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Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science & Higher Education for Women is a women's Deemed University in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.[1] It was started in 1957 by the Avinashilingam Education Trust founded by T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar as Avinashilingam Home Science College for Women which later grow into a university.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Avinashilingam University was a part of University of Madras until it was separated in June 1987.[citation needed] It is now the largest institution in the country for imparting home science education.[8]
Since 1989 the university has offered two majors and two ancillaries for the undergraduate degree courses. The academic year is divided into two semesters, each semester having a minimum of 100 working days.
The NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) ranked it 98th among universities in India and 151-200 overall in 2024.[9][10]
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| NIRF (Overall) (2024)[11] | 151-200 |
| NIRF (Universities) (2024)[12] | 98 |
The institute has seven schools which comprise the respective domain departments. Each School is functioning under a Dean who is a senior professor. The various schools are:
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