K L Deemed to be University, formerly Koneru Lakshmaiah College of Engineering (KLCE) and Koneru Lakshmaiah University, is a higher educational institution Deemed to be University, located in

Vaddeswaram Vaddeswaram is a census town in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located at a distance of from Krishna River, in Tadepalle mandal part of Mangalagiri Tadepalle Municipal Corporation part of Guntur revenue division. ...

, Guntur,

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

, India. Established in 1980 as a college of engineering, it consists of eight schools, offering academic programs at UG, PG, doctoral, and post-doctoral industry-focused courses.

History

KLEF was established in 1980 at

as K L College of Engineering (KLCE). It became autonomous in 2006 and was recognized as deemed to be university in 2009, known as K L University. Following the University Grants Commission's request from 123 deemed institutes, not to use "university" in the name it was renamed Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation. In 2019, it was renamed K L Deemed to be University.

Location

Koneru Lakshmaiah Deemed to be University is situated in a site adjacent to

Buckingham Canal The Buckingham Canal is a -long fresh water navigation canal, that parallels the Coromandel Coast of South India from Kakinada City in the Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh to Viluppuram District in Tamil Nadu. The canal connects most ...

, and is about from

Vijayawada Vijayawada, formerly known as Bezawada, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and is a part of the state's Capital Region. It is the administrative headquarters of the NTR district. Its metropolitan region comprises N ...

in Krishna district and from Guntur. The university is in Guntur District.

Schools

KLEF includes the following schools: * K L College of Engineering * K L School of Science & Humanities * K L School of Architecture * K L School of Management * K L School of Fine Arts * K L School of Commerce * K L School of Pharmacy * K L School of Law * K L School of Agriculture * Center for Distance and Online Education * K L Academic Staff College

Rankings

The

National Institutional Ranking Framework The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is a methodology adopted by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, to rank institutions of higher education in India. The Framework was approved by the MHRD and launched by Minister ...

(NIRF) ranked Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation 54th overall in India in 2022, 27th among universities, 47th in the management ranking and 44th in the engineering ranking. K L University receive
One District One Green Champion
Swachhata Award 2021 from GOI.

References

{{Authority control Universities in Andhra Pradesh Universities and colleges in Guntur district Educational institutions established in 1980 1980 establishments in Andhra Pradesh