Andhra University College of Engineering

Andhra University College of Engineering at Visakhapatnam, India is an autonomous college of the Andhra University.HistoryAndhra University was established in 1926. Located on the uplands of Visakhapatnam (the city of destiny), the campus has the Bay of Bengal on one side and the Kailasagiri hill range on the other is one of the largest campuses in India. Sir Dr.C.R.Reddy was the founder Vice-Chancellor of the university.Andhra University College of Engineering (Autonomous), Visakhapatnam, is the campus college of University. It is one of the highly rated colleges of Engineering in the country. At the time of inception in 1955 by Prof Devaguptapu Seethapathi Rao it was a Department of Engineering with Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering as the main branches. Prof D. Seethapathi Rao started the Engineering department under the then VC A.L.Narayana and headed the department of engineering till 1966.In 1960, the Department of Engineering was shifted to the present North campus spread over 150acre of land. The Department of Chemical Technology, instituted in 1933, was shifted to the same campus in 1962, adding strength to the Engineering Departments. In 1966, the College of Engineering (Autonomous) became a constituent of the Andhra University.The college played a vital role in International Fleet Review 2016 and the IFR village and exhibition was appreciated worldwide which was in AUCE ground.