This Women's university got established in 1984 by Tamilnadu government at Anandagiri.
Its goals are learning and research with focus on women and their problems. Mother Teresa Women's university earns a distinctive place in the higher educational system as the only university devoted to women's issues.
The University is of unitary type which offers monitory,consultancy services and research in the area of women's studies.The university offers diverse course whose academic programme is pivoted around women's studies in the disciplines of Economics ,Education,English,Human Ecology,and Consumer studies,Historical studies,pshycology,socioliogy,Tamil and computer science.
Major objectives being
    Monitoring and developing Women's education in the state.
    Developing research in studies relating to women.
  Departments in the University.
  Economics
  Education
  English
  Family life Management
  Historical Studies
  Psychology
  Sociology
  Tamil and
  Computer centre
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  Courses Offered.
    POST GRADUATE COURSES
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  International and Business Economics |
  English Specialisation : Comparative literature |
  Tamil studies |
  Mass Communication |
  Tourism and Travel Management |
  Women's Studies |
  Guidance and counselling |
  Sociology |
  Rural Sociology |
  Human Development |
  Family Resource Management |
  Extension education |
  Textiles and clothing |
  Master of computer application |
    GRADUATE COURSES
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  Corporate Secretaryship |
  Business Administration |
  Bank Management |
  Tourism and travel Management |
  Computer application |
  Applied electronics |
  Human Development |
  Family Resource management |
  Extension education |
  Textiles and clothing |
  Medical laboratory technology |
    M.Phil
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  Environmental economics |
  English |
  Family ecology and Consumer studies
    1)   Human development
    2)   Family resource Management
    3)   Extension education
    4)   Textiles and clothing
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  Historical studies |
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  Sociology |
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  Tamil |
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  Population studies |
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  Education |
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  Women's studies |
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  Guidance and couselling |
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    Phd COURSES
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| Both regular/parttime are available for all courses offered under M.Phil. Ph.D registration is done throuhout the year |
    DIPLOMA COURSES
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  Ophthalmic Nursing |
  Opthalmic technique |
  Opthalmic assistance |
    PG DIPLOMA COURSES
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  Computer application |