Andhra Pradesh - Education and Research

Education and Research

Andhra Pradesh is served by more than 20 institutes of higher education. All major arts, humanities, science, engineering, law, medicine, business, and veterinary science are offered, with first degrees and postgraduate awards available. Advanced research is conducted in all major areas.

Andhra Pradesh has 1,330 arts, science and commerce colleges; 1,000 MBA and MCA colleges; 847 engineering colleges; 53 medical colleges, and one Indian Institute of Technology (in Hyderabad). The student to teacher ratio in higher education is 19:1. According to the 2001 census, Andhra Pradesh has an overall literacy rate of 61.11% (as per Andhra pradesh Govt's official website). The male literacy rate is 70.3% and the female literacy rate is 67.4%.

Andhra Pradesh is the home to Osmania University, it is one of the oldest modern universities in India. It is one of the largest university systems in the subcontinent with over 300,000 students on its various campuses and affiliated colleges. The Government of Andhra Pradesh has established Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT) in 2008 to cater to the educational needs of the gifted rural youth of Andhra Pradesh. The Institute specializes in teaching and research in Information Technology and other emerging disciplines under the control of a common university Governing Council and following a common syllabus.

The state has recently made strides in setting up several institutes. Andhra Pradesh is home to the Damodaram Sanjeevayya National Law University, vishakhapatnam, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (Hyderabad Campus), National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (Hyderabad campus), Indian Institute of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT-H), National Institute of Technology NIT Warangal, National Institute of Nutrition the Nalsar University of Law, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) Hyderabad, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad, National Institute of Rural Development, University of Hyderabad, School of Planning and Architecture, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, prestigious Indian School of Business (ISB) and IFHE university's IBS, Hyderabad. The National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) and The Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition are also located in Hyderabad. Also Georgia Institute of Technology, is in the process of setting up their campus in Hyderabad.

Apart from this Andhra Pradesh is home to many more top class universities like English and Foreign Languages University, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Osmania University, Andhra University, Nagarjuna University, Kakatiya University, Sri Venkateswara University, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University, Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Telangana University Nizamabad, Mahathma Gandhi University Nalgonda, Palamur University Mahaboobnagar, Rayalaseema university, Kurnool, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University(SVVU)(www.svvu.edu.in) and private engineering colleges like Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology, Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, MVSR Engineering College, GRIET,Hyderabad Institute of Technology And Management(HITAM), Rayala Seema University Kurnool, Adikavi Nannaya University Rajahmundry,Petroleum University Rajahmundry to serve their people across Andhra Pradesh.

The Government of Andhra Pradesh has established the first University of Health Sciences, fulfilling the recommendations of several committees. The Andhra Pradesh University of Health Sciences was established by Act.No. 6 of the Andhra Pradesh legislature and was inaugurated in 1986 by the late Sri N.T. Rama Rao, then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. After the death of its founder Sri N.T. Rama Rao the University was named after him as NTR University of Health Sciences, Andhra Pradesh.