Andhra University

Andhra University
Established	1925
Type	Public
Vice-Chancellor	Prof. Beela.Satyanarayana
Dean	Prof. M.Ch.Shiva Prasad
Location	Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh,  India
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	UGC
Website	www.andhrauniversity.info

Vice Chancellors

It was headed by Dr. Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy as the Vice-Chancellor from 1926 to 1931 and in a further second term from 1936 to 1949. It was headed by Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan in the interim period from 1931 to 1936.

• 1. Dr. Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy (26-04-1926 to 31-07-1930)
• 2. Prof. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (01-05-1931 to 19-05-1936)
• 3. Dr. Cattamanchi Ramalinga Reddy (20-05-1936 to 07-12-1949)
• 4. Dr. Vasireddy Sri Krishna (08-12-1949 to 16-06-1961)
• 5. Dr. A. L. Narayan (17-06-1961 to 30-06-1966)
• 6. Prof. K.R.Srinivasa Iyenger (30-06-1966 to 29-11-1968)
• 7. Sri Lankapalli Bullayya (30-11-1968 to 12-12-1974)
• 8. Sri M. R. Apparow (13-12-1974 to 12-12-1980)
• 9. Sri Avula Sambasiva Rao (13-12-1980 to 14-11-1983)
• 10. Prof. Koneru Ramakrishna Rao (05-06-1984 to 23-03-1988)
• 11. Prof. K.V.Ramana (24-03-1988 to 23-03-1991)
• 12. Dr. M.Gopalakrishna Reddy (18-09-1991 to 15-09-1997)
• 13. Prof. R.Radhakrishna (22-04-1998 04-03-2001)
• 14. Prof. Y.C.Simhadri (03-04-2002 to 02-04-2005)
• 15. Prof. L.Venu Gopal Reddy (06-05-2005 to 03-05-2008)
• 16. Dr. Beela Satyanarayana (20-06-2008 to date)

Infrastructure

The university contains two sections, the south campus and north campus. The south campus houses the Arts, Humanities and Sciences departments along with the administrative block. The north campus (established in 1962), comprises the engineering College.
The university has four constituent colleges. The college of arts and commerce is the biggest constituent college in the university with 28 departments offering 55 courses. The college of science and technology has 19 departments, which offers 44 courses. The college of engineering has 16 departments involving in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The college of law has been identified as an advanced center in law by University Grants Commission.
The university has a school of distance education (started 1972). The school has 32 study centers across the state and a study center at New Delhi.
The university campus has 19 hostels for men and 4 hostels exclusively for women that accommodate more than 4,300 students. Residential accommodation of 340 units of staff quarters is available on the university campus. The university also has three Health Centres, a homeopathy dispensary, three guest houses, a faculty club, an open air theatre and a campus school for the children of university staff.

 AU Colleges

• Andhra University College of Arts and Commerce (Estd. 1931)
• Andhra University School of Distance Education (Estd. 1972)
• Andhra University College of Engineering (Estd. 1955)
• Andhra University College of Law (Estd. 1945)
• Andhra University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Estd. 1951)
• Andhra University College of Science and Technology (Estd. 1931)

 Campuses outside the university

It has established campuses outside Visakhapatnam to meet demand for post-graduate education. Campuses are located in Etcherla, Srikakulam district, Kakinada, East Godavari district, Tadepalligudem, West Godavari district and Vizianagaram. An earlier campus at Guntur City, established in 1967, became Acharya Nagarjuna University in 1976. Adikavi Nannaya University is formed in 2006 taken the affiliated colleges from East and West Godavari districts.

 Affiliations

There are 575 affiliated colleges spread across five districts under the territorial jurisdiction of Andhra University. The enrollment in undergraduate courses is more than 76,000 and in PG Courses more than 20,000 students. The University is supported by about 860 teachers and more than 2500 non-teaching and technical staff.

Distinctions

Andhra University is the first university in India to offer an under graduate programme from 1957.