Sri Venkateswara University

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Sri Venkateswara University
Latin
: Sri Venkateswara Universitas
MottoJnanam Samyaga Vekshanam


జ్ఞానం సమ్యగ వేక్షణం
Motto in English
"Wisdom lies in proper perspective"
Type
Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
,
India
Campusurban, 1,000 acres (400 ha)
NicknameSVU
Websitewww.svuniversity.edu.in

Sri Venkateswara University (commonly referred as S. V. University or SVU) is a public state university located in Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, India. The university is named after Lord Venkateswara, whose shrine is located in the city.

The university was founded in 1954 by the then

Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu and Siram Govindarajulu Naidu as its founder vice-chancellor.[2] The university campus covers a large area on land leased by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams. It is located on the West side of Tirupati, surrounded by the other universities in the city, namely Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Sri Venkateswara Vedic University, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences and National Sanskrit University
.

SVU Main Entrance

Affiliated colleges

Colleges that are affiliated belong to (Undivided CHITTOOR) Chittoor district, Tirupati district and some parts of Annamayya district.

College of Sciences

SVU Admin Building

College of Engineering

Sri Venkateswara University College of Engineering is an autonomous institution whose foundation was laid by the late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India, on 13 October 1959.[3]

Department of Physics

The Department of Physics hosts one of the four national research facilities: a center for research using the MST Radar Facility at Gadanki, commissioned under the UGC.[4]

Rankings

QS (Asia) (2023)[5]
351-400
Times (World) (2023)[6]1201-1500
Times (Asia) (2022)[7]351-400
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2022)[8]101-150
NIRF (Universities) (2022)[9]67
Engineering – India
NIRF (2022)[10]251-300

Sri Venkateswara University was ranked 1201–1500 in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2023[6] and 351–400 in Asia.[7] The QS World University Rankings of 2023 ranked it 351-400 in Asia.[5] The university was ranked 101-150 overall in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2022,[8] 67th among universities[9] and 251-300 in the engineering ranking.[10]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ UGC.ac.in State Universities, Andhra Pradesh
  2. ^ "Strive for further development of varsity, Vice-Chancellor exhorts staff". The Hans India. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  3. ^ http://svuce.org/project1/main.html
  4. ^ UGC National Facilities
  5. ^ a b "QS Asia University Rankings 2023". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 8 November 2022.
  6. ^ a b "World University Rankings 2023". Times Higher Education. 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Asia University Rankings 2022". Times Higher Education. 2022.
  8. ^ a b "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2022 (Overall)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 15 July 2022.
  9. ^ a b "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2022 (Universities)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 15 July 2022.
  10. ^ a b "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2022 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 15 July 2022.

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