Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University (JNAFAU), is an architecture and fine arts university located at Masab Tank, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. JNAFAU has two colleges which offer several undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD research programs, with an emphasis of two different colleges: School of Planning & Architecture and College of Fine Arts. It was established by the erstwhile Hyderabad State in 1940, as the "College of Fine Arts".
In School of Planning & Architecture offers courses such as Architecture, Digital Techniques for Design & Planning, Facilities and Services Planning, Interior Designing, Planning, etc. in School of planning and Architecture.
In College of Fine Arts courses such as painting, Applied Arts, Photography, Animation, Sculpture, etc., are offered.
History The university has its roots in College of Fine Arts, which started as a 'School of Arts and Crafts' to promote arts and local crafts, the college has gradually grown in stature as the "Government College of Arts and Architecture" under the management of the Department of Technical Education, Government of Telangana, Hyderabad.
With the establishment of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University in Oct. 1972, the college merged with the university and became a Constituent College of the JNT University. The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University has been bifurcated and divided into four different universities, such as JNTU Anantapur, JNTU Kakinada, JNTU Hyderabad, & JNAFAU, Hyderabad established under A.P. Legislature Act No.31 of 2008 as per the above act, the JNTU College of Fine Arts, has become one of the Constituent College of newly firmed Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture & Fine Arts University, Masab Tank, Hyderabad w.e.f. 2008–09.
Affiliated institutions
Following educational institutions are affiliated the JNAFAU: Annapurna College of Film and Media, Hyderabad ICAT Design & Media College, Hyderabad C.S.I. Institute of Technology, Secunderabad S.A.R. College of Architecture, Agiripally Sri Venkateshwara College of Architecture, Hyderabad Maestro school of planning and architecture, Hyderabad Vaishnavi School of Architecture and Planning, Hyderabad Masterji College of Architecture, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh Deccan School of Planning & Architecture, Hyderabad Varaha College of Architecture & Planning, Visakhapatnam School of Architecture & Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Studies, Secunderabad. J.B.R. Architecture College, Hyderabad Lumbini School of Architecture & Town Planning, Nalgonda, Telangana Aurora's Design Academy, Hyderabad Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Studies, School of Architecture & Planning, Hyderabad Aurora Design Academy, Hyderabad Aurora's Design Institute, Hyderabad Ashoka School of Planning and Architecture, Hyderabad Woxsen School of Arts & Design, Hyderabad Telangana Tribal Welfare Residential Fine Arts Academy for Women, Rajanna Siricilla District, Telangana St. Mary's Visual Arts & Design Degree College, Sanga Reddy District, Telangana Bonfire Institute of Design, Hyderabad
See also Education in India Literacy in India List of institutions of higher education in Telangana
References
External links JNAFAU, Official website sbtet results sbtet results