Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Coordinates: 10°54′4″N 76°54′10″E / 10.90111°N 76.90278°E / 10.90111; 76.90278
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Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Ettimadai, Coimbatore
,
India

10°54′4″N 76°54′10″E / 10.90111°N 76.90278°E / 10.90111; 76.90278
CampusRural/urban
Colours  Pantone
Websitewww.amrita.edu
QS (Asia) (2023)[1]
301-350
Times (World) (2022)[2]801–1000
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2022)[3]16
NIRF (Universities) (2022)[4]5
Engineering – India
NIRF (2022)[5]19
Medical – India
NIRF (2022)[6]8
Pharmacy – India
NIRF (2022)[7]14
Dental – India
NIRF (2022)[8]19


Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (or Amrita University) is a multi-campus, multi-disciplinary, research-intensive private deemed university in India.[9] It currently has 16 constituent schools spread across nine campuses in Amaravati, Amritapuri(Kollam), Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Kochi, Faridabad, Mysore, and Nagercoil, with it's headquarters in Ettimadai, Coimbatore.[10][11][12] It offers a total of 207 undergraduate, postgraduate, integrated-degree, dual-degree, doctoral programs in engineering, medicine, business, sciences, performing arts and culture, health sciences, Ayurveda, commerce, humanities and social sciences, law, arts and literature, media and communication.

History

The university was founded with the opening of

Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore in 1994 by Mata Amritanandamayi Devi and is managed by her international humanitarian organisation Mata Amritanandamayi Math. In 2003, it became one of the youngest institutes to be accredited as a deemed to be university by the UGC.[13] In 2002, campuses in Amritapuri and Bangalore were started.[14][15] In 2021, Amrita introduced 8 online degree programs under the brand name Amrita AHEAD.[16] The Online programs are UGC entitled. Some of the prominent online programs include Master of Business Administration,[17] Master Computer Applications,[18] Bachelor of Computer Applications.[19]

Campuses

The university has nine campuses, with 15 constituent schools in rural and urban sites in five Indian states – Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana and Karnataka.

Chennai. Later, two new healthcare campuses were opened at Faridabad, Haryana[20] and Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh in 2022.[21]

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Locations of Amrita University Campuses [22]
Coimbatore campus
Amritapuri Campus
List of Campuses of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Campus State Location Founded Schools
Coimbatore Tamil Nadu Ettimadai, Coimbatore 1994
  • School of Social & Behavioral Sciences
  • School of Computing
  • School of Arts, Humanities & Commerce
  • School of Physical Sciences
  • School of Agricultural Sciences (Arasampalayam, Coimbatore)
  • School of Business
  • School of Engineering
  • School of Mass Communication
  • School of Social Work
Kochi Kerala Edapally, Kochi 1998
  • School of Allied Health Science
  • School of Arts & Sciences
  • School of Arts, Humanities & Commerce
  • School of Business
  • School of Dentistry
  • School of Medicine
  • School of Physical Sciences
  • School of Nano Sciences
  • School of Nursing
  • School of Pharmacy
  • School of Computing
Amritapuri Kerala Amritapuri, Kollam 2002
  • School of Spiritual & Cultural Studies
  • School of Arts, Humanities & Commerce
  • School of Physical Sciences
  • School of Social & Behavioral Sciences
  • School of Computing
  • School of Engineering
  • School of Arts & Sciences
  • School of Business
  • School of Sustainable Development
  • School of Ayurveda
  • School of Biotechnology
  • School of Social Work
Bengaluru Karnataka Kasavanahalli, Bengaluru 2002
  • School of Business
  • School of Engineering
  • School of Computing
Mysore Karnataka
Bhogadi, Mysore
 2002
  • School of Computing
  • School of Physical Sciences
  • School of Arts, Humanities & Commerce
  • School of Arts & Sciences
Chennai Tamil Nadu Vengal, Chennai 2019
  • School of Engineering
  • School of Computing
Amaravati[23] Andhra Pradesh Kuragallu, Amaravati 2022
  • School of Engineering
  • School of Business[24]
  • School of Sciences
Faridabad Haryana RPS City, Faridabad 2022
  • School of Allied Health Science
  • School of Dentistry
  • School of Medicine
  • School of Nursing
  • School of Pharmacy[25][26]
Nagercoil Tamil Nadu Erachakulam, Nagercoil 2024
  • School of Engineering
  • School of Business[27]

Amrita Schools

Amrita Schools of Arts, Sciences and Humanities

The schools of Arts and Sciences offer

Master of Computer Applications (MCA) programs and are located at Amritapuri, Kochi, Mysore
. Bachelor of Science in Visual Media (B.Sc.), Integrated M.Sc. in Visual Communication, Master of Science in Visual Communication (M.Sc.), Master of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication and Master of Arts in Visual Media and Communication (M.A) programs are currently offered at Mysore campus.

Amrita Schools of Business

Main article: Amrita Schools of Business

The school of Business was started in 1996 in Coimbatore campus and currently 4 campuses -

State University of New York at Buffalo, for working professionals at the Bangalore campus.[28]

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham - Kollam
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham - Kollam

Amrita School of Biotechnology

The school was started in September 2004 and offers B.Sc. and M.Sc. in

degree programs.[29] Its research spans a wide spectrum including Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Cancer Biology, Cell-line Engineering, Wound Healing, Computational Neuroscience, Neurophysiology, Phytochemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Proteomics, RNAi, Analytical Chemistry, Snake Venoms, Sanitation Biotechnology.[30]

The Amrita School of Biotechnology is approved as a Center of Relevance and Excellence (CORE) in Biomedical Technology under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, TIFAC Mission REACH programs. The School of Biotechnology was selected by the DBT-BIRAC (Government of India) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as one of the top six innovators in India to develop next generation sanitation solutions using bacteriophages and other biocontrol agents.[31][32]

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Coimbatore
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Coimbatore

Amrita School of Communication

The school offers B.A. and M.A. degree programs in Communication for careers in journalism, new media/animation, and short film making and advertising, based on the UNESCO model curriculum.[33]

Amrita Schools of Engineering

Main article:
Amrita School of Engineering

The university has schools of engineering in four of its six campuses, and offers undergraduate, post-graduate and doctoral programs in fields of Computer science and engineering, Electronics and Communication engineering, Electrical and electronic engineering, Information and communications technology, Artificial intelligence, Mechanical engineering, Civil engineering, Chemical engineering and Aerospace engineering. The

JEE Main. Admission to the MTech. Programs are based on the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
(GATE).

The five schools offer B.Tech., MTech. and Ph.D. degree programs and the Kochi campus offers MTech. in Nanomedicine, Molecular Medicine and Nanotechnology and Renewable Energy.

Amrita Health Campuses

Attached to the

degree programs
.

The

MBBS students graduated with A. P. J. Abdul Kalam presiding over the graduation ceremony.[37]

Notable alumni

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