"ANDHRA UNJIVERSITY" was established in 1926 in the uplands of Visakhapatnam with Kailasa Hill as the backdrop and of Bay of Bengal in its front. The University is spread in a sprawling campus of 200 hectares dotted with more than 100 buildings. Presently the University is catering the Educational needs of five green districts namely Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam.

     The University campus is a self-contained township with two administration blocks out of which one is exclusively for housing the examination sections. The University has four constituent Colleges and four AU 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 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 UGC. The AU Campuses at Kakinada (East Godavari District.) has three Departments and the A U Campuses at Etcherla (Srikakulam Dist) has six Departments. During IX Plan period a Heavy water plant was started in the University and MJMC and Ph.D. Programmes were started in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication. Many Departments in Science and Technology and Engineering have been pursuing research projects with the financial assistance from external agencies like DST, CSIR etc.

     The University campus is having 19 hostels for men which can accommodate more than 3200 students and 4 hostels exclusively for women with a capacity of more than 1100 seats. 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 guest houses, 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 like Post and Telegraph Office, Banking facilities, University employment and guidance bureau, training and placement center and a sports complex including an indoor Gymnasium Hall.

     The other infrastructural facilities available in the University includes Academic Staff College, Computer Centre, Press & Publications Division Central Workshop and Photographic Division. The University is also having 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.

     The University has started School of Distance Education in the Campus in 1972. If offers Courses in 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 has 32 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.

     There are 575 affiliated colleges spread across five districts under the territorial jurisdiction of Andhra University. The enrolment 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, 176 under regular and 41 back-log are advertised out of which 162 including 18 backlog are filled and more than 2500 non-teaching and technical staff.

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