Andhra University in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, was constituted in 1926 by the Madras Act of 1926. Its profile page says the university has five constituent colleges and four AU campuses, and that 365 colleges across five districts are affiliated to it. Former vice-chancellors named on that page include Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
In its NIRF 2026 data submission the university reported 9,475 students on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, including 4,565 on two-year postgraduate programmes, and 1,061 PhD students (543 full-time and 518 part-time). The undated profile page puts enrolment in its School of Distance Education at about 80,000 and in affiliated colleges at about one lakh (100,000). Its Vice-Chancellor’s page names Prof. G.P. Raja Sekhar as Vice-Chancellor.