Sri Krishnadevaraya University (SKU) is guided by a noble vision of striving for academic excellence and promoting social transformation. With this vision as a backdrop, the University is administered through its four constituent colleges: the College of Arts & Sciences, the College of Engineering and Technology, the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and the College of Education. A wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programs is offered across the disciplines of Humanities, Social Sciences, Law, Commerce and Management, Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, Engineering, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, along with research programs leading to Ph.D. degrees. A total of 30 postgraduate programs is offered by the University College of Arts and Sciences, while B.Tech programs in seven branches are offered by the College of Engineering and Technology, including two newly introduced specializations for the academic year 2025–2026, namely CSE – Data Science and CSE – Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, along with M.Tech programs in five branches. B.Pharmacy and M.Pharmacy programs are offered by the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and a B.Ed. program is offered by the College of Education. Ph.D. programs are offered by 29 University departments, and all academic programs are conducted under the CBCS and CGPA system in accordance with National Education Policy 2020, ensuring flexibility and academic diversity.
A total of 76 affiliated colleges is brought under the ambit of the University, of which postgraduate programs are offered by 5 colleges, MBA programs by 10 colleges, B.Ed. programs by 10 colleges, B.P.Ed. by 1 college, and Law programs at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels by 1 college. A school under Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan is located on the University campus with an intake of 400 students, where the educational needs of children of Central and State Government employees, including University staff, are catered to. A wing of the Andhra Pradesh State Archaeology Department has been established on the campus along with a museum attached to the Department of History, where relics and exhibits of the Vijayanagara Empire are preserved and displayed.
The University has been recognized as a centre of academic excellence at both national and international levels. A position in the 150–200 band was secured in the NIRF rankings for 2018–19 and in the year 2025 secured a position in the 50-100 band, while international recognition was achieved by being placed in the 451–500 band in the QS World Rankings for BRICS countries. A Gold University Rating was awarded by QS I-GAUGE for 2019–2020. A CGPA of 2.85 with a B++ grade was awarded in the third cycle of accreditation by NAAC in 2016, and preparations are currently being undertaken for the fourth cycle with the objective of achieving an ‘A’ grade.
