Coordinates: 13°5′2″N 80°16′12″E

University of Madras
University of Madras is a public state university in Chennai
University of Madras
(formerly Madras), Tamil Nadu, India.[1] Established in 1857, it
is one of the oldest universities in India after University of
Calcutta. The university was incorporated by an Act of the
Legislative Council of India.[2]

It is a collegiate research university and has six campuses in the

city: Chepauk, Marina, Guindy, Taramani, Maduravoyal and
Chetpet. It offers more than 230 courses under 87 academic
departments grouped under 19 schools, covering diverse areas
such as sciences, social sciences, humanities, management and
medicine along with 109 affiliated colleges and 52 approved
research institutions. It is one of the top universities in India that
provide distance education in various disciplines. Now the
Institute of distance education, University of Madras is offering
15 Undergraduate Courses, 20 Postgraduate Courses under CBCS
Pattern, 16 Diploma Courses and 12 Certificate Courses. Coat of arms of the University of
Madras
The National Assessment and Accreditation Council has Motto Doctrina Vim
conferred 'five star' accreditation to the university and it has been Promovet
given the status of 'University with Potential for Excellence' by Insitam (Latin)
the University Grants Commission.[3]
Motto "Learning
in English Promotes
University of Madras is the alma mater of two Indian Physics
Nobel Laureates, CV Raman and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Natural Talent"
five Presidents of India, including A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, and Type State university
several notable mathematicians including Srinivasa Ramanujan. Established 1857
Chancellor Governor of
Tamil Nadu
Contents Vice-Chancellor Prof. Duraisamy

History Location Chennai, Tamil

Nadu, India
Coat of arms
13°5′2″N
Schools and departments
80°16′12″E
Campuses and constituent colleges
Campus Urban
Senate House
Colors Cardinal
Affiliated colleges and research institutions
Affiliations UGC, NAAC,
Notable colleges
AIU
Research institutions
Mascot Lion
Notable alumni
Website www.unom.ac.in
Rankings (http://www.uno
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References ttp://www.ideuno
External links m.ac.in/)

History
Vice Chancellors[4]
Sir Christopher Rawlinson 1857
Sir Walter Elliot 1859
William Ambrose Morehead 1860
Sir Colley Harman Scotland 1862
Sir Alexander J. Arbuthnot 1871
William Holloway 1872
Lewis Charles Innes 1874
Charles Arthur Turner 1880, 1882[5]
James K. Kernan 1885–1889 Six prize students for the year 1865
Sir Arthur Hammond Collins 1889–1899 from the University of Madras
David Duncan 1899
Sri H. H. Shepard 1899
The Rev. William Miller 1901
Sir Charles Arnold White 1904
Sir S. Subramania Iyer 1904
Sir Charles Arnold White 1904–1908
Sir J. E. P. Wallis 1908–1916
Sir P. S. Sivaswami Iyer 1916–1918
The Hon. Justice Sri F. D. Oldfield
1918–1920
The Hon. Sir K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar
1920–1923
The Rev. E. Monteith Macphail 1923– The Madras University Senate
1925 House and Marina Beach, 1905
Diwan Bahadur Sir Raghupathi
Venkataratnam Naidu 1925–1928
Diwan Bahadur Sir K. Ramunni Menon The first ever demand for higher education in Madras
1928–1934
Presidency was given in a public address to Lord John
Richard Littlehailes 1934–1937
Elphinstone, Governor of Madras, signed by 70,000
Diwan Bahadur S. E. Ranganadhan
1937–1940 residents when the Governor in Council was contemplating
Sir Mohammad Usman 1940–1942 "some effective and liberal measures for the establishment of
Lt. Col. Dr. Sir A. Lakshmanaswami an improved system of national education." This public
Mudaliar 1942–1969
petition, which was presented by the Advocate General Mr.
Thiru. N. D. Sundaravadivelu 1969–
1975 George Norton on 11 November 1839, pressed the need for
Dr. Malcolm S. Adiseshiah 1975–1978 an English college in the city of Madras. Pursuant to this,
Dr. G. R. Damodaran 1978–1981 Lord Elphinstone evolved a plan for the establishment of a
Dr. Santappa 1981–1984 central collegiate institution or a ‘university.’ This university
Dr. B. B. Sundaresen 1984–1987 had twin departments – a high school for the cultivation of
Dr. Arumugam Gnanam 1988–1990 English literature, regional language, philosophy and
Dr. S. Sathikh 1990–1994
science, and a college for instruction in the higher branches
Dr. P. K. Ponnusamy 1994–1997
of literature, philosophy and science.
Dr. P. T. Manoharan 1997–1999
Dr. Pon. Kothandaraman 1999–2002
Rev. Fr. Dr. S. Ignacimuthu 2002–2003
 Prof. S. P. Thyagarajan 2003–2006 The University
Prof. S. Ramachandran 2006–2009 Board was
Col. Dr. G. Thiruvasagam 2009–2012 constituted in
Dr. R. Thandavan 2013–2016
January 1840 with
Dr. P. Duraisamy 2017–Present
Mr. George Norton
as its president. This was the precursor of the present Presidency
College, Chennai. A systematic educational policy for India was
formulated 14 years later by Wood's despatch, which pointed out
the rationale for "creating a properly articulated system of
education from the primary school to the University." The
Dispatch recommended the establishment in the universities of
Professorships "for the purposes of the delivery of lectures in
various branches of learning including vernacular as well as
classical languages." As a result, the University of Madras,
organized on the model of the University of London, was
incorporated on 5 September 1857 by an Act of the Legislative T. Schaya Iangar, a Madras
Council of India. University Professor, taken in the
1860s by a photographer from the
The university progressed and expanded through the 19th century Madras School of Industrial Arts
to span the whole of South India, giving birth to universities like
Mysore University (1916), Osmania University (1918), Andhra
University (1926), Annamalai University (1929), Travancore University (1937) presently University of
Kerala, Sri Venkateswara University (1954), Madurai Kamaraj University (1966), Bharathidasan
University (1982), Bharathiar University (1982), Manonmaniam Sundaranar University (1990), Tamil
Nadu Agricultural University (1971), Anna University (1978), Tamil University (1981), Mother Teresa
Women's University (1984), Dr. M.G.R. Medical University (1989), Veterinary and Animal Sciences
University (1989), Periyar University (1997) and Dr. Ambedkar Law University (1996).

In 1912 endowments were made to the university to establish departments of Indian History,
Archaeology, Comparative Philology and Indian Economics. In that year the university had 17
departments, 30 teachers, and 69 research scholars. Later the research and teaching functions of the
university were encouraged by the Sadler Commission and the gains of the University were consolidated
by the enactment of the Madras University Act of 1923. About this time, the territorial ambit of the
Madras University encompassed from Berhampur of Odisha in the North East, Trivandrum of Kerala in
the South West, Bangalore and Mangalore of Karnataka in the West and Hyderabad of Andhra Pradesh in
the North.

Between 1926 and 1939, the university published the comprehensive Tamil Lexicon dictionary, which is
the first among the dictionaries published in any Indian language.[6]

Coat of arms
The description of the Coat of Arms of the university, designed in 1857, is:

"Argent (silver or white) on a Mount issuant from

the basement a Tiger passant proper (walking and
coloured naturally), on a Chief Sable (black across
the top), a Pale Or (a gold or yellow vertical strip
 down the centre 1/3 of the top or chief), thereon,
between two Elephants heads couped of the field, a
lotus flower leaved and slipped of the third, together
with this motto Doctrina Vim Promovet Insitam".

The coat of arms colours are: the base is light green, the tiger is
yellow on a white background, the elephant is grey on a black
background, the lotus is a white flower with olive green leaves,
on a gold background. The motto scroll is edged red, with black University of Madras Entrance Arch
lettering. The English translation of the motto of the University of at Chepauk Campus
Madras is: "Learning promotes natural talent."

