Rewards & Recognition

IIC 5.0 Rating – 4 Star

Andhra University continues to maintain its top performance in Ministry of Education (MoE), Institution's Innovation Council (IIC) Ratings. AU is 4 star rated for 2022-23 (IIC 5.0), which is the highest rating obtained by any institute in India. AU is also nominated as one of the 100 select mentor institute with funding support from AICTE. 142 institutes out of 3246 rated IICs (total IICs: 7326) have got a 4 star rating in India, and we are the only State University in AP to be 4 star rated.

NIRF Innovation Ranking 2023 – Band 11-50

Andhra University (ā hub) is rated in the Top 11-50 Band under NIRF Innovation Ranking 2023 in the very first year of its operations. Andhra University (ā hub) is the only University (private or state university) or Institute of National Importance or Central University in the state of Andhra Pradesh in the Band 11-50 rank. Andhra University (ā hub) achieved this feat in the very first year of its incubation operations.

IIC 4.0 Rating – 4 Star

Andhra University (ā hub) is the highest rated State University in India (only State University to achieve 4 star) in the Ministry of Education ratings of Academic Institutions in Institutions Innovation Ranking (IIC). The rating was obtained in the first attempt of Andhra University (ā hub) to be part of the IIC ratings (IIC 4.0). Only 6 of the government funded Universities and Institutions in India (including the Institutes of National Importance and Central Universities) had been rated 4 Star, the highest rating by any institute across India.