About

The name, Nagarjuna University is quite significant in that the great Buddhist preceptor and Philosopher Acharya Nagarjuna founded a University on the banks of river Krishna some centuries ago and made it a great centre of learning, attracting a large number of teachers and students form distant parts of the world. The University was established by Act 43 of 1976 of A.P. State Legislature and Governed by Act 4 of 1991 covering 6 Universities of the State. The present Acharya Nagarjuna University is not very far from the haloed spot, as it derives its moral and intellectual sustenance from Acharya Nagarjuna in which context the University has been renamed Acharya Nagarjuna University through the A.P. Universities (Amendment) Ordinance, 2004, promulgated by the Governor of Andhra Pradesh. The aspirations of the southern coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh to pursue Post-Graduate education nearer their homes resulted in the establishment of Acharya Nagarjuna University. In 1976, Andhra University started a Post-Graduate Centre in Nallapadu, Guntur Dt., Andhra Pradesh, as an Extension Center to cater to the needs of higher education of the people of this region. It is in the fitness of things that a University should grow from this Center to fulfill the desire of the people of this belt. Accordingly, Nagarjuna University came into being in August 1976.

Acharya Nagajuna University since then has grown into a large University with 39 Academic Departments, including several self-financed courses, which started operating since 1992. Its jurisdiction was extended to three districts now having over 450 affiliated colleges in Krishna, Guntur and Prakasam districts offering Under-Graduate, Post-Graduate, Engineering, Education, Law, Pharmacy and Oriental Languages courses. Now it has 39 Post-graduate teaching-cum-research courses on the campus, while 71 affiliated colleges offered P.G. courses. The University runs two P.G. centers-one at Ongole (a fully self-financed center) and another at Nuzvid (aided).

COURSES  OFFERED 

College of Arts

M.A. Economics

M.A. Rural Development

M.A Political Science

M.A. Public Administration

M.A Sociology

M.S.W (Master of Social Work)

M.A History

M.A Ancient History & Archaeology

M.A Mahayana Buddhist Studies

M.A Telugu

M.A Sanskrit

M.A English

M.A Hindi

M.Com

M.B.A

M.B.A (International Business)

M.B.A (Hospital Administration)

M.H.R.M 

M.T.T.M(Master of Tourism and Travel Management)

LL.M 

M.A Journalism & Mass Communication 

M.Ed.,

P.G. Diploma in Ambedkar Studies 

M.L.I.Sc 

College of Science

M.Sc. Aquaculture

M.Sc Bio-chemistry

M.Sc. Biotechnology

M.Tech Biotechnology

M.Sc. Botany

M.Sc. Chemistry

M.Sc. Electronics & Instrumentation Technology

M.Sc. Environmental Sciences

M.Sc. Foods & Nutritional Science

M.Sc. Geology

M.C.A.

M.Sc. Mathematics

M.Sc. Microbiology

M.Sc. Nano-Biotechnology 

M.Sc. Nano-Technology 

M.Sc. Physics

M.Sc. Statistics

M.Sc. Statistics (QR & OR)

M.Sc. Zoology