The Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy SASTRA University, is a deemed university in the town of Thirumalaisamudram, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India. It was established in 1984. The University is approved by UGC.

SASTRA University campus area-

The campus occupies a built up area of over 2,000,000 square feet (190,000 m2) and houses a population of over 9,000 students.

The institute has nine boys’ hostels and five girls hostels providing accommodation to over 5000 boys and 3000 girls.

There are facilities for sports and body building.

There are 30 rooms with all basic amenities catering to the needs of the visitors.

The entire campus is networked with a 1 GB fibre-optic cable and is Wi-Fi enabled to provide wireless access to the 366 Mbit/s internet leased line for the students and faculty.

Schools and departments

Schools in SASTRA University are:

School of Chemical and Biotechnology [SCBT]
School of Civil Engineering [SOCE]
School of Computing [SOC]
School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering [SEEE]
School of Humanities and Sciences
School of Management [SOM]
School of Mechanical Engineering [SOME]
School of Law
Centre for Advanced Research in Indian System of Medicine [CARISM]
Centre for Nanotechnology and Advanced Biomaterials [CeNTAB]
Directorate of Distance Education - SASTRA
Tifac-Core for Advanced Computation

Contact address

SASTRA University
Thirumalaisamudram, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu 613401