Sri Venkateswara University (SVU), Tirupati was established in 1954. The university is spread over 1000 acres of land. SVU Tirupati was founded by Late Sri Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu. It is a state university located in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. The university was started with six departments of Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Economics and Philosophy. SVU Tirupati is affiliated to the UGC and is accredited by NAAC with an “A+” grade. In the overall category of the NIRF ranking of Sri Venkateswara University is 68th in the year 2020. As per the NIRF 2021 ranking, SVU Tirupati ranked 200th in the engineering category and 54th in the pharmacy category. Furthermore, in the university category, it has been ranked 54 in the NIRF ranking 2021 whereas its rank in the NIRF ranking 2020 in the same category was 38. In the NIRF rankings of 2021, the university has been ranked 92nd in the overall category.
The university offers 76 postgraduate programmes in various streams such as management and business administration, sciences, arts, humanities and social sciences, law, commerce, education, medicine and allied sciences, computer application and IT, pharmacy. M.B.A, M.Sc., L.L.M, M.A., M.Com, M.Lib.I.Sc, M.C.A, M.Pharma and P.G.D are some of the PG courses offered by Sri Venkateswara University. SVU Tirupati admissions are offered strictly based on the entrance. Right from its inception, SVU Tirupati has been laying more emphasis on teaching, research and extension activities in different subjects. Around 65 colleges are affiliated to Sri Venkateswara University (SVU), Tirupati.
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Sri Venkateswara University (SVU) is located at Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. The nearest airport from SVU Tirupati is the Tirupati International Airport which is located 24.4 km away and students can reach the university in about 37 minutes. Sri Venkateswara University is located 2.1 km away from the Tirupati Railway Station and students can reach the campus within 9 minutes. The nearest bus stop is the SVHS bus stop which is located 1 km away from SVU Tirupati and students can reach the university in about 5 minutes.
In the year 1963, Sri Venkateswara University Health Centre was established. It is a service-oriented mini-hospital that provides free medical care to S.V.University students, research scholars, employees, and their dependent family members such as parents and unmarried children, retirees and their spouses, as well as guests and visitors to the University on various programmes.
