# Anna University

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Last verified: 2026-10-24

Anna University (ChennaiGuindyChennai, Tamil Nadu) is a recognised state university. UGC status: 2(f) & 12B.

## Facts
- Type: State University
- UGC status: 2(f) & 12B
- UGC Section 12(B): Yes (about UGC grants only; it does not decide whether degrees are valid)
- State: Tamil Nadu
- AISHE code: U-0439 (from its NIRF 2025 ID)
- NIRF 2025: Universities #20; Overall #29; Architecture and planning #28; Engineering #20; Management #88; Research institutions #26; State public universities #2
- Address: Sardar Patel Road, Guindy, ChennaiGuindyChennai 600025
- Official website (as listed by UGC): http://www.annauniv.edu

## Online programmes approved by UGC-DEB for 2026-27
Approval: Category-I university, entitled. Source: https://deb.ugc.ac.in/Uploads/Notices_Upload/UGC_20260922125108_1.pdf
- Master of Business Administration (General Management)
- Master of Business Administration (Business Analytics)

## Distance (ODL) programmes approved by UGC-DEB for 2026-27
Approval: 2023-24 academic session beginning from July-August, 2023 to 2027-28 (up to January, 2028 only). Source: https://deb.ugc.ac.in/Uploads/Notices_Upload/UGC_20260921145606_1.pdf
- Master of Science (Computer Science)
- Master of Business Administration
- Master of Computer Applications

## Technical degrees on campus
Anna University does not need separate AICTE approval for regular on-campus technical degrees (Supreme Court, Bharathidasan University v AICTE, 2001). Colleges affiliated to it need their own AICTE approval.

## Never valid by distance or online
Engineering, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, physiotherapy, architecture, law, agriculture, hotel management and Ph.D.