The Annamalai University was founded in 1929 by the munificence and single-minded devotion of the farsighted and noble hearted philanthropist and patron of letters, the Honourable Dr. Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar of Chettinad, Kt., LL.D., D.Litt. Since then the Annamalai University has grown into a premier, unitary and residential teaching university.Annamalai University today is spread over an extensive campus of about one thousand acres and has the Faculties of Arts, Science, Indian Languages, Engineering and Technology, Education, Fine Arts, Agriculture, Medicine and Dentistry and, in all, they comprise 48 departments of study. more... See more text