SRM Deemed University views the academic and training requirements from an international perspective. The University wants to keep the standard of education on par with the International standard so that it can attract foreign students more in number and provide a platform for exchange of cultures and views, making a world of multiple cultures.

To achieve this goal, the University has formed an International Advisory Board with eminent academics and technical experts, pooled from different leading Universities and Industries abroad. At present professors from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, Carnegie Mellon University, USA, Stanford University, USA, Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University, USA, London School of Economics, UK, Cambridge University of UK and Nicholas Copernicus University, Poland and technical experts from IBM INTEL and World Bank are acting as Members in the International Advisory Board. The International Advisory Board helps in curriculum planning and in arranging collaborative activities like joint research, twinning programmes of education and exchange of faculty members and students from the Universities abroad. The Students of the S.R.M. Deemed University have ample opportunities to carry out part of their studies in USA, UK or Australia under twinning programmes or as visiting students.

The University aims to develop the students with adequate skills and knowledge, and helps them for an all-round development to emerge out as mature and confident individuals. To achieve this goal, apart from the regular academic programmes, the students are provided with opportunities for a high level independent study through central campus library, open access computing facilities and the language center.

The Library 

In the Kattankulathur campus, there is a central campus library in a four story building, built exclusively for library use with an area of about 2000 sq.m. The library has a general stock section, a reading hall, a periodical section, an air-conditioned video center and an audio center. The library has over 45000 volume of books in 17,540 titles. The library has subscribed for over 140 national periodicals and 40 international journals. 

The library has on-line library facilities, networked with DELNET (Developing Library Networks), MALIBNET (Madras Library Network) IIT Madras Library, Anna University Library, British Council Library, United State Information Service and SERC (Structural Engineering Research Center). The on-line video facilities at the library includes education channels to receive on-line educational programmes such as EKLAVYA Technology, UGC Gyan Darshan, BBC world, DD Sports, etc.The Library has an Internet browsing center open to all students.The Library operations are fully computerized with bar-coded library cards.Library is provided with Reprographic facilities for the benefit of the students and staff to make copies of the required material. The library is open all the days in a week, including week-end holidays. There is another Central Library with over 5000 books in the Medical College and Research Center at Kattankulathur.In the Ramapuram campus, there are UG and PG libraries with over 3000 books, 15 Indian and 43 Foreign journals at the School of Dentistry. Further, the other Paramedical departments have libraries with over 2000 books and 30 Indian and Foreign journals. In addition there is another Library for the faculty of Engineering & Technology of the University at Ramapuram. Apart from all these Libraries there is Central Campus Library attached to the Easwari Engineering College, in the campus.

Language Center 

A language learning center has been established in the Kattankulathur Campus of the University, where wide range of foreign languages like English, French, German, Russian, Japanese, etc., and Indian languages like Tamil, Hindi, etc., are proposed to be taught as day time and evening courses. This lab is also used to train the students for TOEFEL and GRE examinations. One can use the language lab to learn a new language or to brush up existing knowledge in a language.

Computing facilities   

S.R.M. Deemed University provides extensive network of computers in all the Schools and Departments of the University including the one in the Library building. The IT infrastructure in the campus includes a total of 1043 computers in the range of Pentium IV and AMD machines, completely networked with Fibre Optic backbone. The network is provided with Internet access through a VSNL-64 kbps leased circuit and a teleglobe USA - 256 kbps satellite link.

The Application of computers to support teaching and learning is an integral part of the SRM Deemed University degree courses and the students are encouraged to develop a high level of IT skills relevant to their academic discipline. All students have access to the internet and it is proposed to provide with their own personal email address. Software applications available on campus range from word-processing to advanced statistical and mathematical packages as well as programming languages and packages. In addition, many departments have some computing facilities of their own providing specialists software for students in those departments.

Every student of this university is guided to put his / her sincere effort in his/her chosen discipline to develop skill and knowledge. Industrial supports for curricular activities are arranged from reputed Industries. Students from all branches visit industries of their discipline and acquire knowledge. In plant training is also offered to students from the companies so that their learning process is strengthened with practical exposure.

The Structural Engineering and Architectural students visit the monuments and buildings of special structures, as part of their practical training. Students are encouraged to actively take part in technical seminars, conferences and workshops organized by this University and by the other Institutions in the country, for participation, paper presentation, quiz, etc., thereby enlarging their awareness of interactive participation and intellectual involvement. Guest lectures, seminars and Workshops are conducted on a variety of subjects with experts in different fields.

Students are provided all facilities to participate actively in several extra-curricular activities.Vast playgrounds and courts are provided for sports as well as games such as basket ball, volleyball and tennis, among others.

Students are encouraged to form cultural associations with focus on music, elocution, debate, poetry, literature and so on.