build a life that you desire and a career that’s desirous of you.