The Koneru Lakshmaiah Charities was established as a trust in the year 1980 with its official address at Museum road, Governorpet, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh 520 002 and started KL College of Engineering in the Academic year 1980-81.
KL Deemed to be University was established in 1980-81, as KL College of Engineering, which was upgraded to KL College of Engineering Autonomous in 2006 by UGC, and was declared as a Deemed to be University in 2009 by UGC, MHRD Govt.of India.
Read MoreKL University has been granted Category 1 Status, accorded with A++ Grading earlier by NAAC, and a score of 3.57/4 by UGC. It’s one of the highest scores for any educational institution in the country. In 2019, UGC and MHRD declared this institution as a Category 1 Institution.
We were ranked 'Diamond' by QS under QS I-Guage in 2021 and 6th Rank by Data Quest, 2021. The prestigious Times Engineering 2021 has rated KL University as 2nd among private Engineering Institutions in India. We also achieved "Band Excellent" under ARIIA Ranking 2021.