Anna University of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (AUTT) is a technological university located at Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

, India

India

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. It was established on 1 February 2007 as a result of a decision to split Anna University

Anna University

Anna University was a premier technical university in Tamil Nadu, India. Anna University was formed on September 4, 1978, as a unitary university that integrated four technical institutions in the city of Chennai , including the College of Engineering, Guindy, Alagappa College of Technology,...

 into six universities, namely, Anna University, Chennai, Anna University of Technology, Chennai

Anna University of Technology, Chennai

Anna University of Technology, Chennai was established on 1 February 2007 as a result of a decision to split Anna University into six universities, namely, Anna University, Chennai, Anna University of Technology, Chennai, Anna University of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Anna University of...

, Anna University of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore, Anna University of Technology Tirunelveli and Anna University of Technology, Madurai

Anna University of Technology, Madurai

Anna University of Technology, Madurai is a technological university located at Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. It was established on 1 February 2007 as a result of a decision to split Anna University into six universities, namely, Anna University, Chennai, Anna University of Technology, Chennai, Anna...

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The university is an accredited university with powers to grant affiliations to colleges and universities conducting graduate and post graduate studies, as well as diploma courses, and is so recognized by the UGC

University Grants Commission (India)

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AUTT offers higher education in engineering

Engineering

Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...

, technology

Technology

Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...

, management

Management

Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...

 and allied sciences. It also offers Post Graduate Courses to teaching faculty in other colleges to enrich their academic career through Modular Based Credit Banking System (MBCBS)
The AUTianz, is the official students' e-Magazine of Anna University of Technology, Tiruchirappalli.

History

AUTT was formerly known as the School of Engineering and Technology of the Bharathidasan University

Bharathidasan University

Bharathidasan University is a university in the city of Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu state, India. It has affiliated colleges in districts of the state, including Nagapattinam, Perambalur, Pudukkottai, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Tiruchirapalli. It is a recognised university, supported by the...

, and later the Bharathidasan Institute of Technology

Bharathidasan Institute of Technology

Bharathidasan Institute of Technology was established by Bharathidasan University in 1999 with a view of imparting quality education in the field of engineering. BIT was first located in the downtown Khajamalai Campus and was subsequently moved to the South Campus in 2001...

 (BIT). In December 2007, it was converted into an affiliating university

Affiliating university

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, with almost all engineering colleges in the south district under its fold and absorbed all the government engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu as its constituent colleges. This includes five constituent engineering colleges, 64 Self-Financing Colleges,10 MBA colleges, three MCA colleges and three colleges offering architecture.

In September 14, 2011 a bill was passed to merge back the universities.

Campus

The university main campus is situated in the southern part of Tiruchirappalli and extends over 300 acres (1.2 km²) adjoining the Mandayur and the Palkalai perur. The campus contains the AUTT, and houses nine technical departments of the AUTT.

Departments

Engineering

• Civil Engineering
  Civil engineering
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• Computer Science and Engineering
• Electrical and Electronics Engineering
• Electronics and Communication Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
  Mechanical engineering
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Technology

• Biotechnology
  Biotechnology
  Biotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology also utilizes these products for manufacturing purpose...
  
  
• Information Technology
  Information technology
  Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
  
  
• Petrochemical Technology
• Pharmaceutical Technology

Humanities

• English
  English studies
  English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...
  
  
• Mathematics
  Mathematics
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• Physics
  Physics
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• Chemistry
  Chemistry
  Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
  
  

Others

• Management Studies
• Computer Applications

The AUTianz

The AUTianz is the official students' e-magazine of Anna University of Technology.. The e-magazine was founded by students and has been functioning from 07.07.2010

It was previously published with a name AUTitanz, with a older website autitanz.blogspot.com

External links

• Anna University of Technology Tiruchirappalli