Dr. YSR Architecture and Fine Arts University (YSRAFU) is a specialized state university in Y.S.R. Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, dedicated to architecture, planning, fine arts, design, engineering and allied creative technologies. Its establishment followed the bifurcation of the erstwhile state and the resulting need for a dedicated architecture-and-fine-arts university within Andhra Pradesh. The university was created under the Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University (Amendment) Act, 2019, enacted as A.P. Legislature Act No. 15 of 2020. YSRAFU provides an interdisciplinary platform where built-environment education, visual arts, design thinking and emerging technologies can develop within one institutional structure. Its academic model combines studio practice, technical instruction, creative exploration and professional education. Architecture is one of the university’s central professional disciplines. Planning education addresses urban and regional development. Fine arts programmes support visual and creative practice. Design forms an important bridge between art, technology and professional application. Engineering and emerging technologies complement the university’s architecture-and-design mission. Studio, workshop and project-based learning are central to academic delivery. The university is located in Y.S.R. Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh. YSRAFU was created after state bifurcation to provide a dedicated institution within Andhra Pradesh. The university’s statutory framework emerged from amendment of the earlier JNAFAU legislation. Undergraduate and postgraduate academic calendars began from the 2020–21 institutional phase. 2019 — Legislative amendment provisions were prepared to establish a new university in Kadapa. 2020 — Y.S.R. Kadapa became the headquarters of the new specialist university. 2020–21 — The first academic calendar for new entrants commenced. Architecture and planning programmes became part of the university’s professional academic base. Fine arts and design programmes established the creative-practice component of the institution. Engineering and emerging-technology subjects broadened the interdisciplinary framework. The university’s distinctive role is to connect professional design education with visual culture, planning and technology.