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List of best colleges in Vellore to do graduation course in Astronomy? Can you please list the college names and let me know the details of the admission procedure? Awaiting to get the answer soon as possible. Please provide me the feedback.

List for Astronomy Course in Vellore(Chennai) are as below :

1- Radio Astronomy Center , Chennai
2- Karpagam University , Chennai
3- Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai
4- Vel Tech Dr Rangrajan Dr Sakunthala Technical University, Chennai
5- Kongu Engineering College, Erode
6- Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi
7- Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur
8- Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai

Also you can do Astronomy course online. To get admission in Online training centers you will have to pay some money to get User Id and Password. Then you can login into online portal and study as per your timing.

Some of the best tutor for Astronomy Online courses :

1- Galaxies, Stars and Planets - The Open University
2- Astronomy class - University of California, Berkeley
3- Frontiers and Controversies in Astrophysics - Yale University
4- Extrasolar Planets: Physics and Detection Techniques - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

You can go either for regular classes as well as for Online classes, It depends on you to choose any one option.

There is no astrology college is present in your area (Vellore). You can take admission in any other college in Tamil Nadu. Here am providing you the best two colleges for astrology in Tamil Nadu. Just check out the colleges given below.

1). Madurai Kamaraj University
Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Tel: 2458421, 2459185

2). Karpagam University
NH-209, Kollegala Main Road
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
(0422) 2980022, 2980023

List of Some Top Astronomy Colleges in India======>

**Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

**Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore

**Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences ( ARIES), Nainital

**Raman Research Institute, Bangalore

**National Centre for Radio Astronomy - Tata Fundamental Research Institute - Pune

**Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics – Pune

**Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI), Allahabad.

Online graduate courses in astronomy can be difficult to find, in part because astronomers often use high-tech equipment

List of Colleges:
1. Harvard University
2. Yale University
3. Amherst University

List of best colleges in Vellore to do graduation course in Astronomy.......

1.Centre for Distance Education, Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University,Andhra Pradesh
2.Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences,Uttarakhand
3.Department of Jyothisha & Vaastu, Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University,Hyderabad
4.Department of Futures Studies, University of Kerala
5.Faculty of Arts, Chaudhary Charan Sigh University,Meerut
6.Aditya College of Design Studies,Mumbai
7.Srinivasa Ramanujan Centre,Tamil Nadu
8.Maharishi Institute of Vedic And Management Sciences,Bhopal
9.Institute of Astrology, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan,New Delhi.

# Names of few colleges/institutes/universities offering degree in astronomy:

* Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Naintal, Uttrarakhand
* Institute of Astrology, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, New Delhi
* Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kochi, Kerala
* Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), School of Inter-Disciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies, New Delhi
* Telugu University, Hyderabad
* Srinivasa Ramanujan Centre, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
* Department of Physics, Mother Teresa Woman's University, Tamil Nadu
* Joint Astronomy Programme (JAP), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
* Kumaon University
* Swami Ramanand Teerth University, Nanded, Maharashtra
* Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune



# Followings are the areas where one can get employment after getting degree in astronomy:

* Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)
* Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA)
* Raman Research Institute (RRI)
* Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO)
* Aryabhata Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES)
* Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
* Physical Research Laboratory
* National Centre for Radio Astrophysics
* Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune