the district has universities located at rajahmundry city such as adikavi nannaya university rajahmundry, telugu university, acharya ng ranga agricultural university. there are numerous educational institutes with jawaharlal nehru technological university, kakinada, district institute of education and training (diet) in rajahmundry, established in 1989 for the benefit of teacher trainees and in-service teachers. there are many educational institutions that provide education in different fields such as engineering, medical, law, pharmacy, polytechnic and postgraduate colleges etc. some of the notable universities, colleges are rangaraya medical college in kakinada and govt pithapuram rajah college, kakinada.