Vels Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies (VISTAS) was declared a Deemed to be University by the MHRD, Government of India in 2008. It is a multi-disciplinary university in Pallavaram, Chennai offering 100+ UG, PG and Ph. D programs in various discplines such as Engineering, MBA, Commerce, Pharmacy, Mass communication, Physiotherapy, Law, Education, Computing Sciences, Basic Sciences and Life Sciences, etc. All the Programmes have been approved by respective statutory authorities such as AICTE, UGC, PCI, BCI, DGS, NCTE, etc. At present VISTAS has more than 15000 students and 700 faculty members. VISTAS has been accredited by NAAC with ‘A’ Grade and most of the Engineering Programmes are accredited by NBA. VISTAS has received 12B status from UGC. In NIRF Ranking 2023, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences was ranked 47th rank pan India and the University is in 101-150 Band.