Andhra Pradesh is considered to be one of the best place for higher studies. Many universities in the state provide quality education to the students in and outside the state. Almost all the districts of the state have centres of higher education. The Government of the State also provides various schemes for the education to students.

The State also gets various education projects from the Central government to develop the current education system and thus providing elementary education to the poor students also. The various projects implemented by the state have caused a tremendous change in the literacy rate of the state. The government also encourages the students by providing scholarships and awards.

Autonomous Institutions and Controlling Authority

The state has many universities that spread over various districts. These universities are under the control of either the State Government or the private management. There are bunch of colleges in the state that works under various universities. Dravidian University, Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, etc. are some of the universities under state government.

Universities located in the Southern part of Andhra Pradesh

• Sri Krishnadevaraya University (Anantapur)
• Dravidian University, Kuppam (Chitoor)
• Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth (Tirupati)
• Sri Padmavati Mahila Vishvavidyalayam (Tirupati)
• Sri Venkataswara Institute Of Medical Sciences (Tirupati)
• Sri Venkateswara University (Tirupati)
• Vikrama Simhapuri University (Nellore)

Universities located in the Eastern part of Andhra Pradesh

• Malladi Mahavidyalaya (Guntur)
• Nagarjuna University (Guntur)
• University of Health Sciences Andhra Pradesh (Vijayawada)
• N.T.R. University of Health Sciences (Vijayawada)

Universities located in the Western part of Andhra Pradesh

• Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Vidyagiri (Anantapur)
• Sri Krishnadevaraya University (Anantapur)
• Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Anantapur (JNTU Anantapur)

Universities located in the Northern part of Andhra Pradesh

• Kakatiya University (Warangal)
• Andhra University Waltair (Visakhapatnam)
• Telangana University
• Satavahana University (Karimnagar)
• GITAM University (Visakhapatnam)

Universities located in the Central part of Andhra Pradesh

• Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University (Hyderabad)
• Andhra University (Visakhapatnam)
• Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages (Hyderabad)
• Dr B R Ambedkar Open University (Hyderabad)
• Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences(Hyderabad)
• Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (Hyderabad)
• Osmania University (Hyderabad).
• Potti Sri Ramulu Telugu University (Hyderabad)
• University of Hyderabad (Hyderabad)
• Maulana Azad National Urdu University

Top most Universities in Andhra Pradesh

Some of the topmost universities in the state are University of Hyderabad, Dravidian University, JNTU Hyderabad, GITAM University, Adikavi Nannaya University, Andhra University, Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University and Dr B R Ambedkar Open University