The College was started in 1931 as the combined Colleges of Arts, Science and Technology. In later years the combined colleges were bifurcated in the year 1966, with Prof. R.Ramanadham as its first principal.

The College of Science and Technology is made up of schools as follows:

School of Physics:

• Department of Physics
• Department of Nuclear Physics

School of Chemistry:

• Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
• Department of Organic Chemistry and Foods, Drugs and Water
• Physical and Nuclear Chemistry and Chemical Oceanography

School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences:

• Department of Geology
• Department of Geography
• Department of Geophysics
• Department of Meteorology and Oceanography

School of Mathematical Sciences:

• Department of Mathematics
• Department of Applied Mathematics and
• Department of Statistics.

School of Life Sciences:

• Department of Botany
• Department of Zoology
• Department of Marine Living Resources
• Department of Biochemistry
• Department of Human Genetics
• Department of Environmental Sciences
• Department of Microbiology
• Department of Biotechnology

Research and Development Centres edit

• Delta Studies Institute
• Population Research Centre
• Centre for Nuclear Techniques
• Centre for Marine Archaeology
• Hydrology and Water Management with Rural Bias
• University Science Instrumentation Centre

The Courses offered in the College are:

• M.Sc. (Two Year Courses)
• M.Sc. (Tech) - 3 Year Courses
• P.G.Diploma - 1 Year Course
• M.Phil. - In all the Departments
• PhD - In all the Departments

• U. Aswathanarayana, Honorary Director of the Mahadevan International Centre for Water Resources Management, India
• Trivikram Srinivas, M.Sc (Nuclear Physics), Film director

• Official website of AU College of Science and Technology

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