Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Other name | Amrita University |
|---|---|
| Motto | śhraddhāvān labhate jñānaṁ (Sanskrit) |
Motto in English | The earnest aspirant gains supreme wisdom |
| Type | Private, Deemed University |
| Established | 1994 |
| Founder | Mata Amritanandamayi |
| Accreditation | NAAC (A++) |
| Affiliation | UGC, AICTE |
| Chancellor | Mata Amritanandamayi |
| Vice-Chancellor | P. Venkat Rangan |
| President | Swami Amritaswarupananda Puri |
Academic staff | 2000+ |
| Students | 30,000+ |
| Address | , , , India 10°54′14″N 76°54′01″E / 10.9038°N 76.9003°E |
| Campus | multiple sites, 10 campuses across India, 1,300 acres (530 ha) |
| Colours | AM Maroon (Pantone 7426C) |
| Website | www |
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (or Amrita University) is a multi-campus private deemed university in India. It currently has 19 constituent schools spread across ten campuses in Coimbatore, Amritapuri (Kollam), Kochi, Bengaluru, Amaravati, Chennai, Faridabad, Mysore, Nagercoil and Haridwar. Accredited with the highest possible ‘A++’ grade by NAAC and ranked as 7th best university in India in National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024.
It is headquartered in Ettimadai, Coimbatore. The other ten campuses are satellite off-campuses of the same university as per section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956. It offers over 300 undergraduate, postgraduate, integrated-degree, dual-degree, doctoral programs in engineering, medicine, management, architecture & planning, natural sciences, Ayurveda & health sciences, agriculture & life sciences, commerce, Arts & humanities, social sciences, media & communication, law, fine arts and cultural studies. As of 2023, the university had a faculty strength of over 2000 and over 30,000 students.