PG Department of Legal Studies and Research, Acharya Nagarjuna University

Acharya Nagajuna University since then has grown into a large University with 39 Academic Departments, including several selffinanced courses, which started operating since 1992. Its jurisdiction was extended to three districts now having over 450 as extended to three districts now having over 450 affiliated colleges offering UnderGraduate, PostGraduate, Engineering, Education, Law, Pharmacy and Oriental Languages courses. Now it has 39 Postgraduate teachingcumresearch courses on the campus, while 71 affiliated colleges offered P.G. courses. The University runs two P.G. centersone at Ongole (a fully selffinanced center) and another at Nuzvid (aided). The policy of the University is to encourage the University College and the affiliated colleges to introduce joboriented courses at the Degree and PostGraduate levels. Academic autonomy was extended to four of the colleges as per the directions of the University Grants Commission, New Delhi. The University has ensured that, while there is a need for quantitative improvement with the increasing demand for higher education, from the community at large, the quality of education offered at various levels is also maintained at a high level. The University has been striving to maintain high academic standards in consonance with quantitative increase in the number of students being enrolled every year.