Hostel facilities, Indian food availability, campus safety, and accommodation options at Anna University.
Hostel arrangements and costs vary by room type and academic year. Confirm current availability and fees directly with Anna University before making any payments.
Accommodation overview
Anna University (AU)'s CEG hostels charged UG students INR 42,625 at first-year entry in 2025-26, covering semester residential and maintenance charges, a mess advance of INR 17,500 and deposits. CEAP 2026 lists CEG and ACT hostels at INR 45,684 a year with mess of about INR 3,000 a month, MIT at INR 77,200 a year, and BIT Campus at INR 22,800 a year. Anna University runs separate international hostels, Flora for men and Lavender for women; foreign nationals get hostel details from the Centre for International Relations.
Food & daily living
Anna University (AU)'s Chennai campus hostels serve both vegetarian and non-vegetarian food, according to TNEA 2026 college data for CEG, ACT, SAP and MIT. Mess charges are billed separately from room rent: about INR 3,000 a month at CEG and ACT in CEAP 2026. No menu for specific religious or regional diets is published, so ask the hostel office before arrival.
Campus & lifestyle
Anna University (AU)'s four Chennai campuses are College of Engineering Guindy (CEG, teaching since 1794), Alagappa College of Technology (ACT, 1944) and the School of Architecture and Planning (SAP, 1957), all on Sardar Patel Road, Guindy, and the Madras Institute of Technology (MIT) at Chromepet. Three regional campuses (Coimbatore, Madurai, Tirunelveli) and 13 University Colleges of Engineering across Tamil Nadu teach Anna University B.E./B.Tech. branches, and some offer MBA, MCA or M.E./M.Tech.
Safety & student support
Anna University (AU) lists an anti-ragging phone line for each campus in TNEA 2026 (CEG 044-2235 8491, MIT 99620 85868), and every Chennai entrant signs an anti-ragging declaration with a parent at admission. The university runs a POSH (prevention of sexual harassment) cell. Hostels have resident counsellors, including at the international hostels. Anna University (AU)'s Centre for Admissions handles foreign-national, NRI and CIWGC applications (FNRIcfa@gmail.com, 044-2235 8314), and the Centre for International Relations advises admitted international students on fees and hostels (admissions.cir@annauniv.edu). Indian entrants may claim the First Graduate tuition concession, the 7.5 per cent government-school waiver or the Post-Matric Scholarship.
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