Acharya Nagarjuna University

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 center of learning, attracting a large number of teachers and students from distant parts of the world.

The Acharya Nagarjuna University at present offers post-graduate education in 47 courses (39 on the University campus, 4 at University PG Campus at Nuzvid and 5 at University PG Campus at Ongole) besides Post-graduate courses in affiliated colleges.
University has got over 450 affiliated colleges in Krishna, Guntur, and Prakasam Districts. Details of the colleges. Teaching and Research are the two eyes and twin goals of the faculty in the University College. The research programs carried out in the various Departments cover both fundamental and applied areas. The University has two post-graduate centers, one at Nuzvid, Krishna District, and the other at Ongole, Prakasam.