Central University of Tamil Nadu (CUTN) is a Central University located in Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, India, and Prof. M. Krishnan is the Vice-Chancellor of this Central University, which now has over 2,000 students in 27 Departments under 12 Schools. CUTN was ranked in the 51–100 band among universities in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2022.

History

CUTN was established by the Government of India in 2009 under the Central Universities Act, 2009. It was inaugurated in September 2009 and B. P. Sanjay was appointed the first Vice-Chancellor (V-C). Aditya Prasad Dash was appointed as the V-C in August 2015.

G. Padmanabhan replaced V. Krishnamurthy as the Chancellor in July 2018. Karpaga Kumaravel replaced Aditya Prasad Dash as acting V-C in August 2020. Prof. M. Krishnan joined as new regular V-C of CUTN on 6 August 2021. With eight students in M.A. English Studies, the university started functioning in November 2009. Now, it offers over 60 programmes. CUTN is spread across 516.76 acres in Thiruvarur.

CUTN had its Academic Campus in the Neelakudi village of Thiruvarur and its Residential Campus in the Nagakudi village. It also has a Community College that offers Certificate, Diploma and Degree programmes.

List of Schools

1. School of Basic and Applied Sciences

2. School of Behavioural Sciences

3. School of Commerce and Business Management

4. School of Communication

5. School of Earth Sciences

6. School of Education and Training

7. School of Mathematics and Computer Science

8. School of Performing Arts and Fine Arts

9. School of Social Sciences and Humanities

10. School of Technology

11. School of Life Sciences

12. School of Legal Studies

List of Departments

1. Department of Life Sciences

2. Department of Physics

3. Department of Chemistry

4. Department of English Studies

5. Department of Tamil

6. Department of Economics

7. Department of Social Work

8. Department of Hindi

9. Department of History

10. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health

11. Department of Microbiology

12. Department of Mathematics

13. Department of Computer Science

14. Department of Applied Psychology

15. Department of Commerce

16. Department of Management

17. Department of Media and Communication

18. Department of Library and Information Science

19. Department of Education

20. Department of Materials Science

21. Department of Music

22. Department of Law

23. Department of Statistics and Applied Mathematics

24. Department of Horticulture

25. Department of Tourism and Hospital Management

26. Department of Geography

27. Department of Geology

Ranking

University and college rankings
General – India
NIRF (Universities) (2023)	89

CUTN was ranked 89th among universities in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2023.