The Department of Physical Sciences came into effect from 01-12-2002 under the administrative control of Dean, Agricultural Engineering College & Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. This Department consists of the following units viz., Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Information Technology. The Academic Council of TNAU at its 93rd meeting approved the renaming of the Department of Physical Sciences as Department of Physical Sciences and Information Technology with effect from 01-04-2003.

The main objectives of the Department are :