Bengaluru-based Mount Carmel College (Autonomous) is aiming to get university status soon, with the institution planning to expand its academic offerings through a new campus at Thondebhavi located in Gauribidanur taluk of Chickballapur district, according to college officials. The development comes two years after the college opened all its undergraduate and postgraduate courses to boys in 2024, ending its over 70-year run as an all-girls institution.