K L Deemed to be University, formerly Koneru Lakshmaiah College of Engineering (KLCE) and Koneru Lakshmaiah University, is a higher educational institution Deemed to be University, located in Vaddeswaram,

Guntur Guntur () is a city and the administrative headquarters of Guntur district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Guntur is spread across 168.49 km square and is the third-largest city in the state. It is situated to the west of the Ba ...

, Andhra Pradesh, India. Established in 1980 as a college of engineering, it consists of eight schools, offering academic programs at UG, PG, doctoral, and post-doctoral industry-focused courses.

History

KLEF was established in 1980 at Vaddeswaram as K L College of Engineering (KLCE). It became autonomous in 2006 and was recognized as deemed to be university in 2009, known as K L University. Following the University Grants Commission's request from 123 deemed institutes, not to use "university" in the name it was renamed Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation. In 2019, it was renamed K L Deemed to be University.

Location

Koneru Lakshmaiah Deemed to be University is situated in a site adjacent to Buckingham Canal, and is about from Vijayawada in

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and from

. The university is in

Guntur District Guntur district is one of the twenty six districts in the Coastal Andhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative seat of the district is located at Guntur, the largest city of the district in terms of area and with a po ...

Schools

KLEF includes the following schools: * K L College of Engineering * K L School of Science & Humanities * K L School of Architecture * K L School of Management * K L School of Fine Arts * K L School of Commerce * K L School of Pharmacy * K L School of Law * K L School of Agriculture * Center for Distance and Online Education * K L Academic Staff College

Rankings

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation 54th overall in India in 2022, 27th among universities, 47th in the management ranking and 44th in the engineering ranking. K L University receive
One District One Green Champion
Swachhata Award 2021 from GOI.

References

{{Authority control Universities in Andhra Pradesh Universities and colleges in Guntur district Educational institutions established in 1980 1980 establishments in Andhra Pradesh