The Thiruvalluvar University was established in October 2002 under the Thiruvalluvar University Act, 2002 (Government of Tamilnadu Act 32/2002) as an affiliating University. It is a member of the Association of Indian Universities (A.I.U).The University is located in a sprawling campus of about 112.68 acres, at Serkadu near Vallimalai about 16kms away from Vellore city on the Ranipet Chithoor NH 4 Trunk Road. In the University, every effort is harnessed to make Educational Institution as temple of learning. The aim of this University is to provide facilities for advancement in Research and dissemination of knowledge with a special focus on the economic and social upliftment of the marginalised who live in the four districts a viz Vellore, Thiruvannamalai, Villupuram and Cuddalore which are economically, socially, educationally and geographically backward districts wherein majority of the people live in rural areas with abject poverty.