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Annamalai University, Annamalainagar

University type
: Goverment
University Grade
: A+
Estd. Year
:1929
State
: Tamil Nadu
Nirf Rank
: #151-200
World Rank
: NA

About University

Annamalai University is a public university in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu. There were three reputed colleges were established in the decade of the 1920s by Rajah Sir S. R. M. Annamalai Chettiar. With the help of local government then, Rajah Sir S. R. M. Annamalai Chettiar agreed to turn over his babies Sri Minakshi Sanskrit College, Sri Minakshi Tamil College, and Sri Minakshi College into a university and today they are known as Annamalai University which were formed way back in 1928. The current chancellor of the University is Mr. Banwarilal Purohit. The University also has four affiliated colleges. Annamalai University Chidambaram is one of the largest universities in India as it is spread in over 950 acres of land. It is South Asia's largest autonomous and residential University. All in all, it has 49 departments split into ten faculties. The courses at the university range in various domains of marine sciences, arts, science, education, fine arts, Indian languages, engineering and technology, medicine, agriculture, and dentistry. These faculties are then further divided into many departments. For example, in the science faculty, there are ten departments. That includes the likes of mathematics, physics, chemistry, statistics, botany, zoology, earth sciences, biochemistry in biotechnology, microbiology, and computer and information science. Moreover, each department offers many courses, for instance, B.Sc., B.Com, B.Pharm, B.E., M.Sc., M.C.A., M.Phil. etc. It is not easy to pen down all the courses here due to the University's broad spectrum of faculties and courses. Therefore, if you are interested in more about the courses, the criteria eligibility, and other details, you can refer to Annamalai University's official website. According to NIRF 2019, the university has made the cut in top 150 universities in India. It was placed 12th and 25th for pharmacy and medicine respectively. Annamalai University is listed among the top 1500 universities in 2019 by Times Higher Education World University Ranking and the top 500 universities for its physical and life science programs. In the 2019 QS World Rankings, the University is ranked 298 in Asia, 74 in BRICS, and 43 in India. For its ongoing participation in scientific collaboration and success, the University was ranked 20th in the CWTS Leiden rating. In terms of top government universities in India, it comes in at number 13 and is ranked the seventh best University in Tamil Nadu.

Annamalai University, Annamalainagar fees structure
# Course Fees Duration
About Campus life
Annamalai University with an area of nearly 1000 acres has facilities to boast for. Since, the university is over 9 decades old, one can find a mix of new and old in the university. Some of the university buildings have been preserved for 9 decades while most of them have been renovated and are today no less than being called a modern-day marvel. Some of the distinctive facilities of the university are mentioned below: Guest House – Since, most students here are outsiders and it is inevitable that students will have visitors every now and then, the guest house of the university are built to suit pockets of all. There are 5 AC suites at the guest house that costs INR 2500 a day. Then there are two variants in AC rooms and they are AC rooms with TV and AC rooms without TV. The rooms cost 1500 and 1200 respectively. The Non-Ac rooms cost INR 600 a day. Hostels – There are 20 hostels at the campus including boys and girls. Out of all the hostels, one that stands out is International Student Hostel. The other hostels of the university are Convener Hostel, Kayal Illam Hostel, Malligai Illam Hostel, Diamond Jubilee Hostel, and New Medical Hostel among others. Each hostels has their own mess, however, students are free to choose the mess of their own as there are over 20+ mess in the university. Sports Facilities – Unless and until sporting facilities are made available, the students will nag a university. Unfortunately, though, the university hasn’t given that chance to their students because they have built the finest of sporting facilities at its campus. Starting with the indoor stadium that has 2 internationals styled badminton courts. There is also an indoor basketball court and other indoor sporting facilities includes Table Tennis, Chess, and others. Outdoor sporting facilities are even special as there are two hard courts for students who loves playing Tennis. Chennai was the city that gave India it’s first ever tennis player in Vijay Amritraj and therefore coaches have been hired to train the students who want to hone their playing skills in tennis. Besides that, there is a volleyball court, basketball court, and sports grounds which are adept if one wish to play sports like cricket, football, or others. Yoga Centre – The world has realized the potential of Yoga now and therefore the university has built a special Yoga centre inside the campus. The centre does provide many certification programs in Yoga but at the same time students who just wants to practice yoga are free to join. The Yoga centre has thus far trained over 50k individuals. Many VIPs have come to the Yoga centre of the university and have participated in the meditation program of the centre that runs every evening. The list is endless as the enormous campus has a lot of eye candy’s including some of the architect marvel from ancient times.
Hostel and facilities
Hostels – There are 20 hostels at the campus including boys and girls. Out of all the hostels, one that stands out is International Student Hostel. The other hostels of the university are Convener Hostel, Kayal Illam Hostel, Malligai Illam Hostel, Diamond Jubilee Hostel, and New Medical Hostel among others. Each hostels has their own mess, however, students are free to choose the mess of their own as there are over 20+ mess in the university. Boys Hostel Fees: Rs. 24 K - 90 K (with Mess) Room Type: Non AC Furniture: Bed, Table, Chair, Wardrobe Other Facilities: Water Cooler, Laundry, Common Room, TV Room, Guest Room, Indoor Play Area, Wi-Fi Internet Services, Security, Gym Girls Hostel Fees: Rs. 24 K - 90 K (with Mess) Room Type: Non AC Furniture: Bed, Table, Chair, Wardrobe Other Facilities: Water Cooler, Laundry, Common Room, TV Room, Guest Room, Indoor Play Area, Wi-Fi Internet Services, Security, Gym

