Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University was set up in the year 1985 in Hyderabad with a view to serve Telgu speaking people. Apart from the Hydearbad campus the university has four campuses at Sri Sailam and Rajahmundry,Warangal and Kuchipudi.Later the State Government combined Siddhendra Kalakshetram, Sahitya, Sangeetha, Nataka, Telugu Bhasha Samithi Nritya and Lalitha Kala Academies, International Telugu Institute and into the University.

The University concentrates on teaching and research in Language and Literature, History and Culture, Fine Arts and Performing Arts, religion and philosophy of the Telugu community. The Univeresity has 8 schools including School of Language Development ,School of Fine Arts,School of Social and other Sciences , School of Comparative Studies ,School of Literature ,School of History, Culture and Archaeology ,School of Folk and Tribal Lore,Sri Siddhendra Yogi Kala Pitham.There are 18 departmentments under these schools.There are also three centers in Hyderbad campus- International Teulgu Center,Center for preparation of Encyclopedia and Center for Distance Education.

Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University has a well established library.It has a huge collection of one-lakh books among which 55,000 are Telugu, 43,000 English and 5000 of other Indian languages. Several rare Palm leaves, Mackenzie manuscripts, letters of C.P Brown, microfilms of Telugu dailies Krishna patrika are also preserved in the library.