SRM Institute of Science and Technology. SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST), formerly SRM University, is a private deemed university, located in Kattankulathur, Chengalpattu (near Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. Founded in 1985 as SRM Engineering College in Kattankulathur, it gained the deemed University status in 2002. SRM Institute of Science and Technology is spread across five campuses — Kattankulathur, Ramapuram, Vadapalani,(all in Chennai), Ghaziabad and Tiruchirappalli. Those are all same University as per section 3 of University Grants Commission Act, 1956. It has three sister universities in Andhra Pradesh, Haryana and Sikkim.

History 
The first college of what is now SRMIST, SRM (Sri Ramaswamy Memorial) Engineering College, was established in 1985, followed by the other SRM colleges from 1992 to 1997. The institute gained deemed status in 2002 as SRM Institute of Science and Technology and renamed SRM University in 2006. In 2017, its name was reverted to SRM Institute of Science and Technology following UGC's order to drop "University" from the name.

Campuses
Located about  away from the city of Chennai, this campus is situated on a 250 acre site overlooking Grand Southern Trunk Road (GST Road), NH-32. The main campus at Kattankulathur consists of a College of Engineering and Technology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, College of Science and Humanities, School of Management, School of Architecture and School of Law. It is also one of the few schools in India that offers a Degree in Telecom studies.

Location
its location is

Ramapuram campus 
SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST), Ramapuram Campus, is a part of the SRM Group of Institutions. Located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, the Ramapuram campus is known for offering a wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, management, science, and humanities.

Vadapalani campus 
Vadapalani Campus is located at Vadapalani, Chennai. This campus houses the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Faculty of Management, Faculty of Science and Humanities. The SRM Institute for Medical Sciences is also located within the campus.

Tiruchirappalli campus
The  campus at Trichy on the Trichy-Chennai highway houses the faculties of Engineering & Technology, Science & Humanities, Allied Medical Science and Management.

Academics

Rankings 

The QS World University Rankings ranked SRM Institute of Science and Technology 271-280 in Asia in 2024.

SRM Institute of Science and Technology ranked 29th among engineering colleges in India by India Today in 2020. The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked it 13th in the engineering ranking, 11th in the pharmacy ranking, 12th among universities, 24th in research and 21st overall in NIRF 2024.

Notable alumni

 Sriram Krishnan, Senior Policy Advisor of AI, White House
 Nivetha Thomas, actress
 Murali Vijay, cricketer
 Vishnu Vishal, actor
 Iswarya Menon, film actress
 Neeraj Madhav, actor
 Varun Chakravarthy, cricketer
 Abhay Jodhpurkar, singer
 Shebin Benson, actor
 Vishnu Prasanna V., chess Grandmaster and coach of Gukesh D
 Karthik Venkataraman, chess Grandmaster
 Shrutika, Actress
 Manimegalai, TV Host

See also 
 SRM University, Andhra Pradesh

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Engineering colleges in Chennai
Universities and colleges in Kanchipuram district
All India Council for Technical Education
Deemed universities in Tamil Nadu
Academic institutions formerly affiliated with the University of Madras
Educational institutions established in 1985
1985 establishments in Tamil Nadu