Andhra University
Andhra University is not aloof one of the oldest educational institutions in the country, but is additionally the aboriginal to be conceived as a residential and teaching-cum-affiliating University, mainly adherent to post-graduate teaching and research.The people of the State accept an affecting adapter to the institution, back it came into actuality afterwards a abiding and aggregate attempt of the Telugu aristocratic for a University in the educationally astern arctic Circars and Ceded districts of the bygone Madras Presidency. The Andhra University currently offers three hundred
thirteen courses in business, arts, politics, science and technology, engineering, law, education and pharmacy.
The Andhra University has bristles basic colleges and 4 AU - Andhra University Campuses. The Colleges of Commerce and Arts is the better basic academy in the University with twenty six branches, forty two courses including 4 diploma Courses. The Academy of Technology and Science has twenty one branches, which offers sixty three Courses including one Post Graduate Diploma. The Academy of Engineering has fifteen Departments offers Analysis, Postgraduate and Undergraduate Programmes. The Academy of Law has been articular as an avant-garde Center in Law by UGC. The academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences is aboriginal of its affectionate in South India, which is provide six PG Programmes and one UG Programme besides Analysis Programmes arch to Ph.D. Degree. The Andhra University is advance in a sprawling campus of four hundred twenty two acreage dotted with hundred twenty one barrio of Academic, Administrative and abutment casework with a plinth breadth of about twenty lakhs sq.ft., and three hundred twenty four agents quarters. Anon the University accouterment the Educational needs of bristles blooming districts of Andhra Pradesh namely Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, Vizinagaram, West Godavari and East Godavari.
The Andhra University campus is having 10 hostels exclusively for women with a capacity of more than 2000 seats and 23 hostels for men which can accommodate more than 3200 students. Two Hostels are distinctively complete for adopted students. The University has additionally two Residential Health Centres one at south campus and the added at arctic campus and a homoeo Dispensary. The University has four canteens, Central Canteen and four Guest Houses at different locations, Publication division and Press ,Schools for Employees Children and Faculty Club and Women Waiting Halls.The Andhra University is additionally accepting apprentice casework and abundance centres in the campus like column and University application, training and adjustment centre, Telegraph office, Gymnasium Hall, Guidance bureau and Banking facilities
The Andhra University has started academy of Distance Education in the campus in 1972. It offers Courses alignment from Certificate Courses to Column Graduate and Professional Courses. The Academy of Distance Education offer 7 Collaborative Courses, 9 PG Diploma Courses, 4 UG Programs, 5 Certification Courses, 18 PG Programs and 15 Professional Courses through Distance Education Mode. The Academy has 35 abstraction centres beyond the State. The enrolment in Professional, PG, and UG Programmes in the Academy of Distance Education is about 80,000 students. The Academy has 23 abiding faculty. It is Equipped with the most recent infrastructure. The Andhra University has able-bodied accomplished and consign adroitness accepted apple advanced for their analysis contributions. There are 354 Professors, 198 Associate. Advisers and 115 Asst. Advisers confined the University. Organization of International and National contest is a approved affection of the University. There are added than 2500 abutment agents alive in the University.