Total Area of Andhra University

Can you provide me the details of the Total Area of Andhra University in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh? Also provide me the contact detail and map of locationof the University as well?

[Pathak]

Andhra University is one of the oldest universities in India located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh and was established in 1926. It is located in a campus of 171 hectares (422 acres).

Campus
The university is a campus of 171 hectares (422 acres) spread with 121 buildings for academic, administrative, and support services, with a plinth area of about 190,000 square metres (2 million square feet), and 324 staff quarters.

Presently it serves the educational needs of five districts of Andhra Pradesh, namely Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari, Vizinagaram and Srikakulam.

Infrastructure

It contains two sections, the south campus and north campus.

The south campus houses the Arts, Humanities and Sciences departments along with the administrative block.

The north campus (established in 1962), comprises the engineering College.

It has four constituent colleges:

The College of Arts and Commerce is the biggest constituent college in the university with 28 departments offering 55 courses.

The College of Science and Technology has 19 departments, which offers 44 courses.

The College of Engineering has 16 departments involving in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

The College of Law has been identified as an advanced center in law by University Grants Commission.

It has a school of distance education having 32 study centers across the state and a study center at New Delhi.

The campus has 19 hostels for men and four hostels for women that accommodate 4,300 students. There is residential accommodation of 340 units of staff quarters.

It has three health centers, a homeopathy dispensary, three guest houses, a faculty club, an open-air theatre and a campus school for the children of university school.

Contact Detail:
Andhra University
Waltair Junction, CBM Compound, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh 530003

Map:
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