The name, Nagarjuna University is quite significant in that the great Buddhist preceptor and Philosopher
Acharya Nagarjuna founded a University on the banks of river Krishna some centuries ago and made it a great centre
of learning, attracting a large number of teachers and students form distant parts of the world. The University was
established by Act 43 of 1976 of A.P. State Legislature and Governed by Act 4 of 1991 covering 6 Universities of the
State. The present Acharya Nagarjuna University is not very far from the haloed spot, as it derives its moral and
Intellectual sustenance from Acharya Nagarjuna in which context the University has been renamed Acharya Nagarjuna
University through the A.P. Universities (Amendment) Ordinance, 2004, promulgated by the Governor of Andhra
Pradesh.
Acharya Nagarjuna University is conducting Andhra Pradesh Physical Education Common Entrance Test for
the 21st time (12 times in combined Andhra Pradesh and 9th time in separate Andhra Pradesh) and 17th time in
succession by Acharya Nagarjuna University.