SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST), formerly SRM University, is a private deemed university, located in Kattankulathur, Chengalpattu (near Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. Founded in 1985 as SRM Engineering College in Kattankulathur, it gained the deemed status in 2002. SRM Institute of Science and Technology includes four campuses in Tamil Nadu — Kattankulathur, Ramapuram and Vadapalani, and Tiruchirappalli, three distinct state private universities – in Andhra Pradesh, Haryana and Sikkim.

The first college of what is now SRMIST, SRM (Sri Ramaswamy Memorial) Engineering College, was established in 1985, followed by the other SRM colleges from 1992 to 1997.^[3] The institute gained deemed status in 2002 as SRM Institute of Science and Technology and renamed SRM University in 2006.^[3] In 2017, its name was reverted to SRM Institute of Science and Technology following UGC's order to drop "University" from the name.^[4]

Located about 35 km (22 mi)^[5] away from the city of Chennai, this campus is situated on a 250 acre^[6] site overlooking Grand Southern Trunk Road (GST Road), NH-32. The main campus at Kattankulathur consists of a College of Engineering and Technology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, College of Science and Humanities, School of Management, School of Architecture and School of Law. It is also one of the few schools in India that offers a Degree in Telecom studies.

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• Nivetha Thomas, actress^[19]
• Murali Vijay, cricketer^[20][21]
• Vishnu Vishal, actor^[22]
• Iswarya Menon, film actress^[23]
• Neeraj Madhav, actor^[24]
• Varun Chakravarthy, cricketer^[25]
• Abhay Jodhpurkar, singer^[20][26]
• Shebin Benson, actor^[27]
• Vishnu Prasanna V., chess Grandmaster and coach of Gukesh D^[28]
• Shrutika, Actress

• SRM University, Andhra Pradesh