Andhra University was established in 1926 by the Madras University Act to
serve the entire linguistic region of Andhra as a residential teaching-cumaffiliating multi-disciplinary university. The institution has Sir C.R. Reddy as its
founder Vice-Chancellor and Dr.Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan as the second ViceChancellor. A sprawling campus of 425 acres dotted with 215 buildings, vast
open spaces, a brilliant ecosystem with its rich biodiversity and magnificent
Kailasa Hill as the backdrop with mystic blue of the Bay of Bengal in its front
constitute a unique environment in a city such as Visakhapatnam. It has
delivered high quality education to contribute to the national education
mission and in many ways, and has remained a part in the framework to
strengthen the country as a nation. Successful alumni, research outcome of this
university were the social model for unity of the society and a factor for growth
and development of India. The university has the distinction of having five
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awardees, two Padma Vibhushan Awardees, one
Padma Bhushan Awardee, five Padma Shri Awardees with the recent addition
of two in 2023, amongst its alumni.
Nobel laureate Sir C.V. Raman was closely associated with laying research
foundations in Physics, and Prof. C.R.Rao, world renowned statistician, Dr. Neeli
Bendapudi, President of Penn State University, Dr G.M.Rao, Chairman GMR
group, Justice Jasti Chalameswar, former Judge, Hon. Supreme Court of India,
Dr Prabha Atreya Director , FDA, USA, and Suggu P Rao, Vice Chairman, Bank of America, were among the proud alumnus of AU. The University has
distinguished itself by starting many programs which are innovative and first of
their kind in higher education system of India.
Since its establishment in 1926, Andhra University follows its noble vision
and mission as inscribed in the logo, “ThejasvinaVadhitamastu ", which
means," May the Divine Light Illuminate Our Studies”.
At present, 58 departments, 16 specialized research centres, 188 ICT
enabled classrooms, state -of the-art of computer and GIS laboratories,76
seminar halls on campus will give the students ample learning opportunities as
it is critically related to the University’s objective.
The 98 years of glorious journey, recognizing its quality pursuits, the
University was graded by NAAC in three cycles with Grade-A, CGPA 3.64 in
2008 and Grade -A, CGPA 3.60 in 2016 and with Grade A++ with 3.74 in 2023
for seven full years till 2030, which is highest among top three universities in
India.