Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli



MANONMANIAN SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY was established in 1990, as per the Act 31 of 1990, by the Government of Tamil Nadu as a teaching cum affiliating University. It was established in 1990 and named after the famous Tamil poet and scholar, P. Sundaram Pillai, who is also known as "Manonmaniam Sundaranar".

MSU offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and research programs in various disciplines such as arts, science, commerce, management, engineering, and technology. The university has 24 departments, including Tamil, English, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Commerce.

The university also offers distance education programs through its Directorate of Distance and Continuing Education. The programs offered through distance education include Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Diploma courses.

The University is located in a campus of 550 acres at Abishekapatti (on Tirunelveli – Tenkasi Road) at a distance of 8 kilometers from Tirunelveli junction. There are 17 academic departments in the University besides one Directorate of Distance and Continuing Education. Sri Paramakalyani Centre for Environmental Science (Supported by the Amalgamations Group, Chennai) is functioning at Alwarkurichi and the Centre for Marine Science and Technology is functioning at Nagercoil.

Around fifty thousand students are studying both in various University Departments and in 58 affiliated colleges. The University adopts Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) which is practiced in many of the world's acclaimed universities. M.S. University is the first in Tamil Nadu to implement it in a full-fledged manner. Every course and research programme offered by the University has been carefully chosen The University departments offer M.Phil. and Ph.D. Porgrammes (Full time and part time).

MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY.
Abishekapatti,
Tirunelveli 627 012,
Tamil Nadu

Phone: 91-462-2333741, 2338721;
e-mail: tvl_regismsu@sancharnet.in

Web : http://www.msuniversitytvl.net/