Central University of Andhra Pradesh (CUAP) is a central university located in

Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh Anantapur district officially: Anantapuramu district is one of the eight districts in the Rayalaseema region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The district headquarters is located at Anantapur city. It is one of the driest places in So ...

, India.

History

In 2014 the

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was enacted through the ''

Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act of 2014, commonly known as the Telangana Act, is an Act of Indian Parliament that bifurcated the state of Andhra Pradesh into Telangana and the residuary Andhra Pradesh state, as an outcome of the Telanga ...

''. The act mandated the

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to establish

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, one of which to be a central university, in the residual state of Andhra Pradesh. The union cabinet has approved the university in May 2018, sanctioning to the project. The

University of Hyderabad The University of Hyderabad (IAST: ''Hydarāvād visvavidyālayamu'') is a top ranking public central research university located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Founded in 1974, this mostly residential campus has more than 5,000 students a ...

(UoH) has been selected to mentor the new university in June 2018. A bill was approved in July 2018 and the transit campus of the university, at the IT Business Incubation Centre,

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapur (JNTU Anantapur) is a state university in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India. Founded in 1946, it has since 1973 been a constituent college of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, as s ...

, was inaugurated in August 2018. of land were assigned for building a permanent campus. The ''Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2019'' was introduced to the

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in July 2019 and passed in both houses in that same month. The ''Central Universities (Amendment) Act, 2019'' was published in August 2019, officially establishing the university.

Governance

The university is governed by the rules set by the ''Central Universities Act, 2009''. The

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is the

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of the university. The

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is the ceremonial head of the university while the executive powers rest with the

vice-chancellor A chancellor is a leader of a college or university, usually either the executive or ceremonial head of the university or of a university campus within a university system. In most Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth and former Commonwealth n ...

. The court, the executive council, the academic council, the board of studies and the finance committee are the administrative authorities of the university. The university court is the supreme authority of the university and has the power to review, the broad policies and programmes of the university and to suggest measures for the improvement and development of the university; The executive council is the highest executive body of the University. The academic council is the highest academic body of the university and is responsible for the co-ordination and exercising general supervision over the academic policies of the university. It has the right to advise the executive council on all academic matters. The finance committee is responsible for recommending financial policies, goals, and budgets.

Academics

CUAP offers courses towards B.A. (Hons.) and B.Sc. (Hons.) degrees in various fields of arts, humanities and

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. It also offers various B.A. (vocational studies) courses and

M.A. A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...

degrees in languages. the programmes are semester based and use the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS).

References

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