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located in
Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...
,
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. The main campus is in
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. It was originally established on 4 September 1978 and is named after
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, former
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.


History and structure

Anna University (Chennai) comprises four colleges - the principal seat
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(CEG, Guindy Campus), Alagappa College of Technology (ACT, Guindy Campus),
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(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
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decision, the university was split into six constituent universities: Anna University, Chennai; Anna University of Technology, Chennai; Anna University of Technology, Tiruchirappalli;
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;
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and
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. 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.


School of Architecture and Planning

The School of Architecture and Planning was established as a Department of Architecture of the
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in 1957 and was located in the Alagappa College of Technology. The department was later renamed as the ''School of Architecture and Planning'' and shifted to its own independent campus in 1968. It became a constituent college of the University at its founding. It started to functions as two departments namely Department of Architecture and Department of Planning from 2005 till date. SAP has a Centre for Human Settlements (CHS) which is an autonomous Centre of the Anna University that was established in 1980. It is an interdisciplinary Centre offering Consultancy, Training, Research and Extension services in the areas related to Urban and Regional Planning, Development and Management. The Quality Improvement Program (QIP) Cell was established by the AICTE at SAP campus and has provided the research facilities for teachers of other architectural institutions besides providing admission to PG degree course.


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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scores.


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 ''
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'' in 2023. In the 2024
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, Anna University was ranked 20th overall and 13th among universities in India. Additionally, it secured the 14th position in the Engineering category and the 69th in the Management category.


Incidents


Sexual assault incident

On December 25, 2024, a second-year female
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student at Anna University was sexually assaulted by two men inside the campus. The incident took place in the early hours of the morning after the survivor and her male friend returned from a Christmas
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at a nearby church. The two students were sitting in a secluded area of the campus when the assailants attacked the male student and then proceeded to sexually assault the woman. The survivor immediately filed a police complaint, and a case was registered under Section 64 of the BNSS (rape). The perpetrator was arrested and detained under the Tamil Nadu Goondas act and was lodged into Puzhal prison.


Affiliated colleges

The university's campus is in Chennai. The university has satellite campuses in
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. The university also runs engineering colleges at
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region,
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Notable Alumni

* A Lalitha, first female engineer from India * A. C. Muthiah, Indian industrialist and former
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, Telugu film actor * Anumolu Ramakrishna, deputy managing director of
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, Tamil comedy actor, script writer and playwright *
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* Kanuri Lakshmana Rao, architect of India's water management, Former Union Minister of Irrigation & Power and recipient of the Padma Bhushan *
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, former Indian cricket captain and former chairman, National Selection Committee of the Indian Cricket Team *
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, long-distance swimmer and
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, Tamil film lyricist * Mendu Rammohan Rao, former dean emeritus,
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* Munirathna Anandakrishnan, former chairman,
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and former vice-chancellor, Anna University * N. Mahalingam, founder & former chairman,
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and former chairman,
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* P. S. Veeraraghavan, director of
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. * Ponnambalam "Poondi" Kumaraswamy, engineer, mathematician, and hydrologist *
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recipient *
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, classical singer and music composer * Rangaswamy Narasimhan,
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winner *
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, vice chairperson & co-founder of
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* S. Somasegar, former senior vice president,
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, former cricket captain and ICC Elite Umpires Panel member * Upendra J. Chivukula, former
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member * V. M. Muralidharan, chairman,
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* J. Sai Deepak, lawyer in the
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* V. S. Mahalingam, DRDO scientist and director of the
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, chairman of
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, architect of Operation Flood and India's
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and recipient of the
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and the
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* M. Madan Babu , director at
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* Sundaram Karivardhan, industrialist and motorsport pioneer * A. G. Ramakrishnan, professor,
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* Mahesh Muthuswami, Cinema tog 2012


See also

* List of Colleges & Institutions affiliated to Anna University * Excel Group Institutions


References


External links

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