Joy University is a state private university at Raja Nagar near Vadakkangulam in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu. Its sponsoring body is Selvam Educational and Charitable Trust, an education organization whose institutional activity dates to 1984 and extends across engineering, medicine, dental sciences, pharmacy, nursing, polytechnic and arts and science education. The university's statutory effective date is 26 July 2022 under the Tamil Nadu private-university framework. The institution is designed as a multidisciplinary university with an emphasis on academic quality, research, innovation and ethical professional development. Its programme environment draws on the sponsoring trust's long experience in professional education and the infrastructure of a larger educational network in southern Tamil Nadu. The campus location near Kanyakumari provides a regional higher-education base serving students from Tamil Nadu and neighboring areas. Joy University's legal history required later statutory clarification. A Tamil Nadu amendment notified in 2025 confirmed Joy University as a state private university and stated that its establishment took effect from 26 July 2022. UGC subsequently recorded the institution under Section 2(f), recognizing the university within the national higher-education system. This sequence is important because it distinguishes the trust's older educational legacy from the university's 2022 statutory commencement. The institution continues to develop multidisciplinary teaching and research while drawing organizational experience from Selvam Educational and Charitable Trust's much longer professional-education network. Its Tirunelveli district location gives the institution a regional role in southern Tamil Nadu's professional higher education. The university's sponsoring trust manages a broad education ecosystem that predates the university by several decades. Operates as a state private university in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu. The wider trust network includes engineering, medical, dental, pharmacy, nursing and arts institutions. 2019 — Tamil Nadu enacted a state private-universities law providing the legal framework for institutions such as Joy University.