Anna University Regional Campus - Tirunelveli

Anna University Chennai - Regional Office, Tirunelveli, previously known as Anna University of Technology Tirunelveli, was established on 17 September 2007 as part of the division of Anna University into six separate universities: Anna University Chennai, Anna University Chennai - Taramani Campus, and regional offices in Tiruchirappalli, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, and Madurai. The university was granted powers to affiliate colleges and universities offering graduate and postgraduate programs in engineering, technology, and management. On 14 September 2011, a bill was passed to merge these universities back together. The university operated from the campus of the Government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli, located near Palayamkottai on NH 7 toward Kanyakumari, with additional campuses in Thoothukudi and Nagercoil. It offered undergraduate B.Tech and B.E. degrees, postgraduate M.Tech, M.E., M.B.A., and M.C.A. programs, and integrated five-year M.Sc. degrees in some fields. The university had 65 affiliated colleges along with two University Constituent Colleges established in 2009: University VOC College of Engineering, Thoothukudi, and University College of Engineering, Nagercoil.