Alagappa University - Karaikudi
Karaikudi, India
1985
Established
- Type
- Government | State university
- Official website
- alagappauniversity.ac.in
Approvals and accreditation
AICTEDEBNAACA++UGC
About College
Alagappa University is a Tamil Nadu State Government university at Karaikudi, Sivaganga district, established by a special Act of the Tamil Nadu...
Alagappa University is a Tamil Nadu State Government university at Karaikudi, Sivaganga district, established by a special Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislature in May 1985 as a unitary university; it became an affiliating university in 2002. It emerged from institutions founded in the 1950s by Padma Bhushan Dr RM Alagappa Chettiar, and today runs 44 departments and three academic centres, with 45 colleges affiliated to it across Sivaganga and Ramanathapuram districts, teaching undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Arts, Science, Education and Management.