Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University ( Malayalam: തുഞ്ചത്തെഴുത്തച്ഛൻ മലയാളസർവകലാശാല, ?), also called Malayalam University, is a public university in Kerala, India. It was established by the Government of Kerala, and inaugurated by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, on 1 November 2012 in a function held in the premises of Thunchanparamba, the home of Thunchath Ezhuthachan in Tirur , Malappuram, Kerala. K Jayakumar, a civil servant of the Indian Administrative Service cadre, who retired as the Chief Secretary of Kerala on 31 October 2012, is the first Vice-Chancellor of Malayalam University. It was Jayakumar who prepared the Project Report of the University.