Central University of Tamil Nadu

The Central University of Tamil Nadu is situated at Tiruvarur District in Tamil Nadu. It is the first central university in Tamil Nadu. It was established by an Act of Parliament (no. 25 of 2009, 20/03/2009). It ensures Access, Equality, Participation, and Quality Education for all. Pro. B.P. Sanjay is the Vice-Chancellor of the University.

Academic Courses

• Integrated programmes for plus two level admission
• Master's programmes as is prevalent in many universities now (with focus on social sciences and humanities, basic and applied sciences, and mathematics and computer sciences). Initially Tamil, History, Sociology, Economics, and English are visualized and with the consolidation of laboratory and equipment etc., science and technology courses will be introduced.
• Post graduate Diploma programmes (with focus on finishing school skills, employment enhancement courses, community orientation and retail trade for management courses)
• MPhil and PhD programmes with areas that takes into account core faculty resources and taking advantage of institutions' resources such as MIDS, IIT, CSCS, Kalpakkam, CDS, Thiruvananthapuram with possibility of sending the scholars for course work in other central universities on a credit transfer basis.