Schools and departments

The university is made up of over 13 chairs or centres, 20 schools
and 85 departments. The twenty schools are:[7]

School of Historical Studies

School of Social Sciences
School of Political and International Studies In Senate House: A view of the
School of Economics Madras Legislative Assembly in
School of Philosophy and Religious Thought 1937.

School of Fine and Performance Arts

School of English and Foreign Languages
School of Tamil and other Dravidian Languages
School of Sanskrit and Other Indian Languages
School of Management Studies
School of Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science
School of Information and Communication Studies
School of Earth and Atmospheric Science
School of Chemical Sciences
School of Physical Sciences
School of Life Sciences
School of Basic Medical Sciences
School of Nano Science and Photonics
Department of Physical Education
Schools are further divided into departments. The departments are:[7]

Department of Ancient History and Archaeology

Department of Indian History
Department of Adult and Continuing Education
Department of Anthropology
Department of Criminology
Department of Education
Department of Psychology
Department of Sociology
Department of Women's Studies
Centre for Cyber Forensics and Information Security
Department of Social Work
Department of Counselling Psychology
Department of Anna Centre for Public Affairs
UGC - Centre for South and Southeast Asian Studies
Department of Defence and Strategic Studies
Department of Legal Studies
Department of Politics and Public Administration
Centre for Population Studies
Department of Dr. Ambedkar Centre for Economic Studies
Department of Econometrics
Department of Economics
Department of Christian Studies
JBAS Center for Islamic Studies
Department of Jainology
Department of Philosophy
Department of Saiva Siddhanta
Department of Vaishnavism
Department of Indian Music
Department of English
Department of French
Department of Kannada
Department of Malayalam
Department of Tamil Language
Department of Tamil Literature
Department of Telugu
Department of Center for Thirukkural Research
Department of Sangapalagai for Tamil Development
Department of Arabic, Persian and Urdu
Department of Hindi
Department of Sanskrit
Department of Commerce
Department of Management Studies
Center for Infrastructural Management Studies
Department of Computer Science
Department of Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics
Department of Statistics[8]
Department of Journalism and Communication
Department of Library & Information Science
Department of Applied Geology
Department of Geography
Department of Geology
Centre for Environmental Sciences
Centre for Natural Hazards and Disaster Studies
 Center for Water Resource Management
Department of Analytical Chemistry
Department of Energy
Department of Inorganic Chemistry
Department of Organic Chemistry
Department of Physical Chemistry
Department of Polymer Science
Department of Central Instrumentation and Service Laboratory
Department of Crystallography and Biophysics
Department of Nuclear Physics
Department of Theoretical Physics
Department of Network Systems and Information Technology
Department of Material Science
Department of Biochemistry
Department of Biotechnology
Department of Centre for Advanced Study in Botany
Centre for Ocean and Coastal Studies
Department of Zoology
Department of Bio-informatics
Department of Anatomy
Department of Endocrinology
Department of Genetics
Department of Medical Biochemistry
Department of Microbiology
Department of Pathology
Department of Pharmacology and Environmental Toxicology
Department of Physiology
National Centre for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology
National Centre for Ultrafast Process
Department of Physical Education and Sports

Campuses and constituent colleges

The university is spread over six campuses, viz., Chepauk, Marina, Guindy, Taramani, Chetput and
Maduravoyal. The Chepauk campus of the university houses the VC's secretariat, central library,
centenary auditorium and the historic Senate House. The oriental and Indian languages departments are
located in the Marina Campus. The Guindy campus incorporates the natural sciences departments while
the campus at Taramani houses the school of basic medical sciences. The sports union and the botanical
garden are based in Chetpet and Maduravoyal campus respectively.

The university has two constituent college, in Nemmeli and Thiruvottiyur, offerings courses in arts and
science.[9]

Senate House
The University of Madras has a historical monument – Senate House – which is one of the landmarks of
the city of Chennai. The Senate House, the University's first building, inaugurated in the year 1879, is a
masterpiece of Robert Fellowes Chisholm, an architect of the 19th century, who blended the Indo-
Saracenic style with Byzantine and European architectural features. The university renovated the Senate
House in 2006.

