'The Highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence' – Rabindranath Tagore
Believing in the dictum “Knowledge is Power”, Acharya Nagarjuna University has been delivering, disseminating and is creating human resources with sublime ethical standards. From November 2019 to till date Acharya Nagarjuna University has achieved 126 International Ranks, 39 National Ranks, 03 Certifications, 02 Records, 05 Awards (02 Green University Awards and 01 AP State Energy Conservation Award), in total 166 in different categories from well reputed World Ranking Organizations like Quacqarelli Symonds (QS), QS I-GAUGE, Times Higher Education (THE), Scimago, UI Green Metrics, National Institutional Ranking Frame Work (NIRF), MHRD – Swatchta Rankings, University Guru, SECA, INDIA TODAY, Green Mentors etc. Research, Consultancy and Innovations are the pillars for overall holistic education that ANU promotes. Our faculty with celestial standards of teaching, explore the unexplored areas of research in Science, Social Sciences, Engineering, Humanities, Languages, Literatures, and contemporary disciplines of knowledge. ANU is marching ahead in the right direction, providing a holistic education to the future generations and is playing a positive role in nation building. We reiterate our endeavour to provide premium quality education accessible to all and an environment for the growth of over-all personality development leading to the generation of 'Global Humanists'.
The University hosts students from several foreign countries to study in various faculties. Acharya Nagarjuna University bags International and National rankings to show its vibrant output to cater to the needs of the students of National and International level. It has six constituent colleges with 54 Departments on the green campus of ANU where the university bagged an International Green Campus ranking.
With a good number of affiliated colleges, the university offers Undergraduate programs, Postgraduate programs, Diploma courses and Doctoral programs. Thousands of students have successfully completed their Doctoral programs, Postgraduate programs and Undergraduate programs from this University so far. It’s a seat of learning for the Buddhist Studies. A good number of Buddhist monks and nuns from Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar study and conduct research in Buddhist Philosophy in the Department of Buddhist Studies on campus. Remarkable chairs like Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Chair, Mahatma Jyothirao Phule Chair, Babu Jagjivanram Chair and centres like the Centre for Scientific Socialism, Centre for Gandhian Studies and the Centre for Women’s Studies are doing meaningful research to meet the demands of downtrodden people of this country. As a part of National Education Policy, 2020, the university encourages interdisciplinary studies. As a part of knowledge exchange, the university has memorandum of understanding with the institutes at the international and national levels. Indian students from the campus go abroad to study as a part of the student exchange programme.
The ambience of the campus with large trees, uncountable plants, wide roads, well architected buildings, synthetic track and ninety percent greenery, brings a peaceful and serene atmosphere with a great quality of oxygen. Smart classrooms, ICT-based teaching, quality drinking water facilities and a library with a rare collection of books lure the learners to quench their thirst for knowledge. Learning is not only for knowledge, as William S. Burrough, an eminent philosopher says “the aim of education is knowledge, not of facts but of values”. Learning at this auspicious place is for the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth that proves the generations who successfully completed their studies on this campus. Competing with global standards, the campus has a 24-hour Wi-Fi facility and classrooms are connected to the internet by faculty with ICT equipment. The administration promises to provide further facilities and the authorities are ready to provide them for all the stakeholders.
It’s a great privilege to Acharya Nagarjuna University, named after Acharya Nagarjuna, a thinker, scholar, saint and philosopher. It paves the path to the great art of living and spiritual enlightenment for the entire humanity. The aim of education is knowledge, not of facts but of values. The objective of Acharya Nagarjuna University is to generate sources of knowledge that dispel ignorance and establish truth through teaching, learning and research. The University hosts students from several foreign countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Iraq, Panama, Vietnam, Libya, Mali, Lao’s, Thailand, Oman, Saudi Arabia, the USA, Nigeria, South Korea, Canada, the United Arab Emirates, etc., who study in various faculties. It’s a seat of learning for the Buddhist Studies. A good number of Buddhist monks and nuns from Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar study and conduct research in Buddhist Philosophy in the Department of Buddhist Studies on campus. The campus is only 22 kilometres away from Amaravathi, the land of Buddhism where the 30th Kalachakra was held in coincidence with the 2550th anniversary of the passing away of Lord Buddha in the presence of the preceptor Dalai Lama.
Acharya Nagarjuna University bags International and National rankings to show its vibrant output to cater to the needs of the students of National and International level. It has six colleges with 54 departments on the green campus of ANU where the university bagged an International Green Campus ranking. With a good number of affiliated colleges, the university offers Undergraduate programmes, Postgraduate programmes, Diploma courses and Doctoral programmes. Thousands of students have successfully completed their Doctoral programmes, Postgraduate programmes and Undergraduate programmes from this seat of learning so far. Remarkable chairs like Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Chair, Mahatma Jyothirao Phule Chair, Babu Jagjivanram Chair and centres like the Centre for Scientific Socialism, Centre for Gandhian Studies and the Centre for Women’s Studies are doing meaningful research to meet the demands of downtrodden people of this country. As a part of National Education Policy, 2020, the university encourages interdisciplinary studies. As a part of knowledge exchange, the university has memorandum of understanding with the institutes at the international and national levels. Indian students from the campus study abroad as a part of the student exchange programme.
