Anna University was established on 4th September 1978, located in Chennai was formed by uniting 4 renowned technical institutions in Chennai, earlier known as Madras. Hence, it can be called a unitary type technical university.
Anna University was named after Late Dr.C.N. Annadurai, Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. It offers higher education in Engineering, Technology, Architecture and Applied Sciences relevant to the current and projected needs of the society. Besides promoting research and disseminating knowledge gained therefrom, it fosters cooperation between the academic and industrial communities.
The University was formed by bringing together and integrating four well known technical institutions in the city of Madras (Now Chennai) namely:
The institute was formed with the aim of providing deserving candidates higher education in the field of engineering and technology. The university aims at holistic development of the candidates by focusing not only on their academic development but also on their all-rounded development by providing value-based and spiritually oriented education.
Since 1st August 2012, Anna University came into force as an affiliating type of University, which brought under one umbrella 540 engineering colleges which were affiliated to it to provide quality and uniform engineering and technical education.
Anna University is self-affiliated and it was recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC) under section 2(f) & 12(B) in 1979 under Act, 1956. The university is also approved and recognized by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi to offer various engineering courses.
It was re-accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with "A" Grade (CGPA score 3.46 on a 4 point scale in the 2nd cycle) on 24th September 2014.
Anna University is located in the southern part of Chennai city and it is 10 km from Chennai Airport and 3 km from the nearest railway station, i.e., Guindy. The campus of the university sprawls over an area of 189 acres and lies adjoining the Raj Bhavan in the south and Adyar river in the north.
It has three regional campuses at Tirunelveli, Madurai and Coimbatore, thirteen constituent colleges and 593 affiliated colleges (government, government aided and self-financing colleges) apart from the four department campuses mentioned above.
The University Grants Commission, New Delhi recognised Anna University and conferred the status of “University with Potential for Excellence (UPE)" on 29th March 2002 and 23rd March 2010, respectively.
The university has its own admission criteria. Currently, 29 undergraduate programmes and 90 postgraduate programmes in several areas in the University Departments are offered. Affiliated institutions offer 41 undergraduate and 57 postgraduate programmes.
In the University Departments, about 16,007 students have been enrolled in the degree programme and in the affiliated institutions about 7,21,276 students have been enrolled. There are about 14,023 Ph.D. scholars on the rolls in the engineering, science and technology programmes.
VISION
The Vision of Anna University is to be a world class institution by producing professionals with high technical knowledge, professional skills and ethical values, and remain as a preferred partner to the industry and communicty for thier economic and social development through excellence in teaching, research and consultancy. Anna University shall be recognized as a point of reference, a catalyst, a facilitator, a trend setter and a leader in technical education.
MISSION
Anna University Shall contribute to the educational, economic and social development by.
Producing Students who are intellectually and technically equipped with well defined knowledge, skills and ethics who are creative thinkers, inspiring leaders and contributing citizens.
Introducing high quality academic and research programmes and providing extension services in cutting edge technologies.
Ensuring a supportive campus climate with dynamic leadership and development opportunities to meet the needs of the students, faculty and staff.
Enhancing academic productivity through induction of quality faculty, accelerated graduation, credit banking, augmented continuing education opportunities and adoption of current technology.
Sharing the intellectual resources and the infrastructural facilities among the academica from other institutions and among the industrial society, funding agencies and government.
Enchancing the collaborative partnership between Industry and Institute for commercializing and transferring the latest technological know-how towards societal development.
Setting up a Global University Network Campus that embodies the ideals of an open, democratic and global society catering to the needs of the global community and satisfying cultura, ethnic and racial diversity.
Expanding global participation spread across continents with the aid of interactive satellite based education and the usage of digital library.
Enriching the national & international character of the Universitu.
Encuring efficient administrative coordination and effective decision making through necessary reforms and by strategically allocating resources.
Benchmarking against technologically social global leaders with a view towards continous improvement.
OBJECTIVES
Streams | Mode | Duration | Eligibilty |
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Master of Philosophy | Full Time | 1 Year / 2 Years | Bachelor's degree |
Streams | Mode | Duration | Eligibilty |
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Master of Computer Application | Full Time | 3 Years | BCA |
Master of Science | Full Time | 2 Years | Bachelor's Degree |
Streams | Mode | Duration | Eligibilty |
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Master of Business Administration | Full Time | 2 Years | BBA |
Streams | Mode | Duration | Eligibilty |
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Bachelor of Technology | Full Time | 3 / 4 Years | 10+2 & Qualifying Entrance Exam |
Master of Technology | Full Time | 2 Years | B.E / B.Tech |
Streams | Mode | Duration | Eligibilty |
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Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) | Full Time | 5 Years | 10+2 |
This University offers more courses in various stream categories including with optional specializations. To know more about courses, please visit the official website i.e. https://www.annauniv.edu