Universities in Salem

The University is located in the Salem - Bangalore High Way, and is accessible within in 10 Minutes from the Salem junction railway station and Salem Central Bus stand. The University is Located in the west.

The Periyar University was established by the Act 45 of Government of Tamilnadu on 17.09.1997 (119th Birth Anniversary of the great rationalist, Periyar E.V. Ramasamy Avl.). The University is named after a renowned social reformer popularly called "Thanthai Periyar". The University thus established had its origin with the three departments (Commerce, Geology and Mathematics) of Postgraduate extension center of Madras University functioning at Salem at that time. The University Grants Commissions, New Delhi bestowed the 2f status on 09.10.1998 and 12(B) status on 17.05.2005 to the Periyar University. The university is certified accredited with NAAC.

The University is located in the Salem - Coimbatore High Way, and is accessible from the Salem junction railway station in 20 Minutes Drive towards the southwest.

Vinayaka Mission's University was established in the year 2001 as a 48th University in India. The university status was conferred by Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India with the recommendations of UGC (Established Under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956) to Vinayaka Mission as an acknowledgement of excellence and satisfaction for the highest levels of academic standards and its best infrastructure facilities provided to achieve excellence in education.