Anna University is a public state university located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The main campus is in Guindy. It was originally established on 4 September 1978 and is named after C.N.Annadurai, the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.

History and structure

Anna University (Chennai) comprises four colleges - the principal seat College of Engineering, Guindy (CEG, Guindy Campus), Alagappa College of Technology (ACT, Guindy Campus), Madras Institute of Technology (MIT, Chromepet Campus) and School of Architecture and Planning (SAP, Guindy Campus). The first version of Anna University was formed in 1978 and various governments changed the varsity's structure and affiliation scope repeatedly. In 2001, under the Anna University Amendment Act of 2001, the erstwhile Anna University became an affiliating university, taking under its wings all the engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu. This included six government engineering colleges, three government-aided private institutions, and 426 self-financed colleges. On 1 February 2007, as a result of a Government of Tamil Nadu decision, the university was split into six constituent universities: Anna University, Chennai; Anna University of Technology, Chennai;

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and Anna University of Technology, Madurai. The institutes were formally created in 2010. On 14 September 2011 during period of Ex CM

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, a bill was passed to re-merge the universities. The merger was finalized in August 2012. In 2011 and 2012 the constituents colleges were merged back to a single affiliating university and the four regional universities continue to function as a regional campus of the university.

Admissions

A common entrance test – the Tamil Nadu Professional Courses Entrance Examination (TNPCEE) – was used as a basis for admission to professional courses in the state until 2006. Starting in the academic year 2007–08, students were admitted to engineering colleges on the basis of their higher secondary marks. Post-graduate admission process is carried out through TANCET and

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Academics

The university offers courses in engineering and technology through its affiliated colleges and follows a dual semester system. Every year the university conducts examinations for the even semester in May–June and for an odd semester in November–December.

Rankings

Internationally, Anna University was ranked under 1000 in the '' QS World University Rankings'' & '' Times Higher Education World University Rankings'' in 2023. In the 2023 National Institutional Ranking Framework, Anna University was ranked 18th overall and 14th among universities in India. Additionally, it secured the 13th position in the Engineering category and the 49th in the Management category.

Affiliated colleges

The university's campus is in Chennai. The university has satellite campuses in

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, Tiruchirappalli, Madurai and Tirunelveli. The university also runs engineering colleges at Villupuram, Tindivanam, Arani and

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Notable alumni

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, Indian industrialist and former Board of Control for Cricket in India president * Nagarjuna, Telugu film actor * Anumolu Ramakrishna, deputy managing director of Larsen & Toubro * Crazy Mohan, Tamil comedy actor, script writer and playwright * Kavithalaya Krishnan Indian film and television actor *

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, former dean emeritus, Indian School of Business * Munirathna Anandakrishnan, former chairman, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and former vice-chancellor, Anna University *

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, Indian chess player, India's 17th Woman Grandmaster. * Ponnambalam "Poondi" Kumaraswamy, engineer, mathematician, and hydrologist * Raj Reddy, Turing Award winner, professor at Carnegie-Mellon University and Padma Bhushan recipient *

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, classical singer and music composer * Rangaswamy Narasimhan, cognitive scientist who developed

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References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Technical universities and colleges in India Universities and colleges established in 1978 1978 establishments in Tamil Nadu Memorials to C. N. Annadurai