List of institutions of higher education in Andhra Pradesh

In Andhra Pradesh there are 3 central universities, 19 central autonomous Institutions, 28 state universities, 7 deemed universities and 14 state private universities

Central universities

Universities	Location	Established	Specialization	Sources
Central University of Andhra Pradesh	Anantapuram	2018	General	[1]
Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh	Vizianagaram	2019	General	[2] [3]
National Sanskrit University	Tirupati	1956 (1989†)	Sanskrit	[4]

Central institutions (autonomous institutions)

Universities	Location	Established	Specialization
All India Institute of Medical Sciences	Mangalagiri	2018	Health care
Indian Institute of Management	Visakhapatnam	2015	Management
Indian Institute of Technology	Tirupati	2015	Technology
Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing	Kurnool	2015	Technology
Indian Institute of Information Technology	Sri City	2013	Technology
Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy	Visakhapatnam	2016	R&D in the Hydro Carbon
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research	Tirupati	2015	Science
Indian Maritime University – Visakhapatnam Campus	Visakhapatnam	2008	Naval Architecture
National Institute of Technology Andhra Pradesh	Tadepalligudem	2015	Technology
National Institute of Oceanography	Visakhapatnam	2015	General
School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada	Vijayawada	2008	Planning, Architecture
National Institute of Design	Amaravati	2015	Design
Indian Culinary Institute, Tirupati	Tirupati	2016	BBA–Culinary
Indian Institute of Packaging (not started)	Visakhapatnam (not started)	2018	Packaging
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade [5]	Kakinada	2018	MBA–IB
Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management	Nellore	2016	Tourism Management
National Institute of Ocean Technology (not started)	Nellore (not started)	2015	Ocean Technology
Central Tobacco Research Institute	Rajamahendravaram	1947	Tobacco Research
National Academy of Customs Indirect Taxes and Narcotics	Hindupuram	2015	Customs & Narcotics

State universities

There are 28 state public universities in the state. ^[6]

1. Established in 2007 as "Andhra Pradesh Horticultural University". The UGC lists 2011, the year of the act that renamed it. ^[19]

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