Anna University
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The University's main campus is situated in the Southern Part of Chennai and extends over 100 acres (400,000 m²) adjoining the Adyar River and the Raj Bhavan. The Madras Institute Of Technology at Chrompet constitutes the second campus and extends over 200,000 m²;. The third campus of the University is located at Taramani near the Instronic campus, Adyar. The main component of Anna University is the College of Engineering, Guindy (CEG) which was started as a school of civil engineering in 1794 making it the second oldest engineering college in the world. There are four major constituents of Anna University and they are the College of Engineering, Alagappa College of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning and Madras Institute of Technology.
The Anna University Amendment Act of 2001 brought almost all Engineering colleges in the state of Tamil Nadu under the University.
Recently, Anna University has been granted 5 STAR status by the National Accreditation Committee.
External links
- Anna University (http://www.annauniv.edu)
Foot note
- Perarignar Anna University of Technology (PAUT) was the name used from 1978 through 1982. In 1982 the current name of Anna University was coined primarily removing the prefix "Perarignar".
- Recently (2001 or 2004), the government added most (225+) of the Engineering Colleges in the state under the purview of Anna University. They have common semester exams.