[2] It currently has 19 constituent schools spread across nine campuses in Amaravati, Amritapuri (Kollam), Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Kochi, Faridabad, Mysore, and Nagercoil.

[10][11] In 2003, it became one of the youngest institutes to be accredited as a deemed university by the UGC with all its campuses and schools as constituents and was named as Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.

[23] Administratively, key directorates manage functions such as examinations, admissions & scholarship, accreditation & rankings, patents, communications, ICT & library services, student affairs & anti-ragging, corporate relations, placement, National Education Policy initiatives, online programs, various cells & committees, physical education, and campus planning & development.

[23] As of 2024, the university has nine campuses, with 15 constituent schools in rural and urban sites in five Indian states – Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana and Karnataka.

[38] The schools offers AACSB accredited residential two-year MBA degree program.

In addition, it offers a dual degree program leading to an MS in information technology and MBA in collaboration with State University of New York at Buffalo, for working professionals at the Bangalore campus.

degree programs in Communication for careers in journalism, new media/animation, and short film making and advertising, based on the UNESCO model curriculum.

The Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore was opened as private college in 1994 and predates the deemed university by 7 years.

Admission to B.Tech programs are based on Amrita Engineering Entrance Exam (AEEE), SAT and JEE Main.

[60] Admission to the MTech Programs are based on the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE).

The Faridabad campus school of health sciences offers MTech in Artificial Intelligence and Medical Engineering.

[65] It contains schools of medicine, dentistry, health sciences, nursing, pharmacy, Ayurveda and physiotherapy.

Amritapuri campus offeres Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine and Surgery and MS, MD in AYUSH.

[67] In 2021, the university introduced various online degree programs under the brand name Amrita AHEAD.

Some of the prominent online programs include Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com), Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Commerce (M.Com), M.Com in International Finance and Accounting (Benchmarked with CPA, USA),[69] Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA), Master Computer Applications (MCA) with specialisations in Artificial Intelligence, Data science, Cyber Security and Software Engineering,[70][71] Amrita University conducts extensive research across various disciplines, collaborating with industry, government bodies, hospitals, organisations, and foreign universities.

[77][78][79][80] Nobel laurate Kailash Satyarthi and global economist Jeffrey Sachs are only people to receive Honorary Doctorate from Amrita University.

[81][82] According to the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) by the Indian Ministry of Education, Amrita University was ranked 7th among universities, 23rd in engineering, 8th in medical, 28th in management, 33rd in Research, 13th in pharmacy, 14th in dental and 18th position in overall category in India for the year 2024.

[93] In the 12th edition of Times Higher Education World University Rankings, Amrita has been placed in the list of 601-800 category.

[109][110][111][112] All campuses have facilities for multiple indoor and outdoor sports, gym and synthetic playfields.