Anna University (AU), formerly Perarignar Anna University of Technology (PAUT), is a premier technical university in Tamil Nadu, India. It's been ranked 5th best university in India. The university encompasses within it one of the oldest technical institutes in the world and in itself has history spanning 218 years . Though it was renamed as 'Anna University' on 4 September 1978 as a unitary university, named after C. N. Annadurai. It became an affiliating university in 2001, absorbing about 250 engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu. Between 2007 and 2010 it was split into six universities, namely, Anna University, Chennai, Anna University of Technology, Chennai, Anna University of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore, Anna University of Technology Tirunelveli and Anna University of Technology, Madurai. On September 14, 2011 a bill was passed to merge back the universities. Anna University has once again become a single affiliating university for engineering colleges all over Tamil Nadu from August 1, 2012.
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