Mr. T.R. Pachamuthu, the Chancellor, SRM University, began his pursuit to provide top class education by establishing a school - 'Florence Nightingale Primary School' - in Chennai in the year 1968. In the same year, the Valliammai Society in honour of his mother Mrs. R. Valliammai, was founded. 1985 - The 'SRM Engineering College' was established in Kattankulathur, near Chennai, and soon grewinto numerous SRM centers of learning. Education is all about creating an environment of academic freedom, where bright minds meet, discover and learn. One would experience top of the world living and learning experience at SRM.  SRM University is one of the top ranking universities in India with over 20,000 students and 1,500 faculty, offering a wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs in Engineering, Management, Medicine and Health sciences, and Science and Humanities.

Foreign faculty, flexible and dynamic curriculum, exciting research and global connections are the features that set SRM apart. Students have a wide choice of cutting edge programs including nanotechnology, bioinformatics, genetic engineering, remote sensing and GIS, embedded systems or computer forensics to choose from. Most of these courses are offered in close collaboration with foreign universities.

80% of students are from outside Tamil Nadu, with students from Europe, China and other countries.

Over 150 students sponsored to 35 foreign universities like MIT, Carnegie Mellon, UC Davis, Warwick and Western Australia in 2008-09.

50 members from top universities across the world including MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Cambridge and NUS help set Global Standards.

Over 60 top executives from leading corporate institutions constantly interact with faculty and students to help in formulating academics and research.

Grade equivalent to 5 stars by NAAC and other accrediting authorities.

Over 600 acres replete with a variety of facilities, State-of-the-art labs, libraries, Wi-Fi, knowledge centre, 4000 capacity AC auditorium, 100 online smart classrooms, Hostels with premium facilities, endless convenience on campus including ATM's, bookstores, dining options, cafeterias, prayer halls, gym and more.

Top salary US $200,000 offered to NANO Researcher Mr. Shivaraman at California, USA. Nearly 100% placement of registered students: TCS, Wipro, Cognizant, Infosys, Siemens, and others.

On-the-spot sanction of bank educational loans during counseling.

(1) Fee waiver of 50% to students with above 95% in CBSE or in State Board examinations.
(2) Founder's Scholarship-full waiver on tuition, books, hostels and mess, plus stipend of Rs.1,000 per month to top state, SRMEEE, JEE and AIEEE rankers, sports persons and socio-economic disdained.