The SRM University (Sri Ramaswamy Memorial University) is a co-educational private university in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded in 1985 as SRM Engineering college in Kattankulathur, under Anna University. The university now has four campuses in Tamil Nadu Kattankulathur, Ramapuram, Vadapalani and Tiruchirapalli, and in Modinagar, near Delhi. The institute gained deemed status during the 2003-2004 academic year, and was renamed SRM Institute of Science and Technology. It became SRM University in 2006, when it attained the status of a full-fledged university, under section 3 of the UGC Act 1956.