University of Madras, Chennai

The University of Madras was established in 1867 and is modeled after the London University. It is located in Chennai and is one of the oldest institutions of the country and the region. It was one of the first five institutes to be deemed as the "University with Potential of Excellence [UPE]" by the UGC. It has also been awarded grade 'A' by NAAC.

Over the years, the University's area of jurisdiction has been limited to three districts of Tamil Nadu. The University has 4 campuses, namely, Chepauk, Marina, Gunidy, and Taramani. The Madras University Admissions are for undergraduate, postgraduate, diploma, doctorate, etc., courses through their affiliated institutions. The University has some notable alumni that have gone on to become Nobel Laureates, Presidents of India, Statesmen, Chief Justice of India, Ministers, Administrators, Distinguished Researchers, and Academicians.

Multiple departments of the University have received funding and research support from international and national agencies such as, UGC, DST, DBT, CSIR, ICSSR, ICHR, Central and State Governments. Moreover, many institutes have also collaborated with Indian and International University to promote student-teacher exchange programmes.

The University offers a Choice Based Credit System [CBCS] curriculum, which gives students flexibility in choosing their desired courses. The quality of education is maintained by the affiliated institutes as well. In 2017, 9 colleges were in the Top 100 List of the National Institutional Ranking Framework [NIRF] rankings. Moreover, many colleges have also received the grade 'A' by NAAC. Twenty-three colleges have become autonomous while being affiliated.

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University of Madras, [UNOM] Chennai Schools:

• School of Historical Studies
  • Department of Ancient History and Archaeology
  • Department of Indian History
• School of Social Sciences
  • Department of Adult and Continuing Education
  • Department of Anthropology
  • Department of Criminology
  • Department of Education
  • Department of Psychology
  • Department of Sociology
  • Department of Women's Studies
  • Centre for Cyber Forensics and Information Security
  • Department of Social Work
  • Department of Counselling Psychology
• School of Political and International Studies
  • Department of Anna Centre for Public Affairs
  • UGC - Centre for South and Southeast Asian Studies
  • Department of Defence and Strategic Studies
  • Department of Legal Studies
  • Department of Politics and Public Administration
• School of Economics
  • Centre for Population Studies
  • Department of Dr. Ambedkar Centre for Economic Studies
  • Department of Econometrics
  • Department of Economics
• School of Philosophy and Religious Thought
  • Department of Christian Studies
  • JBAS Center for Islamic Studies
  • Department of Jainology
  • Department of Philosophy
  • Department of Saiva Siddhanta
  • Department of Vaishnavism
• School of Fine and Performance Arts
  • Department of Indian Music
• School of English and Foreign Languages
  • Department of English
  • Department of French
• School of Tamil and other Dravidian Languages
  • Department of Kannada
  • Department of Malayalam
  • Department of Tamil Language
  • Department of Tamil Literature
  • Department of Telugu
  • Department of Center for Thirukkural Research
  • Department of Sangapalagai for Tamil Development
• School of Sanskrit and Other Indian Languages
  • Department of Arabic, Persian and Urdu
  • Department of Hindi
  • Department of Sanskrit
• School of Management Studies
  • Department of Commerce
  • Department of Management Studies
  • Center for Infrastructural Management Studies
• School of Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science
  • Department of Computer Science
  • Department of Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics
  • Department of Statistics
• School of Information and Communication Studies
  • Department of Journalism and Communication
  • Department of Library & Information Science
• School of Earth and Atmospheric Science
  • Department of Applied Geology
  • Department of Geography
  • Department of Geology
  • Centre for Environmental Sciences
  • Centre for Natural Hazards and Disaster Studies
  • Center for Water Resource Management
• School of Chemical Sciences
  • Department of Analytical Chemistry
  • Department of Energy
  • Department of Inorganic Chemistry
  • Department of Organic Chemistry
  • Department of Physical Chemistry
  • Department of Polymer Science
• School of Physical Sciences
  • Department of Central Instrumentation and Service Laboratory
  • Department of Crystallography and Biophysics
  • Department of Nuclear Physics
  • Department of Theoretical Physics
  • Department of Network Systems and Information Technology
  • Department of Material Science
• School of Life Sciences
  • Department of Biochemistry
  • Department of Biotechnology
  • Department of Centre for Advanced Study in Botany
  • Centre for Ocean and Coastal Studies
  • Department of Zoology
  • Department of Bio-informatics
• School of Basic Medical Sciences
  • Department of Anatomy
  • Department of Endocrinology
  • Department of Genetics
  • Department of Medical Biochemistry
  • Department of Microbiology
  • Department of Pathology
  • Department of Pharmacology and Environmental Toxicology
  • Department of Physiology
• School of Nano Science and Photonics
  • National Centre for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology
  • National Centre for Ultrafast Process
• Department of Physical Education
  • Department of Physical Education and Sports

University of Madras, [UNOM] Chennai Centres:

• Center for Infrastructural Management Studies
• Center for Water Resource Management
• Centre for Cyber Forensics and Information Security
• Centre for Environmental Sciences
• Centre for Natural Hazards and Disaster Studies
• Centre for Ocean and Coastal Studies
• Centre for Population Studies
• Centre for Research Dravidian Movement
• JBAS Center for Islamic Studies
• National Centre for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology
• National Centre for Ultrafast Process
• Rajiv Gandhi Chair in Contemporary Studies
• UGC - Centre for South and Southeast Asian Studies

University of Madras, [UNOM] Chennai Institute of Distance Education:

• The Madras University IDE - Institute of Distance Education was established in 1981.
• It offers 22 Undergraduate, 23 Postgraduate, 5 Professional, 16 Diploma, and 12 Certificate courses.
• The University provides high-quality study material in self-learning format for the students. 
• Admissions occur through the Academic Year Admissions, Calendar Year Admissions, Spot Admission, and Study Centres.
• IDE has 30 Spot Admission Centres throughout Tamil Nadu, 50 Study Centres in various states, and 11 overseas.
• 160000 students are enrolled in these distance education courses.