Pondicherry University is a central university in Puducherry.India. Founded in 1985 by the Government of India, the university is a collegiate university with a jurisdiction spread over the Union Territories of Puducherry, Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It has 35,000 students in its 87 affiliated colleges including 27,000 students in the distance education mode. The current strength of students studying on-campus stands at 6,500.It has introduced innovations like the Choice-based Credit System and on-line admission for postgraduate studies.Pondicherry University is ranked as one of the top ten Universities in India based on the survey conducted on 2013.Pondicherry University was ranked 13th by NIRF of Ministry of Human Resource Development as per the ranking released on April 2016.