Anna University Chennai - Regional Office, Tirunelveli Erstwhile

Anna University of Technology Tirunelveli Anna University Chennai - Regional Office, Tirunelveli Erstwhile Anna University of Technology Tirunelveli was established on 17 September 2007 from the splitting of Anna University into six universities, namely, Anna University, Chennai, Anna ...

was established on 17 September 2007 from the splitting of

Anna University 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, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Histor ...

into six universities, namely, Anna University, Chennai, Anna University, Chennai - Taramani Campus, Anna University Chennai - Regional Office, Tiruchirappalli, Anna University Chennai - Regional Office, Coimbatore, Anna University Chennai - Regional Office, Tirunelveli and Anna University Chennai - Regional Office, Madurai. Anna University Tirunelveli is bestowed with powers to grant affiliations to colleges and universities conducting graduate and post graduate courses related to engineering, technology and management. On 14 September 2011 a bill was passed to merge back the universities.

Campus

The university is functioning from the campus of the Government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli, which is located 3 km. from Palayamkottai on NH 7 towards Kanyakumari, and about 8 km. from the Tirunelveli Railway Station bus stand. Additional campuses are in

Thoothukudi Thoothukudi (formerly called Tuticorin) is a port city, port industrial city in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It lies on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. The city is capital and headquarters of the di ...

and

Nagercoil Nagercoil, natively spelt as Nāgarkovil (, "Temple of the Nāgas", or Nagaraja-Temple), is a Municipal Corporation city and the administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District in Tamil Nadu state, India. Situated close to the tip of the ...

Faculty

Academics

For

undergraduate Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education, usually in a college or university. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, ...

students, the university offers both four year B.Tech and

B.E. A Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) or a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded to a college graduate majoring in an engineering discipline at a higher education institution. In the United Kingdom, a Bac ...

courses, where B.Tech. degrees are all full-time degrees, while some B.E. degrees are offered for part-time studies as well. The same applies for the two year

postgraduate Postgraduate education, graduate education, or graduate school consists of academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications usually pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachelor' ...

studies, with M.Tech and M.E. In addition the university offers postgraduate two year

M.B.A. A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular a ...

and three year M.C.A. courses. The university also offers integrated five year M.Sc. degrees in some fields.

Affiliated colleges

65 colleges are affiliated to the university, as well as two University Constituent Colleges, at

and

, namely University VOC College of Engineering, Thoothukudi and University College of Engineering, Nagercoil both established in 2009.

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