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Academic Departments

Department of Physics
Department of Chemistry
Department of Computer Science
Department of Economics
Department of Zoology

Departments

Department of Politics and Public Administration

The Department of Politics and Public Administration was established in 1937 with Dr. Eddy...

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Department of Adult and Continuing Education

Besides teaching, research & extension the three functions of University system as mandated...

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Department of Anna Centre for Public Affairs

The Centre was established out of a liberal grant of Rs. 21 lakhs from the former Chief Minister...

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Department of Agro Economic Research Centre

The Government of India has established Agro Economic Research Centres through out the country...

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Department of Dr. Ambedkar Centre for Economic Studies

Dr. Ambedkar Foundation, Government of India, instituted Dr. Ambedkar Chair in Economics in the...

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Department of Journalism & Communication

One of the first journalism programmes in Asia (outside Japan) was started by the University of...

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Department of Library & Information Science

The origin of Library and Information Science education in the University of Madras starts with...

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Department of Analytical Chemistry

This department was created in 1959 to produce well trained analytical chemists to meet the...

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Department of Anatomy

The Department of Anatomy started functioning from 1st July 1977. Dr. A. Krishnamurti was the...

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Department of Ancient History and Archaeology

The Department of Ancient History and Archaeology had its inception in the year 1959 with...

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Department of Anthropology

The Department of Anthropology was started in 1945 with Certificate and Diploma courses....

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Department of Applied Geology

Courses Offered : => M.Sc Applied Geology => M.Phil Applied Geology

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Department of Arabic, Persian and Urdu

The University of Madras has as early as 1911 instituted an Oriental Faculty for the study of...

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Department of Centre for South and Southeast Asian Studies

The Centre for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Madras, comes under the Area...

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Department of Bio Informatics

Department of Bio Informatics Chepauk, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600005, India Contact No : 044 2539 9422

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Department of Biochemistry

The department was started in 1933 to foster research on the subject and for teaching at the...

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Department of Medical Biochemistry

The Department of Medical Biochemistry is the first department to be established in the Institute...

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Department of Crystallography and Biophysics

The Department of Crystallography & Biophysics was founded in 1952 with Prof. G.N....

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Department of Biotechnology

Started in the year 1997. Courses Offered : => M.Sc-Biotechnology Infrastructure :...

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Department of Botany

The University Botany Laboratory was established in 1930. In 1933 Prof. M.O.P. Iyengar took over,...

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Department of Technology Business Incubator (TBI)

Department of Technology Business Incubator (TBI) A JOINT INITIATIVE OF UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS...

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Department of Centre for Ocean and Coastal Studies

All nations across the globe are focusing heavily on how to develop and use the ocean and its...

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Department of Centre for Population Studies

The Centre for Population Studies was started on February 2007 with the objective of...

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Department of Centre for Research Dravidian Movement

Department of Centre for Research Dravidian Movement University of Madras Chennai Tamil Nadu...

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Department of National Centre for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology

National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NCNSNT) is supported by MHRD Grant through...

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Department of National Centre for Ultrafast Process

National Centre for Ultrafast Processes was established in 1997 initially as a DST-IRHPA-National...

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Department of Central Instrumentation and Service

This centre was established in 1976 as the Central Instrumentation and Service Laboratory and...

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Department of Inorganic Chemistry

The Department of Inorganic Chemistry was established in the year 1976 under the Headship of...

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Department of Organic Chemistry

The Department of Organic chemistry was started in the year 1950 by the University of Madras as...

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Department of Physical Chemistry

The Department of Physical Chemistry was established as a Research Department in August 1952,...

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Department of Christian Studies

The Department of Christian Studies was started in 1984 as an Endowment Chair in Christianity...

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Department of Commerce

The Board of Studies in Commerce was first established in 1926 and B.Com.(Pass) course was first...

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Department of Mass Media and Communication Studies

Department of Mass Media and Communication Studies One of the first journalism programmes in...

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Department of Computer Science

The Department was instituted in the year 1987. The Department started three year M.C.A. program...

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Department of Criminology

The Problem of Crime has been increasing at an alarming rate over the years. Apart from higher...

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Department of Defence and Strategic Studies

The Department was established in the year 1977 with Air Vice Marshal F.V.A.Scudder (Retd.) as...

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Department of Econometrics

The Department of Econometrics was established in July 1980 by bifurcating the parent Department...

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Department of Economics

The University of Madras, Department of Economics, began in 1912, is the earliest one to be set...

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Department of Education

The Department of Education was established in 1976, with Dr.(Miss)E.G. Vedanayagam as the first...

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Department of Endocrinology

To offer inter-disciplinary M.Sc degree programme in Biomedical Sciences and M.Phil and Ph.D...

