History

Annamalai university has a long 75 year old history that runs along with History of tamilnadu's educational history. Over 20 thousand student studying in regular and 2 lakhs of students studying through DDE (Directorate of Distant Education), Annamalai university plays an important role in development of people on and around Tamilnadu. The university has 10 Faculties including Engineering and Technology, Medicine, Dental, Arts & science and Music. This faculties has very rich prestige and Heritage across the peoples of India. This University has market value more than 1000 crores (In Indian Rupees) and gives about 10 crores as salaries to its staffs. E.V.R periyar, an reformer and Freedom fighter from Tamilnadu, has praised the credits of Annamalai university by saying that peoples in tamilnadu, have been Barbarians without Annamalai University.