SRM University is one of the top ranking universities in India with over 50,000 students and nearly 3,600 faculty across all the campuses offering a wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs in Engineering, Management, Medicine and Health Sciences, Hotel Management, Science and Humanities and a School of Law. The focus of SRM University is on three R’s- Rigour, Relevance and Research. At the start of the 21st century, SRM University is uniquely prepared among the other universities by its breadth of scholarship, entrepreneurial heritage and pioneering faculty to provide research and real-world approaches to address many of the current issues. The era of globalization means many things to SRM: research on issues relating to science and technology, exchanges with foreign universities, overseas opportunities for undergraduates and collaboration.
The university embarked upon ambitious strategic initiatives to ensure that SRM continues to educate future leaders and to find solutions to the most pressing global challenges through its International Advisory Board with eminent scholars from 40 top universities/organizations across the world, Corporate Advisory Board with eminent executives from 250 leading companies, Faculty Abroad Program, Student Semester Abroad Program, Research Institute, Innovation in Teaching and Learning Pedagogy and Diversity of students from 52 countries and from across India. All these led the University to be ranked as India's No.1 Private Engineering University by The Times of India 2016|2015|2014 and India Today 2015 (factual ranking). Earlier SRM ranked as India’s No.1 Multiple streams Private University by “The Education Times” (The Time of India), DNA and Zee News. NAAC and MHRD placed SRM in “A” category. University’s Kattankulathur campus, four undergraduate engineering programs have been accredited by Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET, USA and one undergraduate IT program has been accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) of ABET.
We live in an increasingly interconnected world that faces challenges and complex problems on a global scale. To address this, SRM embarks on research, innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives, striking global alliances.