Suravaram Pratapa Reddy Telugu University

Suravaram Pratapa Reddy Telugu University, formerly Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University, is a state university for Telugu language, literature, arts and culture. It was established on 2 December 1985 under the Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University Act, 1985 (Act No. 27 of 1985), which received the Governor's assent on 19 October 1985, and it absorbed the six institutions of the Telugu Vignana Peetham, among them the Sahitya, Sangita Nataka, Nritya and Lalitakala akademis. The University Grants Commission declared it fit for central assistance under section 12(B) by a letter dated 5 February 1990. The university's address is at Bachupally, Hyderabad, and its Hyderabad campus page names the Lalithakala Kshetram campus, where the arts and language departments are listed.

The university lists six schools, from Fine Arts and Language Development to Social and Other Sciences, with all courses taught in Telugu. At Hyderabad it offers B.F.A., Bachelor of Design (Product, Interior Design, Visual Communication), Bachelor of Fashion and Textile Design and B.Li.Sc.; M.A. programmes in Applied Linguistics, Telugu, History, Culture and Tourism, Jyothisham, Carnatic Music and Journalism and Mass Communication; M.F.A.; M.P.A. in Kuchipudi/Andhranatyam, Theatre Arts and Folk Arts; six M.Design specialisations; PG diplomas; and Ph.D. programmes. Admission to full-time programmes is by the university's own entrance test, a 100-mark multiple-choice paper, with 50 marks for theory and 50 for practical in the performing arts programmes.