SASTRA University Thanjavur - Shanmugha Arts Science Technology Research and Academy

SASTRA Deemed University, also known as the Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology, and Research Academy, is a prestigious higher education institution in Tamil Nadu's Thirumalaisamudram village. Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy was established in 1984 and was granted deemed university status in the year 2001 under Section 3 of the UGC Act by the Government of India in 1956. It has received GRADE A+ accreditation from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). The SASTRA University is ranked among universities on the number six, the nature of the university is deemed to be one.  SASTRA University is approved by UGC and all courses offered by the university are approved too. SASTRA University ranked 38th in the engineering category, 17th in the law category, 50th in the research category, 22nd in the university category and 42nd in the overall category in the NIRF 2021 Ranking.

National ranking organisations such as Times Higher Education and QS have also given SASTRA high marks. SASTRA University has eight colleges, two centres, and a distance education directorate that delivers undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programmes in technology, engineering, medicine, education, the arts, law, and administration. The SASTRA University offers a vast array of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, all of which are supported by research and theoretical structure. Following the classes, students can pursue thesis and dissertation studies at the doctoral level, which will allow them to gain a deeper and vivid understanding of the core concepts. Candidates who want to qualify for a specific programme must complete the SASTRA admissions council's structural process. 

SASTRA University Location 

Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology, and Research Academy is located in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, at Trichy-Tanjore Road, Thirumalaisamudram. The institution is about 11 kilometres from Alakkudi Railway Station. SASTRA University is about a kilometre away from Sastra Bus Depot. To get there, visitors can rent a car or take an auto-rickshaw. Traveling to Sastra University from Trichy Airport takes 2 hours and 7 minutes. The distance between Sastra University and Trichy Airport is approximately 106 kilometres (65.9 miles) or 57.2 nautical miles.  

SASTRA University Latest News and Updates 

• SASTRA University to establish VR Facility in 75 schools across Tamil Nadu

On the occasion of the National Science Day Awards, Sastra Deemed to be University announced it will establish a virtual reality facility in 75 schools in Tamil Nadu. The VR facility will provide students with an immersive & experiential learning experience. The cost of each VR facility is estimated to be around Rs. 2 lakhs. 

• SASTRA took part in the National Science Day celebrations

SASTRA University held a virtual celebration of National Science Day. SASTRA University and the Chandrasekhar Foundation founded the SASTRA-Prof. Saroj Chandrasekhar Memorial Award in order to honour and reward the female candidates. 

• SASTRA student has developed the world's lightest Femto satellite, which will be launched by Nasa 

S.Riyasdeen of SASTRA University designed the World's Lightest Femto Satellite For Nasa Launch and won the Cubes in Space Global Modeling Competition for Space Launch in NASA Rocket & Scientific Balloon, bringing laurels to the university.

• SASTRA and TCS collaborate to provide proctored hybrid end-of-semester exams

SASTRA academic council has collaborated with TCS to administer a remote proctored hybrid end-term exam for students' evaluation for the academic year 2020-2021. 

• SASTRA Announces the Launch of a Ph.D Programme on "The Evolution of Indian Media Before and After Independence"

In the memory of the renowned and multifaceted journalist Cho S Ramawamy, whose calibre is comparable to intellectual Chanakya, an outstanding satire speaker, and a seasoned journalist, SASTRA recently announced the start of a PhD programme on ‘The History of Indian Media before and after Indian Independence.'

• On National Science Day, SASTRA honours and rewards women

The SASTRA-Professor Saroj Chandrasekhar Memorial Award was founded in collaboration with the Chandrasekhar Foundation to honour and award female doctoral candidates in the third or fourth year of study. 

• SASTRA Law School all Girls Team Wins SAARC Law Mooting Competition   

An all women team from the SASTRA School of Law comprising three final year students of the 5-Year Integrated LLB programme - Thejaswini .C.B., Pavitra. M & Kavitha Ravi won the 6th Prof. N.R. Madhava Menon SAARC Law Mooting Competition organised by Lloyd Law College, Noida. This SAARC Moot saw the participation of 18 Law Schools from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, UAE, Maldives and Afghanistan. The moot problem was on an environmental law issue involving the UN Framework Convention on climate change.

