SRM University (standing for "Sri Ramaswamy Memorial University") is a co-educational private university from the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The university has four campuses in Tamil Nadu and one in Modinagar, near Delhi. Previously functioning under Anna University as SRM Engineering College, the institute gained deemed status in 2003-04, and was renamed SRM University. In 2006, The deemed university attained the status of a full-fledged university, under section 3 of the UGC Act 1956.[2] It is consistently ranked among India's top engineering colleges and private universities