The Annamalai University is a unitary, teaching, and residential university. It was founded by the munificence of the farsighted and noble hearted philanthropist and patron of letters the late Hon’ble Dr. Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar of Chettinad, Kt, LL.D., D.Litt. He started several colleges, and ultimately, the University in 1929. Since its inception, it has progressively tried to realize the aims of the noble Founder Pro-Chancellor. After him, his illustrious son, Padma Bhushan Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar of Chettinad, was the Pro-Chancellor from 1948 to 1984, and he sedulously nurtured the growth and development of the University. The present Pro-Chancellor Dr. M.A.M. Ramaswamy, a philanthropist and a patron of sports, is the distinguished son of Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar. The University has had the unique good fortune of having a succession of eminent Vice-Chancellors to guide its destinies. During the last eighty two years the University has grown rapidly and has consolidated its position as a unitary and residential University with forty-nine Departments of Study and over 3240 members on its teaching staff. Annamalai nagar is already a busy and full-fledged University town, east of Chidambaram, the abode of Lord Nataraja. The University campus, including the colleges, hostels, and playgrounds, occupies an area of about thousand acres. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council has accredited Annamalai University at the 'B++' (80 – 85) level among the universities. UNDER GRADUATE PROGRAMMES Duration: 3 Years B.A. (Tamil) B.A. (Functional Tamil) B.A. (English) B.A. (English & Communication) B.A. (Economics) B.A. (Business Economics) B.A. (History) B.A. (History & Heritage Management) B.A. (Sociology) B.A. (Social Work) B.A. (Political Science) B.A. (Public Administration) B.A. (Police Administration) B.A. (Social and Civic Studies) B.A. (Population Studies) B.A. (Human Rights) B.A. (social welfare administration) B.A. (Rural Management) B.Com. B.Com. (Computer Applications) B.Com. (Business Studies) B.Com. (International Business) B.Com. (Accounting & Finance) B.Com. (Marketing Management) B.Sc. (Psychology) B.Sc. (Mathematics) B.Sc. (Mathematics with Computer Applications) B.Sc. (Physics) B.Sc. (Electronic Science) B.Sc. (Chemistry) B.Sc. (Botany) B.Sc. (Zoology) B.Sc. (Microbiology) B.Lit. (Tamil) Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) B.B.A. (Computer Applications) POST GRADUATE PROGRAMMES Duration: 2 Years M.A. Tamil M.A. English M.A. Sociology M.A. Economics M.A. Business Economics M.A. Environmental Economics M.A. History M.A. History & Heritage Management M.A. History & Tourism Management M.A. Population Studies M.A. Political Science M.A. Public Administration M.A. International Relations M.A. Police Administration M.A. Linguistics M.A. Translation Studies M.A. Human Rights M.A. social welfare administration M.A. development Administration M.A. rural Management M.A. Disaster Management M.A. Philosophy, Religion & Culture M.A. Extension Management M.A. N.G.O. Management M.Com. M.Com. Co-operative Management M.Com. Banking and Insurance Management M.Com. Education Management M.Com. Accounting & Finance M.Com. Computer Applications M.Com, Entrepreneurship M.Com. Marketing M.Sc. Electronic Science M.Sc. Geoinformatics M.Sc. Real Estate Valuation M.Sc. Mathematics M.Sc. Physics M.Sc. Zoology M.Sc. Chemistry M.Sc. Botany M.Sc. Microbiology M.Sc. Applied Psychology M.L.M. (Master of Labour Management) Master of Social Work (M.S.W.)