Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada (JNTUK) is established in the year 2008 vide ACT NO. 30 OF 2008 by the State of ANDHRA PRADESH. The University grew out of the College of Engineering Vizagapatnam founded by the Government of the composite Madras State in the year 1946. Spread over a sprawling campus of 100 acres in the port city of Kakinada, the college became a constituent of JNTU, Hyderabad in 1972. Subject to the trifurcation of the JNTU Hyderabad, it was notified as JNTUK Kakinada by the act of legislature in 2008.
The jurisdiction of JNTU Kakinada extends over the districts of East Godavari, Kakinada, Konaseema, West Godavari, Eluru, NTR, Krishna, Guntur, Palnadu, Bapatla and Prakasam. The University has 159 affiliated colleges under the jurisdiction of these 11 districts.