[1] Anna University Tirunelveli is bestowed with powers to grant affiliations to colleges and universities conducting graduate and post graduate courses related to engineering, technology and management.

On 14 September 2011 a bill was passed to merge back the universities.

[2] The university is functioning from the campus of the Government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli, which is located 3 km.

from the Tirunelveli Railway Station bus stand.

For undergraduate students, the university offers both four year B.Tech and B.E.