Directorate of Distance Education, Tamil University, Thanjavur

Tamil University was established at Thanjavur by the Government of Tamil Nadu on 15 September 1981 under the Tamil University Act No. 9 of 1982. The university's stated focus is advanced learning and research in Tamil language, literature and culture.

The Directorate of Distance Education is listed as a unit of Tamil University, Thanjavur. The university's official academic pages describe certificate, diploma, postgraduate and research programmes across Tamil-language studies, humanities, arts and sciences. The university's official introduction describes it as a unitary university with no affiliated colleges; this record therefore represents the listed distance-education unit and should not be interpreted as proof of an independently affiliated college.