School of Architecture and Planning-Anna University, Chennai was established in 1957.

The school is one of the premier Institutions of the nation was initially established as a Department of Architecture of the University of Madras.

The department was later renamed as the School of Architecture and Planning, and shifted to its own independent campus in the year 1968.

The Department of Architecture consolidated its aspiration to serve the society at large by establishing higher degree courses in Architecture with specialized courses,

namely master in architecture in Digital and Landscape as self supporting courses from 2002.

with an annual intake of 20 students each.