Annamalai University is a State university (State university (India)) in Annamalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu, India. The university offers courses in several fields of higher education including Arts, Science, Indian Languages, Engineering and Technology, Education, fine Arts, Agriculture, Medicine, Dentistry etc. The varsity has been consistently expanding both in terms of infrastructure and academic programs.

The university has the distinction of providing more than 380 courses under distance mode that have substantial recognition all across the world. The Directorate of Distance Education (DDE) of Annamalai University aims at offering education to those people who are unable to attend the campus on regular basis for some reasons and have desire to pursue their further studies with keenness.