Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women
| Motto | Seek and you shall find |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1988 |
| Chancellor | P. R. Krishna Kumar |
| Vice-Chancellor | Premavathi Vijayan |
| Location | Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, India |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | UGC |
| Website | www.avinuty.ac.in |
Avinashilingam University is a women's Deemed University in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. It was started in 1957 by the Avinashilingam Education Trust founded by T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar as Avinashilingam Home Science College for Women which later grow into a university.
Avinashilingam University was a part of University of Madras until it was separated in June 1987. It is now the largest institution in the country for imparting home science education.
Since 1989 the university has offered two majors and two ancillaries for the undergraduate degree courses. The academic year is divided into two semesters, each semester having a minimum of 100 working days.
The institute has seven faculties, each functioning under a dean.
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