Annamalai University,  Chidambaram was established in 1929.

Annamalai University with a sprawling campus of nearly 1000 acres is one of the largest residential Universities in Southern Asia comprising of 10 Faculties and 49 departments of study located at Chidambaram: The Abode of the Cosmic Dancer Lord Nataraja.

In the early 1920s, to serve the downtrodden and to promote Tamil Literature, Rajah Sir S. R. M. Annamalai Chettiar founded Sri Minakshi College, Sri Minakshi Tamil College and Sri Minakshi Sanskrit College in a rural setup at Chidambaram. In 1928, Rajah Sir S. R. M. Annamalai Chettiar agreed with the local Government to handover the above said institution for establishing a University. Thus, on 01.01.1929 Annamalai University was established as per Annamalai University Act 1928 (Tamil Nadu Act 1 of 1929). Ever since its establishment, Annamalai University has played an incredible role in the lives of the people near and far. In 2013, the Annamalai University Act, 2013 (Tamil Nadu Act 20 of 2013), was passed and has come into force from September 25, 2013.

Annamalai University, a “university” in the true sense of the term, has been sustaining a unified ecosystem of education – by offering sundry programmes under one roof. Being a unitary, multi-faculty institution, Annamalai University has evolved as a time-tested system of administration to ensure the ceaseless transaction of teaching-learning, boundless expansion of research and innovation, and selfless extension of service to the society.

Availability of ten diverse disciplines and 49 departments and of study along with sports pavilion, gymnasiums, libraries, yoga/meditation halls, ensures a fertile ground and favourable climate for learners to become all rounded and competent individuals rather than mere “programmed specialists”
Annamalai University is accredited with ‘A+’ Grade by NAAC in 2022

The Annamalainagar is already a busy and full-fledged University town, east of Chidambaram, the abode of Lord Nataraja.

The Directorate of Distance Education established in 1979, and now offers more than five hundred and one different programs of study under the regular stream.

It has also the unique distinction of offering first in India, postgraduate degree programs in Applied Psychology, Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany, Bioinformatics and Law through Distance Education mode. All the programs of study offered by the Directorate of Distance Education have the approval of the Distance Education Council, New Delhi. Facilities at Annamalai University.

VISION

Providing educational opportunities to aspiring students with a view to imbibe the essential concepts along with emergent developments in the chosen fields of study, Instilling the mindset and measures for cultural and social upliftment, and Contributing to the national paradigm of collective responsibility in the path towards the growth and prosperity.

MISSION

To reach the unreached learners with high-quality mentoring and affordable higher education so as to transform them into successful professionals.

To mould the thought-pattern and effect multi-skilling of the learners in tune with the contemporary developments.

To stick to the governance culture such that the leadership and stakeholders of the institution accelerate performance and espouse to probity.

OBJECTIVES

Offer affordably relevant contemporary programs of study on a large scale making the region enriched in intellect and diversified in skills.

Undertake admirably upfront research pursuits making the institution advanced in newish thinking, inventive curiosity and inspiring outcome.

Preserve faithfully the nation's cultural riches and traditional values by thoughtfully offering adequate and advanced learning opportunities.

QUALITY POLICY

Stand unequivocally committed towards quality ever enshrined in the soul of the University and accountable through processes of unprejudiced continuous ruminations.