Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy (SASTRA) is a private deemed-to-be university under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956, conferred deemed status in 2001, at Tirumalaisamudram, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, with campuses at Kumbakonam and Chennai.
Thanjavur, India
Private
2001
Bachelor's, Master's
English
July, August
Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy (SASTRA) is a private deemed-to-be university under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956, conferred deemed status in 2001, at Tirumalaisamudram, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, with campuses at Kumbakonam and Chennai. It teaches engineering, management, law, sciences, humanities and education in English and awards its own degrees.
Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy (SASTRA) reported 11,759 students across all programmes and years in its NIRF 2026 data, 13 of them from outside India. The Thanjavur central library, Saraswathi Sadan, covers about 4,340 sq m and holds 1,56,400 print books and over 1,85,757 e-books, with full-text access to about 22,950 journals. The campus has an in-house 10-bed hospital, Vaidyanatha Arogyasala.
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B.Com. (Kumbakonam)
B.Com. (Chennai)
B.Com. (Computer Applications)
B.Com. (Banking, Financial Services and Insurance)
B.Tech. Aerospace Engineering
B.Tech. Bioengineering
B.Tech. Bioinformatics
B.Tech. Biotechnology
B.Tech. Computer Science & Engineering (IoT & Automation)
B.Tech. Computer Science & Engineering (Networks)
B.Tech. Computer Science & Engineering (Kumbakonam)
B.Tech. Computer Science & Business Systems
B.Tech. Computer Science & Engineering
B.Tech. Chemical Engineering
B.Tech. Civil Engineering
B.Tech. Computer Science & Engineering (Cyber Security & Block Chain Technology)
B.Tech. Computer Science & Engineering (Artificial Intelligence & Data Science)
B.Tech. Electronics & Communication Engineering
B.Tech. Electronics Engineering (VLSI Design & Technology)
B.Tech. Electronics & Communication Engineering (Cyber Physical Systems)
B.Tech. Electronics & Communication Engineering (Kumbakonam)
B.Tech. Electrical and Electronics Engineering (Smart Grid and Electric Vehicles)
B.Tech. Electrical and Electronics Engineering
B.Tech. Electronics and Computer Engineering
B.Tech. Information Technology
B.Tech. Information and Communication Technology
B.Tech. Industrial Engineering and Management
B.Tech. Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering
B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering (Digital Manufacturing)
B.Tech. Mechatronics
B.Tech. Robotics & Artificial Intelligence
B.Sc. Biochemistry (Kumbakonam)
B.Sc. Microbiology (Kumbakonam)
B.Sc. Computer Science (Kumbakonam)
B.Sc. Mathematics with Computer Applications (Kumbakonam)
B.Sc. Electronics Manufacturing
B.Sc. Electronics and Communication Systems (Kumbakonam)
B.Sc. Physics (Kumbakonam)
B.B.A. (Kumbakonam)
B.C.A. (Kumbakonam)
B.A. Economics & Public Policy (Chennai)
B.Optom. (Bachelor of Optometry), in collaboration with Dr. Agarwal's Institute of Optometry
M.Com. (Kumbakonam)
M.Tech. Aerospace Engineering
M.Tech. Big Data Biology
M.Tech. Integrated Biotechnology (5 years)
M.Tech. Industrial Biotechnology
M.Tech. Computer Science & Engineering
M.Tech. IoT and Automation
M.Tech. Structural Engineering
M.Tech. VLSI
M.Tech. Communication Systems
M.Tech. Embedded Systems
M.Tech. Wireless Smart Communications
M.Tech. Power & Energy Systems
M.Tech. Integrated Medical Nanotechnology (5 years)
M.Tech. Medical Nanotechnology
M.Tech. Digital Manufacturing
M.Tech. Artificial Intelligence & Robotics
M.Sc. Microbiology (Kumbakonam)
M.Sc. Biochemistry (Kumbakonam)
M.Sc. Bioinformatics
M.Sc. Biotechnology
M.Sc. Integrated Biotechnology (5 years)
M.Sc. Chemistry
M.Sc. Integrated Chemistry (5 years)
M.Sc. Computer Science (Kumbakonam)
M.Tech. Cyber Security
M.Sc. Data Science (AI Specialization with Zoho Corp) (Chennai)
M.Sc. Integrated Data Science (5 years)
M.Sc. Data Science
M.Tech. Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
M.Sc. Mathematics (Kumbakonam)
M.Sc. Integrated Mathematics and Computing (5 years)
M.Sc. Physics
M.Sc. Integrated Physics (5 years)
M.Sc. Electronics
M.B.A. (Chennai)
M.B.A. (Master of Business Administration)
M.C.A. (Master of Computer Applications)
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Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy (SASTRA) reported 11,759 students across all programmes and years in its NIRF 2026 data, 13 of them from outside India. The Thanjavur central library, Saraswathi Sadan, covers about 4,340 sq m and holds 1,56,400 print books and over 1,85,757 e-books, with full-text access to about 22,950 journals. The campus has an in-house 10-bed hospital, Vaidyanatha Arogyasala.
Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy (SASTRA) has 9 boys' and 6 girls' hostels at Thanjavur for over 4,000 men and 2,400 women. The published lodging fee runs from INR 16,000 for a non-AC 3-in-1 room to INR 90,000 for an AC single room with attached bath; first-year students get shared rooms, and single to 4-in-1 rooms open from the second year. Food is charged at actual cost, about INR 4,000 a month in SASTRA's 2025 guidance. Hostel rooms have 1 Gbps Wi-Fi.
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Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy (SASTRA) serves only vegetarian food in its Thanjavur hostels, cooked with steam-cooking facilities. Menus include North Indian dishes as well as South Indian meals. Meals are charged at actual cost, about INR 4,000 a month in SASTRA's 2025 admission guidance, and a photo ID card is needed to obtain meals.
Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy (SASTRA)'s Public Safety Office in the Thanjavur Student Center is staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Hostel residences have a single public entrance, and other exits are locked from inside and alarmed. Every student carries a photo ID card at all times. Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy (SASTRA)'s 10-bed hospital, Vaidyanatha Arogyasala, has two full-time doctors and a resident doctor, and campus consultations are free for students. NRI applicants have a dedicated admissions line (+91 4362 350016, nriadmissions@sastra.ac.in), open 08:45 a.m. to 05:15 p.m. except Sundays and public holidays.
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