Administrative building of the Sathyabama university

Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology (SIST), formerly Sathyabama University, is a deemed to be university, situated at

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, India. It was founded in 1987 as Sathyabama Engineering College by the late Jeppiaar and received its deemed to be university status in 2001.

Location

The university is in

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about 15 km from Adyar in

. It has a campus of 400 acres. The university is located on

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(formerly known as Old Mahabalipuram Road and popularly known as IT Corridor).

Accreditation and certification

Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology has been accredited by the

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(NAAC) with 'A' Grade. SATHYABAMA has received

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9001:2008 certification. The University is accredited by the governing body, ''

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'' (NBO), ''Computer science engineering department'' latestly got the privilege of being accredited by NBO.

Rankings

The

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(NIRF) ranked Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology 55st in the engineering ranking in 2021, 40th among universities and 61st overall.

Facilities

Co-Curricular Activities

Sathyabama offers visits to companies. Some of the activities like Industrial Visit, Inplant Training, Advisory Bureau for Higher Studies, Entrepreneur Development Cell, Guest Lectures, Foreign Language Classes and Sports.

Centre for nanoscience and nanotechnology

The Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology was established in January 2006. The Centre was upgraded in 2011 with Advanced research Instrumentation facilities like FE-SEM, XRD, E-beam, DC thermal, RF, AFM, PLD, etc. The centre has a team of Scientists working in the area of Material Sciences, Thin Film Coatings, Nanofabrications, Environmental Nanotechnology, Concrete Research, Marine Biotechnology, Nanobiotechnology and Molecular Medicine, Nanomedical Sciences and Drug Discovery, Polymer Chemistry etc.

References

External links

Official website
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