Sri Venkateswara University

Sri Venkateswara University provides residential facilities to graduate and postgraduate students, research scholars, post-doctoral fellows, and other researchers on the campus. Summer fellows, research associates, visiting scientists, faculty from other universities, and academics are also provided accommodation in the university guest house. Sri Venkateswara University's hostel for women started in 1954 with only one block. Now it has nine blocks: 5 in Premises I and 4 in Premises II, inclusive of a Working Women’s Hostel. There are three kitchens and five dining halls. The hostel office is attached to the hostels, with fourteen office staff and a manager.

The Sri Venkateswara University campus is completely Wi-Fi-connected. The university provides computers and uninterrupted internet facilities for research students and the faculty on campus. Direct internet facilities and common internet hubs are set up near the hostels and quarters on the campus to provide internet access free of charge. The university's central library is the major resource centre that provides information for research students and faculty. It provides unlimited access to the UGC INFONET e-resources and e-journals through the UGC INFONET Digital Library Consortium. Besides meeting the infrastructure needs, a cultural centre and world-class gymnasium and sports facilities are available. The digital library, Wi-Fi connectivity, networking, smart campus, air-conditioned auditorium, development of greenery, and state-of-the-art furniture in classrooms, faculty rooms, offices, and the guest house are in progress.

Candidates can apply for Distance Education programmes at SVU Tirupati by filling out application forms on the official website. Candidates need to select the subject as per their eligibility criteria and also select the Study Centre or DDE Admission Counselling Centre according to their convenience, and the application should be routed through the Study Centre or DDE Admission Counselling Centre only. After admission is given, every student will be allotted an enrollment number, which they should invariably carry throughout the period of study in all their future correspondence with the DDE. Without this number, it is not possible for the university to track the information.

Yes, Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati is recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and approved by the Distance Education Bureau. The Directorate of Distance Education was started in 1972 as the Institute of Correspondence Courses to cater to the needs of students who could not pursue a formal college education. At present, the Directorate of Distance Education is offering BSc (Regular), BA (Regular and Open University System), BCom (Regular and Open University System), BLISc, PG Diploma in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, Guidance and Counselling, Hospital and Health Care Management, Journalism and Mass Communication, and Dress Designing and Garment Making, apart from the Post-Graduate Courses (MA, MCom, MSc, MBA, and MSW).