ABOUT

  Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India is home to Anna university, a public state institution. Guindy is home to the main campus. It was first founded on September 4, 1978, and was given the name C. N. Annadurai in honor of the former Tamil Nadu chief minister.

Four renowned technical schools in the city of Madras (now Chennai) were combined to form the university:

College of Engineering (CEG) (Established in 1794)

 Alagappa College of Technology (ACT) (Established in 1944)

Madras Institute of Technology (MIT) (Established in 1949)

School of Architecture & Planning (SAP) (Established in 1957)

The university is located in Chennai's southern region, 3 km from the closest train station (Guindy) and 10 km from the airport. The University's Main Campus is 189 acres and is bordered to the north by Raj Bhavan and the south by the Adyar River. The second campus of the university spans 52 acres and is home to the Madras Institute of Technology in Chrompet. In Taramani, Chennai, there is a third campus that spans more than five acres. The buildings on these campuses are diverse and cater to the different demands of the university community.

 VISION:

          The vision of Anna University is to be a world class institution by producing professionals with high technical knowledge, professional skills and ethical values, and remain as a preferred partner to the industry and community for their economic and social development through excellence in teaching, research and consultancy. Anna University shall be recognized as a point of reference, a catalyst, a facilitator, a trend setter and a leader in technical education.

MISSION:

Anna University shall contribute to the educational, economic and social development by

• producing students who are intellectually and technically equipped with well defined knowledge, skills and ethics who are creative thinkers, inspiring leaders and contributing citizens 
• introducing high quality academic and research programmes and providing extension services in cutting edge technologies
•  ensuring a supportive campus climate with dynamic leadership and development opportunities to meet the needs of the students, faculty and staff
•  enhancing academic productivity through induction of quality faculty, accelerated graduation, credit banking, augmented continuing education opportunities and adoption of current technology
•  sharing the intellectual resources and the infrastructural facilities among the academia from other institutions and among the industrial society, funding agencies and government
• enhancing the collaborative partnership between Industry and Institute for commercializing and transferring the latest technological know-how towards societal development
• setting up a Global University Network Campus that embodies the ideals of an open, democratic and global society catering to the needs of the global community and satisfying cultural, ethnic and racial diversity
•  expanding global participation spread across continents with the aid of interactive satellite based education and the usage of digital library
•  enriching the national and international character of the University
•  ensuring efficient administrative coordination and effective decision making through necessary reforms and by strategically allocating resources
•  benchmarking against technologically sound global leaders with a view towards continuous improvement