The progress that Malappuram district has achieved in the field of education during the last decade is tremendous. Great strides have been made in the field of female education. Malappuram district is home to three universities (University of Calicut, Aligarh Muslim University campus and Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan Malayalam University. And the state Government has proposed to establish two new universities, Ayurveda University and English and Foreign Languages University campus here. The district also hosts a substantial amount of religious educational institutions such as Darul Huda Islamic University and Maadin Educational Academy which has more than 30 affiliated colleges throughout Kerala. AMU Malappuram Campus is center of Aligarh Muslim Universityof higher education learning located in Cherukara village of Perinthalmanna at the hills of Chelamala. It has five years Law course after 12th class, MBA and B.ed after graduation. The students can apply in the month of march for the test of these courses at AMU Controller of Exam. Kozhikode is the major education city in Kerala which is home to two of the premier educational institutions in the country; the IIMK, one of the thirteen Indian Institutes of Management, and the only National Institute of Technology in Kerala, the NITC. Other important educational institutions in the district include Calicut Medical College, Government Law College, Calicut, Government Engineering College Kozhikode, College of Applied Science IHRD, Kiliyand Kozhikode, College of Nursing Calicut, Kerala School of Mathematics, Govt. Dental College, Co-Operative Institute of Technology and Govt. Polytechnic College. The White School International (TWSI) is a highly progressive school and enterprising international IB candidate school in Calicut, Kerala, pledged to provide quality education with emphasis on traditional values. TWSI, a part of HiLITE Group, was founded with a thought to create an institution based on purity and knowledge. With an education system that is designed to be distinctive, innovative, in-depth and insightful, the school provides its students with a holistic education, imparted through caring and dedicated tutors in a contemporary learning ambience. TWSI is an international school recognized as an Edexcel International centre. Markazu Saquafathi Sunniyya is institute of higher learning in modern and traditional subjects at Kozhikode. Kannur district in northern part of Kerala has the Kannur University; (This is a multi-campus University having campuses at Kasaragod, Kannur, Thalassery and Mananthavady - The Headquarters of the University is situated at Thavakkara, Kannur), one Government Engineering College, one Government Ayurveda College and several arts and sciences colleges.