Acharya Nagarjuna University is one of the major universities in the country covering many colleges and institutes of different districts in the region. It is located in Nagarjuna Nagar, on the Northern part of Guntur city. It is a major centre for learning in Andhra Pradesh.

Acharya Nagarjuna University is an outgrowth of a Post-Graduate Centre of Andhra University, which was established in 1967 at Nallapadu area of Guntur and then relocated to Nambur area in the east of the city. It gained affiliating university status in 1976, and opened with ten post-graduate courses. It is named after Acharya Nagarjuna, the pro-founder of the Madhyamaka path of Mahayana Buddhism.

The university maintains two University Campuses in Nuzvid, Krishna District and Ongole, Prakasam District. The university is known for its international exchange programs. Various conventions take place within the university to promote international education and research activities on a regular basis.

Departments of Acharya Nagarjuna University
* Department of Aquaculture
* College of Architecture & Planning
* Department of Biotechnology - The Centre was established in year 1994, inaugurated by the then Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, C. R. Bhatia.
* Department of Biochemistry
* Department of Chemistry
* Department of Political Science & Public Administration
* Department of Sociology
* Department of Economics
* Department of Telugu & Oriental Languages
* Department of Zoology
* Department of Botany
* Department of Commerce & Business Administration
* Department of Adult Education
* Department of Electronics & Instrumentation Technology
* Department of Environmental Science
* Department of Geology
* Department of Mathematics
* Department of Physics
* Department of Rural development
* Department of Social Work
* Department of Statistics
* Department of Women`s Studies
* Centre for Scientific Socialism
* Centre for Buddhist Studies
* Centre for kashmiri studies