Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science & Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore

Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science & Higher Education for Women is a women's Deemed University in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. It began in 1957 as the Avinashilingam Home Science College for Women, established by the Avinashilingam Education Trust, which was founded by T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar. The college later developed into a full-fledged university. It was part of the University of Madras until it separated in June 1987, and it is now recognized as the largest institution in the country for home science education. Since 1989, the university has offered two majors and two ancillaries for undergraduate degree courses, with the academic year divided into two semesters, each comprising a minimum of 100 working days. In 2024, the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked it 98th among universities in India and 151–200 overall. The institute comprises seven schools, each headed by a Dean who is a senior professor: the School of Physical Sciences and Computational Sciences, School of Biosciences, School of Arts and Social Sciences, School of Home Sciences, School of Education, School of Management Studies, School of Engineering, and School of Allied Health Science.