EDUCATION

Tirupati is a major educational center in South region of Andhra Pradesh. It is home to several universities, including
  

• Sri Venkateswara University
• S. V. Medical College
• Sri Padmavati Mahila Viswavidyalayam (SPMVV) (one among two women universities in India)
• Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth
• Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth - Directorate of Distance Education
• Sri Venkateswara Vedic University
• Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University (SVVU)
• Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences university (SVIMS)

Apart from these universities, it has medical, pharmacy, agricultural colleges and also engineering colleges.
Around 22 engineering colleges and 5 pharmacy colleges exist in and around Tirupati.
Some of them are:

• Sri Venkateswara University College of Engineering (SVUCE)
• Sree Vidyaniketan Engineering College (SVEC) A. Rangempeta.
• Siddharth institute of Engineering & Technology, (SIETK) Puttur.
• Chadalawada Ramanamma Engineering College, (CREC) Tirupati.
• Seshachala Institute of Engineering & Technology, (SIET) Puttur.
• Rayalaseema school of Engineering, Tirupati.
• Sri Padmavathi School of Pharmacy (SPSP), Tiruchanoor.
• Vaishnavi Institute of Technology (VITT), Tirupati.
• Vaishnavi Institute of Technology for Women(VITW), Tirupati.

Tirupati also has several academic institutions offering degree programmes in Science, Arts, Commerce and Agricultural Sciences. Some of these colleges have been established more than 50 years ago. Some of them are:

• Sri Venkateswara Arts College
• Sri Govindarajaswamy Arts College
• Sri Padmavathi Women's College
• Sri Padmavathi Women's polytechnic
• Sri Venkateswara Government Polytechnic
• Sri Venkateswara Oriental College
• Sri Venkateswara Agriculture College

The Dairy Technology Programme under SV Veterinary University offering B. Tech (Dairy Technology) degree since 1983 has been elevated during the year 2009 to College of Dairy Technology, first of its kind in Andhra Pradesh.