Anna University, Coimbatore

The Regional Campus Coimbatore of Anna University was established during 2012. It offers higher education in Engineering and Technology. Located in an Arcadian environment and away from the hustle and bustle crowd of the city. The Regional Campus Coi bustle crowd of the city. The Regional Campus Coimbatore is equipped with excellent infrastructure and highly qualified members of faculty, who facilitate hands on experience to students to master their skills in various disciplines. Anna University Regional Campus, Coimbatore is a regional campus of Anna University. It offers full time UG and PG courses in university campus in Coimbatore along with more than 40 degree programmes through its Distance Education Arm Directorate of Online and Distance Education. It was established in 2007. Anna University, Coimbatore 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, Coimbatore, Anna University of Technology Tirunelveli and Anna University of Technology, Madurai.[citation needed] In 2010 it was renamed Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore.[citation needed] In September 14, 2011 a bill was passed to merge back the universities and make it a regional campus of Anna University. The regional campus of was established during 2012. The campus is located on 130.33 acres of land close to Bharathiar University. Initially the university operated from a temporary campus situated in the Jothi Mills compound,[citation needed] before shifting to the current location. Anna University (AU) Coimbatore, is a public university, located on the outskirts of Coimbatore city, established on 4th September 1978, recognized by UGC as “University with Potential for Excellence (UPE)”. The University provides many UG, PG and Research Programs for PhD students’ courses in various disciplines of Engineering & Technology relevant to the current and projected needs of the society.