Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
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| Motto | "In Pursuit of Excellence" |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1990 |
| Chancellor | Governor of Tamil Nadu |
| Vice-Chancellor | N. Chandrasekar |
| Location | 8°45′52″N 77°38′57″E / 8.76444°N 77.64917°E |
| Campus | Rural |
| Affiliations | UGC, NAAC |
| Website | http://www.msuniv.ac.in |
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University is a public university located in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India. It was hived off the Madurai Kamaraj University on 7 September 1990.
The motto of the university is "In Pursuit of Excellence". It is named after the Tamil scholar/professor Manonmaniam Sundaram Pillai. The university has 24 departments in arts, languages, sciences, engineering and technology. 102 colleges in the Kanyakumari, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi and Tirunelveli districts are affiliated to it.