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Estd. 1928 (Tamil Nadu Act 1 of 1929) · Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India
Estd. 1928 (Tamil Nadu Act 1 of 1929)
Admissions office, Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram. Mon–Sat, 9:30 am – 5:30 pm.
+91 4144 238 248Annamalai University is a State university at Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, in the Cauvery delta of Tamil Nadu. It teaches across engineering, science, management, pharmacy, law, education, nursing, agriculture, arts and commerce, and is recognised by the University Grants Commission under Section 2(f) and 12(B).
The university's academic year runs from July to May, with examinations in November and April. Teaching is organised in semesters for professional programmes and in annual terms for the arts, commerce and science faculties, where the older pattern still suits the way students prepare for competitive examinations.
Annamalai is deliberately a teaching-first university. Its ambition is to be the best undergraduate university in the delta, not a second-tier imitation of an institute of technology — and it measures itself by what its graduates can do.
1928
Established
10
Faculties
64
Programmes
12,400
Students
Campus
Academic blocks, a central library, hostels, a health centre and a sports ground, all within walking distance beneath the avenue trees.
Recognition
NAAC Grade A, with programme approvals from AICTE, NCTE, PCI, BCI and the Indian Nursing Council.
Student life
Debating, robotics, theatre, music, a student newspaper and an annual festival planned and run entirely by students.
The campus is about 4 km from Chidambaram railway station on the Chennai–Tiruchirappalli line. Chidambaram has daily trains from Chennai, Tiruchirappalli, Madurai and Puducherry, and is about 240 km by road from Chennai and 60 km from Puducherry. The nearest airports are Tiruchirappalli and Chennai.
Admissions for the 2026–27 session are open across all ten faculties.
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