Manonmaniam Sundaranar University

Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
Motto	"In Pursuit of Excellence"
Established	1990
Type	Public
Location	Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India
Campus	Rural
Affiliations	UGC
Website	www.msuniv.ac.in

Manonmaniam Sundaranar University is a university in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was hived off the Madurai Kamaraj University on September 9, 1990.

The motto of the University is "In Pursuit of Excellence". It is named after the Tamil poet and dramatist Manonmaniam Sundaram Pillai. The university has 26 departments in arts, languages, sciences, engineering and technology. 102 colleges in the Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi and Kanyakumari districts are affiliated to it.

Its main campus is located at a 520 acres (2.1 km²) site in Abishekapatti, Tirunelveli where the majority of the university departments function. Another 120 acres (0.49 km²) campus at Alwarkurichi houses the Sri Parama Kalyani Centre for Environmental Sciences department and a 70 acres (280,000 m²) campus at Rajakkamangalam houses the Centre for Marine Sciences and Technology. Five of the affiliated colleges are more than one hundred years old

References

• Official website
• MSU Online learning programs