
Annamalai University, Chidambaram Tamil Nadu is established in the year 1929 as State University Educational Institute to provide higher education to build career in the field of Engineering, Management and Humanities. Annamalai University is having Affiliation with reputed NCTE, DCI, AICTE, MCI, UGC and NAAC-A. Management of Annamalai University, Chidambaram is working under Mr. Banwarilal Purohit (Chancellor).
Annamalai University was established in 1929. In 2019, it was taken over by the Government of Tamilnadu before it was a private institution. The well-known entrepreneur Annamalai Chettiyar founded the Annamalai University. The university is known as India’s largest residential university sprawling over 950 acres of land. The UGC approves the university, and it is a member of AIU with grade accreditation from NAAC. Since its establishment, it has achieved several milestones in the field of education. The university has set up an excellent infrastructure to provide students with all the facilities and higher education.
It was ranked 12th for Pharmacy, for medical 25th, and ranks among the top 150 universities in India by NIRF 2019. The Times Higher Education World University ranking 2019 has ranked Annamalai University among the top 1500 universities and for Physical and Life science programs; it is ranked among the top 500 universities. In the QS World Rankings 2019, the university ranks 43 in India, 74 in BRICS rankings, and 298 in Asia's rankings. CWTS Laiden ranking has ranked the university 20th for their constant involvement in scientific collaboration & scientific performance. It ranks 13th among the best Government universities in India and ranked 7th in Tamilnadu.
Annamalai University focuses on the fields of Agriculture, Engineering, Medical, Humanities, Science, and Management. The university various UG, PG, and Research programs with different specializations. Students should meet all the eligibility criteria and submit the required documents to enroll for the admission process. They need to pass the college entrance examination and face a personal interview to secure their admission. Students must maintain 75% of attendance to appear in the semester-end examinations. Students can also join the university by qualifying in required national level entrance examinations with eligible marks.
Annamalai University has set up a library within an area of 36000 sq ft in an H shaped structure, with a well-controlled lobby, huge and well-ventilated central reading hall, reference hall, and periodicals hall. It provides access to the internet, Info Net lab, and E-journal collection, helping students to enhance their knowledge and equip themselves to solve problems of the corporate field. The library provides reprographic facilities, stack rooms, virtual libraries, and high-speed internet facilities installed with computers to do research work. The library comprises around 4lakhs of reading materials related to different streams in the Science section around 27000 books are available, in Arts 35000 books, around 13000 back volumes, and 15000 reading material in the reference section. The library has a subscription to various online and offline platforms, magazines, newspapers, to stay up to date with the latest trends and reading materials.
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