• SASTRA celebrated National Science Day 

SASTRA University celebrated National Science Day virtually. The audience were welcomed by Prof. S. Vaidhyasubramaniam, Vice-Chancellor, SASTRA.  Dr Renu Swarup presented the SASTRA - G N Ramachandran Award to Prof. Ajay Kumar Ghatak, formerly Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, the SASTRA –Obaid Siddiqi Award to Dr. Gitanjali Yadav, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi and SASTRA – C N R Rao award for Chemistry and Materials Science for the year 2021 to Prof. A. K. Ganguli, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and Prof. G. Mugesh, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore at the event. Adding further to the list SASTRA, along with Chandrasekhar Foundation, introduced the SASTRA-Prof. Saroj Chandrasekhar Memorial award in order to recognize and reward women candidates and Madhuchaturvedi, IIT Kanpur, Sayantani Sinha, CSIR, Jhadavpur University and Nishant Manzar, IIT Kanpur were the recipient of this award. Each one of them were given a cash prize of Rs 1,00,000. Apart from presenting the awards, Dr. Renu Swarup also inaugurated the Technology Business Incubator ABLEST (Association for Bio-Inspired Leaders & Entrepreneurs) that was established at a cost of Rs 7 crore with the support of BIOTEST programme of the Department of Biotechnology and SASTRA. The event concluded with a vote of thanks delivered by Prof. S. Swaminathan, Dean (Planning & Development).

SASTRA Student Designs World’s Lightest Femto Satellite For Nasa Launch - S.Riyasdeen of SASTRA Deemed University has designed the World’s Lightest Femto Satellite For Nasa Launch and has brought laurels by winning the Cubes in Space Global Design Competition for Space Launch in NASA Rocket & Scientific Balloon. This competition was organised at the international level and around 1000 students from 73 countries participated here. The satellites designed by S.Riyasdeen shall be a part of the SR-7 NASA Rocket Mission expected to be launched from the Wallops Flight Facility, Viriginia, USA in June 2021 and Sat v2 shall be part of the NASA Balloon Mission RB-6 scheduled for launch in August 2021.

SASTRA University Accreditations, Collaborations and Rankings

Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy Accreditations: NAAC 

SASTRA University MOUs 

• University of Connecticut, USA 

• Osaka Prefecture University, Japan

• University of Bordeaux, France

• Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry

• University of Alabama, USA

• Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupathi

• IISc Bangalore, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

• Central Council for Research in Ayurveda & Siddha, New Delhi

• All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

• EPFL, Switzerland

• Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore 

• Central Electrical & Electronics Research

• CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi

• Cornell University, USA

• National Institute of Siddha

• Deakin University, Australia

• Institute, Chennai

• Drexel University, USA

• Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology, USA

• Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

• Indian Space Research Organization

• Institute of Genomics & Integrated Biology

• National Centre for Biological Sciences

• Michigan State University, USA

• Karlsruher Institute for Technology, Germany

• Nanyang University of Singapore

• Institute of Acoustics, China

• National Institute of Nutrition (NIN)

• Orebro University, Sweden

• National Institute of Oceanography (NIO)

• NIMS, Japan

• IGCAR, Kalpakkam

• Tokai University, Japan

• Plymouth University, UK

• University of Bologna, Italy

• Staffordshire University, UK

• The University of California (Berk.), USA

• Université Montpellier, Paris

• The University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

• University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA

• Indian Institute of Technology 

• TATA TRUSTS

• CECRI

• Dartmouth University, USA

• Facebook, California, USA

• Georgetown University, USA

• Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

SASTRA University Rankings

• SASTRA University ranked 38th under the engineering category and 22nd in the university category in the NIRF 2021 Ranking.
• The university has been ranked 17th in the NIRF Rankings of 2021 in the law category with an overall score of 50.4. 
• Secured 50th position in NIRF Research Ranking 2021. 
• 42nd rank in the overall category in NIRF Ranking 2021.

SASTRA University Notable Alumni  

SASTRA University Clubs, Committees and Societies 

• Tech Forum/ Eco Club: The Club’s Green Machine provides a forum for students to express their views, ideas, and comments on environmental issues.

• Electronics Club: The club is designed for electrical engineers to carry out their research work. 

• Nano Forum: Build for the students enrolled in biochemistry to help them with their research work. 

• Robotics Club: Mainly for the engineering candidates to effectively complete their research work.

• Pop-ups: This is a recreational club for the candidates to carry out their recreational hobbies. 

• Physics Club: The club is accompanied by all kinds of resources required for physics research work. 

• Literary clubs: Literary club is recreational work that provides various recreational opportunities to the candidates. 

• Auto club: One of the extracurricular clubs to provide candidates large scope to carry out their hobbies. 

• Fine-Arts club: The club is designed for students who’re interested in art sort of activities. 

• Oratory & Debating clubs: The club provided immense scope for debating and counterpart arguments. 

• Nonesuch Readers' club: The club provided a reading silent environment to the candidates.  

• Athenaeum: This is one of the recreational clubs that is open for all candidates. 

SASTRA University Infrastructure and Facilities 

Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy provides students enrolled in the academic year with extensive infrastructural and research assistance.

• Central Library 

In fields like management, architecture, and law, the SASTRA University Central library has about 1,02,600 books and 290 journals and magazines. 

• Banking and Post office 

The SASTRA University campus has two Indian overseas bank branches that can be reached at any point of the day, and the department of post and telegraph provides postal facilities within the campus.

