Avinashlingam Institute - Overview & Courses

Avinashlingam University for Women (Formerly known as Avinashlingam Institute for Home Science & Higher Education for Women) is a deemed university established under section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956. The group of institutions under Avinashlingam University has been established on behalf of the Avinashilingam Education Trust.

First started in 1957 as Avinashilingam Home Science College for Girls, later became an autonomous college and became a Deemed University under the name Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women in 1988.

Today, Avinashlingam University has many faculties to its credit including the Faculty of Home Science, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Management, Faculty of Community Education and Entrepreneur Development, Faculty of Education and Faculty of Engineering.

Avinashlingam University offers education at the Under Graduate, Post Graduate levels and also gives opportunities for doing research leading to M.Phil and Ph.D Degrees. The varsity also offers specialized education with special emphasis on Indian culture and social moral and spiritual values.

Courses Offered

UG Courses:

Department	Courses
Tamil Music Economics English Functional Hindi	B.A
Commerce Computer Applications	B.Com C.A
Mathematics Chemistry Zoology and Animal Biotechnology Plant Science and Plant Biotechnology Computer Science Computer Applications Physical Education Information Technology Visual Communication	B.Sc

Vocational Courses:

• B.Sc Food Processing and Quality Control
• B.Sc Catering Management
• B.Com Tax Procedure and practice
• B. B.A. Tourism

Double Major Courses:

• B. Sc Biochemistry and Biotechnology
• B.Sc., B. Ed., M.ed (Five Year Integrated Course)
• Special Education and Rehabilitation and Mathematics

Four Year Paramedical Degree Courses:

• B.S. Physician Assistant
• B.Sc. Emergency and Trauma Management

P.G Courses:

M.Sc

Department	Courses
Home Science	Interior Design and Resource Management  Food Service Management and Dietetics Food Science and Nutrition Textiles and Fashion Apparel Human Development Extension and Communication Bio-textiles Social Work
Science	Biochemistry Mathematics Life Sciences Computer Science Chemistry** Physics** Bioinformatics

M.A

Department	Courses
Humanities	Tamil English Hindi & Journalism Counseling Psychology Music Economics

M.Com
Business Administration


Diploma Courses:

Post Graduate Diploma Courses:

• Nutrition and Dietetics
• Interior Design and Environment
• Apparel Designing
• Guidance and Counseling
• Chem Informatics
• Multimedia design

Certificate and Diploma Courses:

• Certificate and Diploma Courses in Yoga for Human Excellence

Add on Diploma Courses:

• Web Designing and Hosting
• Graphics and Multimedia Technologies
• Bioinformatics
• Banking and Insurance
• Human Resource Development

Add on Career Oriented Certificate Courses:

• Women's Fashion Apparel
• Soft Skill Development
• Floral Art
• Journalism in Tamil
• General Knowledge and Issues
• English for Effective Communication
• Spoken Hindi
• Vocal Music
• Statistics for basic and applied research
• Herbal Sciences
• Aquaculture Technology
• R&D oriented laboratory techniques
• Advanced Electronics
• Medical Physics
• General mathematical aptitude
• Database administration
• Network administration
• Embedded systems
• Software testing
• Communication for the Hearing Impaired
• Computerised Accounting
• Capital Markets
• Micro Finance for Entrepreneurship
• Travel Management and Airline Ticketing
• Yoga and Mediation for Youth
• Electronics
• IT Enabled Services
• Bioinformatics

Certificate Courses:

• Apparel designing
• Herbal beauty care
• Food Production and Service
• Computer Applications and Accounting Software
• Microsoft Office
• Desktop Publishing
• Career Guidance
• Web Designing
• Digital Animation
• Computer Aided Designing

Professional Courses:

• M.C.A
• M.B.A
• M.Sc (IT and Management)
• M.SC (Biotechnology)

Research Programmes:

• M.Phil.
• Ph.d

Off Campus Courses:

B.Sc

• Clinical Nutrition
• Medical Sociology

M.Sc

• Clinical Nutrition