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Department of Energy

The Department of Energy was established in August 1983 as part of the Post-Centenary Silver...

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Department of English

With the appointment of Dr. S.P. Appasamy and Dr. T. Prabhakar Reddy as Professor and Reader...

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Department of French

To create responsible independent and caring young citizens of India who have obtained quality...

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Department of Genetics

Department of genetics was established in 1969 and has been pursuing basic and applied research...

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Department of Geography

The Department of Geography at the Madras University is one of the oldest Departments in this...

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Department of Hindi

In view of the increasing importance of the study of Hindi, specially in the field of he...

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Department of Indian History

The Department of Indian History has noble aims such as fostering Historical Studies and...

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Department of Indian Music

The Department of Indian Music which was started on May 19th, 1932, celebrated its Platinum...

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Department of Islamic Studies

Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed Centre for Islamic Studies was established in the University of...

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Department of Jainology

The Department of Jainology was established in the University of Madras, in the year 1983, on the...

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Department of Kannada

The Department of Kannada was started in 1927. It is worth while to mention that, this is the...

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Department of Legal Studies

The Department of Legal Studies, a heritage Department of the University of Madras was...

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Department of Malayalam

To Teach Malayalam language and literature in P.G. level to bring out innovative research...

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Department of Management Studies

The Department of Management Studies( DOMS ) is one of the India's oldest and the most...

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Department of Material Science

Department of Material Science Chepauk Chennai Tamil Nadu 600005 India Contact No : 044 2539 9422

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Department of Mathematics

Earlier to establishment of the Department of research in Mathematics by the University of...

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Department of Microbiology

The Department of Microbiology was established on November 1st, 1976. In 1978, Dr. S. Subramanian...

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Department of Network Systems And Information Technology

Department of Network Systems And Information Technology Chepauk, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600005,...

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Department of Nuclear Physics

The Department of Nuclear Physics offers M.Sc.(Physics and Electronic Science),M.Phil. and Ph.D....

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Department of Pathology

The pathology department was started in the new campus of PGIBMS in 1977 with Dr. Anguli as the...

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Department of Pharmacology and Environmental Toxicology

The department was established in 1976 and has two major components namely Pharmacology and...

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Department of Philosophy

The department of Indian Philosophy was started in 1927 for promoting South Indian Philosophical...

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Department of Physical Education and Sports

Madras University is one of the oldest Universities in India established about 153 years ago...

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Department of Physiology

The Department was established in the year 1976. Professor Saratha Subramaniam was the First Head...

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Department of Polymer Science

The Department of Polymer Science was established in 1983, upon bifurcation of the Department of...

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Department of Psychology

True to the origin of the very discipline of Psychology from the roots of Philosophy, the...

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Department of Saiva Siddhanta

The Department of Saiva Siddhanta was instituted as an Endowment Department in the year 1983 on...

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Department of Sanskrit

The Department of Sanskrit owes its origin to the Presidency College, which appointed the first...

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Department of Social Work

Department of Social Work University of Madras Chepauk Chennai Tamil Nadu 600005 India Contact...

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Department of Sociology

Ancestry of the Department of Sociology (1966-71) : The Department of Sociology has its...

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Department of Statistics

The Department of Statistics, was formed initially on creating, a post of Lecturer in 1941. The...

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Department of Tamil Language

The Department of Comparative Philology, Oriental Research Institute, University of Madras first...

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Department of Telugu

Courses Offered : => M.A Telugu => M.Phil M.A Telugu Department of Telugu...

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Department of Theoretical Physics

Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Madras. The department was established in 1964....

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Department of Thirukkural Research Endowment

Department of Thirukkural Research Endowment University of Madras Paridhimal Kalaignar Campus...

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Department of Vaishnavism

The University of Madras is the only University in the whole of the country to have a separate...

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Department of Womens Studies

Started in 2013, the Department of Women's Studies is a new addition to the teaching and...

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Department of Zoology

The first Science Department of this prestigious university was instituted by the senate in the...

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Department of Geology

Department of Geology

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Department of Tamil Literature

Department of Tamil Literature

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The University of Madras offers popular courses like M.Sc. Biotechnology, M.A. Economics, MBA, M.Sc. Computer Science, and various Ph.D. programs.

The University of Madras is consistently ranked among the top universities in India and holds an A++ grade from NAAC.

Yes, the University of Madras provides separate hostel facilities for boys and girls with essential amenities like Wi-Fi, mess, and security.

The average package offered at the University of Madras placements is around 6.5 LPA, with the highest package reaching up to 25 LPA for certain courses.
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  • Est. Year: 1857
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