St. Peter's University or St. Peter's Institute of Higher Education and Research, is a Private Deemed University. The University is sponsored by St. Peter's Institute of Higher Education and Research Trust. It was earlier functioning as St. Peter's Engineering College which was established in the year 1992 and affiliated to Anna University, Chennai. It became Deemed-to-be University in 2008 under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956. The University also offers distance education programmes which are recognised by the Distance Education Council, New Delhi.