Affiliated colleges and research institutions

Notable colleges
Loyola College Madras School of Art
Ethiraj College for Women Madras School of Social Work
Presidency College A. M. Jain College
S.I.V.E.T College Guru Nanak College
Madras Christian College M.O.P. Vaishnav College
Stella Maris College SHASUN College
Women's Christian College Stella Matutina College of Education
DG Vaishnav College Vivekananda College
Queen Mary's College Pachaiyappa's College
The New College Sir Theagaraya College

Research institutions
Adyar Cancer Institute
Central Leather Research Institute
Central Institute of Brackish Water
Aquaculture
Defence Services Staff College
Institute for Financial Management and
Research
King Institute of Preventive Medicine and
Research
Loyola Institute of Business Administration
Madras Institute of Development Studies
Madras School of Economics
MS Swaminathan Research Foundation
National Defence College
National Institute for Research in
Tuberculosis
National Institute of Epidemiology
Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in
Mathematics

Notable alumni
University of Madras has a strong alumni network with its alumni taking over many prestigious positions
across the world. Some of the prominent alumni include Nobel laureates C. V. Raman[10] and S.
Chandrasekhar,[11] mathematicians Srinivasa Ramanujan[12] and S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan,[13] former
presidents[14] Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, V. V. Giri, Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy, R. Venkataraman and A.P.J.
Abdul Kalam, politicians Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari,[15] C Subramaniam,[16] CN Annadurai[17] and
V. K. Krishna Menon,[18] civil servants T. N. Seshan,[19] Benegal Rama Rau[20] and Y. Venugopal
Reddy,[21] pioneers Verghese Kurien,[22] Raj Reddy[23] and M. S. Swaminathan,[24] economist K. N.
Raj[25] and C. Rangarajan,[26] business persons Indra Nooyi,[27] Ram Shriram[28] and Prathap C.
Reddy,[29] cinema actors and directors M.G. Ramachandran,[30] Gemini Ganesan[31] and Mani
Ratnam,[32] sports stars Viswanathan Anand,[33] Vijay Amritraj,[34] Ramanathan Krishnan,[35] Arvind
Swami,[36] and Viswanathan Anand[37] among others.
 Physics Nobel Mathematician, 2nd President of 11th President of
laureate, Sir C. V. Srinivasa India, Sarvepalli India, A.P.J. Abdul
Raman Ramanujan Radhakrishnan Kalam

M. S. Swaminathan, Computer scientist, PepsiCo Chess Grandmaster,

Father of green Raj Reddy Chairperson, Indra Viswanathan Anand
revolution Nooyi

Cognitive
neuroscientist, V. S.
Ramachandran

Rankings
Internationally, the university was ranked 171-180 in the QS
University rankings
University Rankings BRICS University Rankings of 2018.[38] In
India, the National Institutional Ranking Framework ranked it 29 General – international
overall[39] and 18 among universities in 2018.[40] A study QS (BRICS) (2018)[38] 171-
performed by the National Institute of Science, Technology and 180
Development Studies on the performance of universities in India General – India
in 1998-2008 listed Madras University as #5 based on publication
NIRF (Overall) (2018)[39] 29
for that period.[41]
NIRF (Universities) 18
 (2018)[40]
Grants
In 2011, the University Grants Commission selected the university as a university with potential for
excellence, under which the university gets ₹ 250 million (₹ 25 crore). The university had been selected
under phase 1 of the scheme in 2001–02 along with a few other universities in the country. UGC has
identified the school of geology and the school of zoology of the university as centres of excellence and
has allotted ₹ 32.5 million (₹ 3.25 crore) each for their development. The university is planning to use
the funds to buy equipment and improve infrastructure.[42]

In 2019, Ministry of Human Resource Development of Government of India granted 50 crores to

University for upgrading its research capabilities under Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan(RUSA)
scheme.[43]

See also
Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics

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