Andhra University

Andhra University was established in Andhra Pradesh in the year 1926. The University has more than 100 buildings in sylvan surrounding of Kailasa Hill. The Bay of Bengal is towards its front. At present the university is providing higher education mainly to students of 5 districts- Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam.  The University has 5 constituent colleges and 4 AU (Andhra University) campuses. The College of Arts and Commerce is the biggest constituent college in the University with 28 Departments offering 55 courses including 25 Diploma courses.


The University has 19 hostels for men with capacity of more than 3200 seats, and 4 hostels for women to accommodate more than 1100 candidates. Residential accommodation of 340 units of staff quarters is available in the University campus. The University is also having 2 Health Centres one at South Campus and the other at North Campus and a homoeo dispensary and three guesthouses, Faculty Club, Open Air Theatre and a Campus School for University Staff Children and indoor and outdoor Sports Facilities. The University is also having Student Services and Welfare Centers in the campus. The other infrastructural facilities available in the University include Academic Staff College, Computer Centre, Press & Publications Division Central Workshop and Photographic Division. The University is has 13 service centers/institutions in the campus like Agro-Economics Research Centre, Centre for Computer Aided Design, Centre for Technology Forecasting, Centre for Nuclear Techniques, Centre for Religious Studies, Centre for Systems Dynamics & Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Studies, Centre for SAARC Studies, Centre for Women's Studies, Delta Studies Institute, Institute of Public Sector Management, Institute of Transport Management, Institute for Yoga and Consciousness and Population Research Centre.

Presently, the Andhra University has 575 affiliated colleges to its credit. These colleges are spread across the 5 districts over which the university has jurisdiction.

In 1972 the University started Distance Education program in the following streams -
B.A., B.Com., B.Sc. (MPC, MPCS and MSCS), M.A. English, Hindi, Telugu, Economics, History, Politics & Public Administration, Sociology, Philosophy and Mathematics, M.Com, M.Ed., B.Ed., and eight P.G. Diploma Courses through Distance Education Mode. The School of Distance Education has 37 study centers across the state and a study center at Sri Venkateswara College Delhi. The enrolment in UG and PG Programmes in the School of Distance Education is about 97,000 students.

The Andhra University has following central facilities-

1. Library
2. Academic Staff College
3. Cyber Law
4. IQAC
5. USIC
6. Press and Publications
7. Training & Placement
8. Employment & Guidance Bureau
9. Horticulture
10. Health Services
11. Faculty Club
12. Sports
13. NSS

Courses Offered

The Andhra University, Andhra Pradesh offers the following Courses & Programs

College of Arts & Commerce
Diploma Courses (UG)
Acting	Pre-School Education
French	Russian
Hindi	Urdu
Japanese
Under Graduate Courses
B.Ed Special Education & B.Ed
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Bachelor of Performing Arts
Diploma Courses (PG)
Accounting Software	Sanskrit (Senior)
Adult Education & Development	Linguistics
Bank Management	Environmental
Cooperation and Rural Studies	Management
Functional Hindi & Translation	Transport Management
Human Resource Development & Industrial Harmony	Women's Studies
Human  Resource Management and Information Technology	Yoga
International Business
Sanskrit (Junior)
Post Graduate Courses
M.A Ancient History and Archaeology	M.A Quantitative Economics
M.A/M.Sc Anthropology	M.A Rural Development
M.A Applied Economics	M.A Sanskrit
M.A Criminal Justice	M.A Social Work
M.A Economics	M.A Sociology
M.A Education	M.A Telugu
M.A English	MBA Business Administration
M.A Hindi	M.Com
M.A History	M.Ed (special Education)
M.A Human Rights  & Duties	MHRM Human Resource Management
M.A Music	MJMC  Journalism & Mas Communication
M.A Philosophy	M.L.I.Sc. Library & Information Sciences
M.A Politics	M.Ed
M.A Psychology	M.A Adult & Continuing Education
M.A Public Administration
M.A Public Administration
M.A Mridangam
College of Engineering
Diplomas (UG)
Under Graduate
B.E./B.Tech./B.Pharm/B.Arch.
Architecture	Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering with Biotechnology (Special),	Chemical Engineering with Petroleum Engineering (special),
Civil Engineering	Civil Environmental Engineering
Computer Science Engineering	Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Electronics and Communication Engineering	Instrumentation Engineering
Mechanical Engineering (Marine Engineering),	Naval Architecture
Mechanical Engineering	Metallurgical  Engineering
M.E./M.Tech.
Biotechnology	Mineral Processing Engineering
Chemical Engineering	Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Computer Science Technology	Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Control Systems	Pharmaceutical and Food Analysis
Electronic Instrumentation	Pharmaceutical Technology
Geo engineering	Pharmacognosy
Heat Transfer	Pharmacology
Hydraulics/Coastal Harbor Engineering	Power Systems and Automation
Industrial Engineering	Radar and Microwave Engineering
Industrial Process Instrumentation	Remote Sensing
Information Technology	Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
Information Technology	Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
Machine Design	Structural Engineering
Marine Engineering & Machine Handling	Technology Forecasting
Metallurgical Engineering
M.Sc./MCA
Computer Applications	Applied Chemistry
Computer Science	Industrial Chemistry
M.Phil
Applied Chemistry	Instrumentation
Geoengineering
Ph.D.
programme offered in all 16 Departments
P.G. Diplomas
Coastal Zone Management.	Prawn & Crab Farming &Management
Instrumentation
M.Sc. /M.Sc. (Tech.)
Aquaculture	Inorganic Chemistry
Applied Environmental Chemistry	Industrial Fisheries
Applied Genetics	Marine Biology & Fisheries
Analytical Chemistry	Marine Biotechnology
Applied Genetics	Marine Chemistry
Applied Geology	Marine Geology
Applied Mathematics	Marine Geophysics
Biochemistry	Materials Science
Biotechnology	Mathematics
Bio- Inorganic Chemistry	Mathematics & Computer Science
Coastal Aquaculture & Marine  Biotechnology	Meteorology
Botany	Molecular Genetics
Chemistry	Microbiology
Electronics	Nuclear Chemistry
Environmental Chemistry	Nuclear Physics
Environmental Sciences	Organic Chemistry
Environmental Studies	Physical Chemistry
Foods Drugs & Water	Physical Oceanography
Geography	Physics
Geology	Space Physics Electronics
Geophysics	Statistics
Human Genetics	Zoology
Hydrology
MCS
Computer Science & Statistics
M.Tech.
Atmospheric Sciences
Ph.D. & M.Phil
Programs offered in all the 18 Departments
College of Law
L.L.B  3 years	L.L.B   5 Years( in Affiliated colleges only)
Post-Graduate
LL.M. (Law