The Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS) is an autonomous public funded institution established on 20th November 2010. KUFOS is the first Fisheries University in the country. The headquarters of KUFOS is at Panangad, 12 km away from Kochi city, along NH-47. The University now has a sprawling campus of 67.83 acres in the headquarters at Panangad, 50 acres at Fisheries research station, Puduveypu situated at the Vypeen Island and extensive 10 acres off campus at Thiruvallom near Vizhinjam. The territorial jurisdiction of the University is extended to the whole of the State of Kerala and the Headquarters of the University is at Kochi in Ernakulam District.