Annamalai University is a unitary, teaching and residential university. Annamalai University owes its existence to the vision, wisdom, benefaction and philanthropy of Dr. Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar. As early as 1920, he founded Sri Meenakshi College at the temple town of Chidambaram. In 1928, the Annamalai University Act was passed by the Madras State (government) with Sri Meenakshi College forming the nucleus of this unitary and residential University.

Annamalai University is a State university in Annamalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu, India. The university offers courses in several fields of higher education including Arts, Science, Indian Languages, Engineering and Technology, Education, fine Arts, Agriculture, Medicine, Dentistry etc. The varsity has been consistently expanding both in terms of infrastructure and academic programs.

The university has the distinction of providing more than 380 courses under distance mode that have substantial recognition all across the world. The Directorate of Distance Education (DDE) of Annamalai University aims at offering education to those people who are unable to attend the campus on regular basis for some reasons and have desire to pursue their further studies with keenness. During the last eighty years the University has grown rapidly and consolidated its position as a unitary and residential University with Forty nine Departments of Study and over 2500 members on its teaching staff. Annamalainagar is already a busy and full-fledged University town east of Chidambaram, the abode of Lord Nataraja. The University campus, including the colleges, hostels and playgrounds occupies an area of about thousand acres.

Faculties:

i. Faculty of Arts
ii. Faculty of Science
iii. Faculty of Indian Languages
iv. Faculty of Engineering and Technology
v. Faculty of Education
vi. Faculty of Agriculture
vii. Faculty of Medicine
viii. Faculty of Dentistry
ix. M.Phil. - Ph.D.

Distance Education:

The Directorate of Distance Education established in 1979 offers four hundred and one different programmes of study under the Regular Stream. It has also the unique distinction of offering first in India, Postgraduate Degree Programmes in Applied Psychology, Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany, Bioinformatics and Law through Distance Education mode. The Directorate of Distance Education is also offering the Programmes on Fashion Design, Textile Design, Interior Design, Hotel Management and Catering Technology Programmes, Retail Management, Twinning Programme, Programmes on Health Science, Commonwealth Youth Programme, Yoga, Music, Fire and Safety, Pharmaceutical and Taxation Programmes.

Courses Offered:

1. Master of Arts Programmes

        * M.A. English / M.A. English Literature And American Studies
        * M.A. History, Ancient History  And Archaeology,Political Science, Sociology,  Public Administration, Development Studies And Population Studies
        * M.A. Philosophy / M.A. Philosophy, Culture And Tourism And M.A. Gandhian Studies
        * M.A. Economics / M.A. Applied Economics
        * M.B.A. Environmental Management
        * Master Of Social Work
        * Master Of Health And Social Sciences (M.H.S.S)
        * Master Of Rural Management(Mrm)
        * M.Com. (Accounting And Finance) And M.Com. (International Banking)
        * M.Com. (Financial Services)
        * M.Com. (Co-Operative Management)
        * M.Com. (Computer Applications)
        * M.Com. (Entrepreneurship)
        * M.Com. (Accounting And Taxation)
        * Master Of Library & Information Science (Two Academic Year)
        * Master Of Library & Information Science (One Academic Year)
        * Bachelor Of Library & Information Science (One Academic Year)

2. Master of Business Administration Programmes  : This Department offers M.B.A. (Full time) programme of 2 years duration, divided into 4 semesters.

3. Five Year Integrated Post Graduate Degree Programmes

4. Post-Graduate Diploma Programmes

        * Demography And Social Health
        * Tourism
        * Archives Keeping
        * Human Rights And Peace
        * Econometrics
        * Gandhian Thought
        * Ramalinga Philosophy
        * Guidance And Counselling
        * Corporate Secretaryship
        * Banking Law And Practice
        * Insurance
        * Public Administration
        * Applied Linguistics
        * Population Education
        * P.G. Diploma In Herbal Science

5. Part-Time Programmes

         * Certificate Programme In Tamil For Medical Graduates
         * P.G. Diploma Programme In Adult And Continuing Education
         * P.G. Diploma In Retail Banking
         * Diploma In Fundamentals Of Financial Services
         * Diploma In Consumer Protection
         * Advanced Diploma For Proficiency In French
         * Certificate Programmes In French
         * Diploma Programme In French
         * Certificate And Diploma Programmes In (I) Linguistics (Ii)  Languages
         * Diploma In Journalism
         * Diploma In Folklore
         * Certificate Programme In Journalism / Certificate Programme In Folklore
         * Certificate Programme In Reprography And Non-Book Materials
         * Certificate Programme In English For Communication
         * Certificate Programme In Spoken English
         * Certificate Programme In Effective English Speaking
         * Intensive Certificate Programme In Speaking Effective English
         * Certificate Programme In Communication Skills
         * Certificate Programme In Music (Evening)
         * Certificate Programme In Mirudangam

Contact Us:

Annamalai University
Annamalai Nagar - 608 002
Tamil Nadu
India

Telephone  : 91 - 4144 - 238248/263/796

Fax  : 91 - 4144 - 238080

Email : info@annamalaiuniversity.ac.in

Website : www.annamalaiuniversity.ac.in