State
: Tamil Nadu
University type
: Goverment
University Grade
: A+
Estd. Year
: 1929
UGC Status
: Approved
World Rank
: 2344
About University
Annamalai University is a public university in Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu. There were three reputed colleges were established in the decade of the 1920s by Rajah Sir S. R. M. Annamalai Chettiar. With the help of local government then, Rajah Sir S. R. M. Annamalai Chettiar agreed to turn over his babies Sri Minakshi Sanskrit College, Sri Minakshi Tamil College, and Sri Minakshi College into a university and today they are known as Annamalai University which were formed way back in 1928. The current chancellor of the University is Mr. Banwarilal Purohit. The University also has four affiliated colleges. Annamalai University Chidambaram is one of the largest universities in India as it is spread in over 950 acres of land. It is South Asia's largest autonomous and residential University. All in all, it has 49 departments split into ten faculties. The courses at the university range in various domains of marine sciences, arts, science, education, fine arts, Indian languages, engineering and technology, medicine, agriculture, and dentistry. These faculties are then further divided into many departments. For example, in the science faculty, there are ten departments. That includes the likes of mathematics, physics, chemistry, statistics, botany, zoology, earth sciences, biochemistry in biotechnology, microbiology, and computer and information science. Moreover, each department offers many courses, for instance, B.Sc., B.Com, B.Pharm, B.E., M.Sc., M.C.A., M.Phil. etc. It is not easy to pen down all the courses here due to the University's broad spectrum of faculties and courses. Therefore, if you are interested in more about the courses, the criteria eligibility, and other details, you can refer to Annamalai University's official website. According to NIRF 2019, the university has made the cut in top 150 universities in India. It was placed 12th and 25th for pharmacy and medicine respectively. Annamalai University is listed among the top 1500 universities in 2019 by Times Higher Education World University Ranking and the top 500 universities for its physical and life science programs. In the 2019 QS World Rankings, the University is ranked 298 in Asia, 74 in BRICS, and 43 in India. For its ongoing participation in scientific collaboration and success, the University was ranked 20th in the CWTS Leiden rating. In terms of top government universities in India, it comes in at number 13 and is ranked the seventh best University in Tamil Nadu.

# Course Fees Duration

Annamalai University with an area of nearly 1000 acres has facilities to boast for. Since, the university is over 9 decades old, one can find a mix of new and old in the university. Some of the university buildings have been preserved for 9 decades while most of them have been renovated and are today no less than being called a modern-day marvel. Some of the distinctive facilities of the university are mentioned below: Guest House – Since, most students here are outsiders and it is inevitable that students will have visitors every now and then, the guest house of the university are built to suit pockets of all. There are 5 AC suites at the guest house that costs INR 2500 a day. Then there are two variants in AC rooms and they are AC rooms with TV and AC rooms without TV. The rooms cost 1500 and 1200 respectively. The Non-Ac rooms cost INR 600 a day. Hostels – There are 20 hostels at the campus including boys and girls. Out of all the hostels, one that stands out is International Student Hostel. The other hostels of the university are Convener Hostel, Kayal Illam Hostel, Malligai Illam Hostel, Diamond Jubilee Hostel, and New Medical Hostel among others. Each hostels has their own mess, however, students are free to choose the mess of their own as there are over 20+ mess in the university. Sports Facilities – Unless and until sporting facilities are made available, the students will nag a university. Unfortunately, though, the university hasn’t given that chance to their students because they have built the finest of sporting facilities at its campus. Starting with the indoor stadium that has 2 internationals styled badminton courts. There is also an indoor basketball court and other indoor sporting facilities includes Table Tennis, Chess, and others. Outdoor sporting facilities are even special as there are two hard courts for students who loves playing Tennis. Chennai was the city that gave India it’s first ever tennis player in Vijay Amritraj and therefore coaches have been hired to train the students who want to hone their playing skills in tennis. Besides that, there is a volleyball court, basketball court, and sports grounds which are adept if one wish to play sports like cricket, football, or others. Yoga Centre – The world has realized the potential of Yoga now and therefore the university has built a special Yoga centre inside the campus. The centre does provide many certification programs in Yoga but at the same time students who just wants to practice yoga are free to join. The Yoga centre has thus far trained over 50k individuals. Many VIPs have come to the Yoga centre of the university and have participated in the meditation program of the centre that runs every evening. The list is endless as the enormous campus has a lot of eye candy’s including some of the architect marvel from ancient times.

Hostels – There are 20 hostels at the campus including boys and girls. Out of all the hostels, one that stands out is International Student Hostel. The other hostels of the university are Convener Hostel, Kayal Illam Hostel, Malligai Illam Hostel, Diamond Jubilee Hostel, and New Medical Hostel among others. Each hostels has their own mess, however, students are free to choose the mess of their own as there are over 20+ mess in the university. Boys Hostel Fees: Rs. 24 K - 90 K (with Mess) Room Type: Non AC Furniture: Bed, Table, Chair, Wardrobe Other Facilities: Water Cooler, Laundry, Common Room, TV Room, Guest Room, Indoor Play Area, Wi-Fi Internet Services, Security, Gym Girls Hostel Fees: Rs. 24 K - 90 K (with Mess) Room Type: Non AC Furniture: Bed, Table, Chair, Wardrobe Other Facilities: Water Cooler, Laundry, Common Room, TV Room, Guest Room, Indoor Play Area, Wi-Fi Internet Services, Security, Gym

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