• Cafeteria 

Candidates will visit SASTRA Cafeteria at any time; it is open 24/7 for every day in the week for SASTRA University students.

• Book store 

For the convenience of the students, numerous bookstores such as Canopy, Higginbothams, and Gurunath are located on the SASTRA University campus.

• Hostels 

SASTRA University has nine hostels, each with all the living, dining, and recreational amenities that make each inmate feel at ease.

• Sports complex 

SASTRA University's sports complex is available to students who wish to combine their education with their interests or passions. Facilities include a cricket field, basketball courts, badminton court, football ground, and more.

• Labs 

SASTRA University offers a forum for conducting research and practical study in a variety of laboratories, primarily chemistry, electronic, biochemistry, survey, and English communication labs, which candidates may use. 

• Gymnasium 

Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy had a Gymnasium facility for those candidates who wanted to practise their fitness; candidates could use it for a set amount of time.

• Hospitals and medical service 

SASTRA University has a comprehensive health plan for all students. SASTRA University's hospitals and medical centres are open to students 24 hours a day and are serving 7 days a week to be available in the event of an emergency.

• Auditorium 

According to the university's structure, students have access to the SASTRA auditorium for the prescribed time span.

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SASTRA University Courses Offered

M.SC, B.ED, B.Tech, M.Tech, MCA, MBA, B.SC, and various Ph.D programmes are available at SASTRA University, with separate requirements and specialisations. 

SASTRA University Eligibility Criteria

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SASTRA University Admissions

A detailed procedure is followed to decide the student's eligibility for SASTRA University entry in each course. 

SASTRA University B.Tech and integrated M.Tech degree Admissions 

• Fill out the application form

• 70 percent of seats will be filled based on the 10+2 marks and JEE Main scores.

• 30 percent of seats will be filled based on 10+2 marks of students.

• Submit documents for verification and pay the fee upon being shortlisted.

SASTRA University B.Sc/BA + B.Ed integrated/B.Com LLB (Hons)/BA LLB (Hons)/BBA LLB (Hons)/B.Com Admission

• Candidates must apply online at the university's website on an initial basis.

• SASTRA University admission will be based on merit.

• Shortlisted candidates have to get the documents verified and pay the SASTRA University fee.

SASTRA University B.Optom Admission

• Candidates must fill out an application and take the NEET test.

• Candidates must file and apply online on the university's website.

• Admission will be based on NEET scores and normalised +2 points, with 25 percent and 75 percent weightings, respectively.

• If the candidate does not get a +2, the resulting composite marks would be normalised to match the scale of comparison.

• SASTRA Ranks will be determined for all candidates using normalised +2 points and NEET scores.

SASTRA University M.Tech/MCA/M.Sc Admission

• Candidates must enrol at sastra.edu, the official website of Sastra University.

• The university will conduct a written test and personal interview to shortlist candidates

• GATE qualified candidates will be given preference

SASTRA University MBA Admission

• For admission to MBA, candidates must apply for the course

• The candidates are shortlisted based on the merit of graduation marks

• Shortlisted candidates have to submit the documents and make fee payment.

SASTRA University Ph.D Admissions

• Fill out the application form and candidates need to appear in entrance test and interview conducted by SASTRA

• For candidates who have qualified UGC-NET (including JRF)/UGC-CSIR NET (including JRF) / GATE/ UPSC / any other recognised competitive exam, there’s no need to appear in the entrance test. But, they have to clear the interview.

• Upon being shortlisted, candidates have to submit documents and pay the fee.

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SASTRA University Scholarships 

Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy offers generous financial assistance to students who apply for enrollment in a particular year, allowing economically disadvantaged students to finish their studies more quickly and effectively. SASTRA University scholarships are offered in both governmental and non-governmental forms. There are mostly two categories of scholarships available for students: Dean's merit list and later Hostel scholarship. After enrolling in the scheme, the applicant must meet the basic structural protocol to receive SASTRA University scholarship benefits. Financial aid will be prioritised for students from economically and socially disadvantaged backgrounds. Each pupil, regardless of their financial situation, earns a scholarship to help them complete the course completely and efficiently. Depending on the programme's particular requirements, such criteria must be fulfilled in order to obtain financial assistance in the form of grants for different classes of society. SASTRA University in Bangalore offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programmes in a number of fields, including architecture, structural engineering, information technology, and computer science, among others. 

SASTRA University Placement

As per the SASTRA University placement report over 2500 students got placed during the year 2019. Ninety percent of students were offered internships by prestigious companies and organisations. The university's recruitment and selection cell is dedicated to enhancing students' identities in order to help prepare them for the future workforce. Students are taught how to dress for interviews as well as how to conduct themselves professionally in the workplace. To help students study for the written examination and final interview, SASTRA University's Placement Cell provides mock assessments and review sessions in aptitude, quantitative performance, analytical thinking, and reasoning. 

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