In the era of information, websites play an important role to store and disseminate the information everywhere on the globe. Days have changed from personal visits and manual doings things to online. Anybody can register, watch, do marketing, do business, share ideas, book a ticket and exchange knowledge. And many more stuffs can be done over internet through websites. This process has entered almost every activity of an institution, academia, and research and development organization. In this context, it is the need of the hour to make an evaluative study of university website to investigate its authority; purpose and coverage; currency; objectivity; graphics; use of colour; contents; legibility; hyperlinks; promotion; searching and FAQ etc. In the present study- an attempt has been made to evaluate 27 university websites based on selected criteria’s viz authority; purpose; coverage and currency of the websites. The results of the study indicate that the users do not aware the information about website designer. The link to library and its resources in the websites meet the academic needs. It is also found from the survey that the contact information is available in the university website and there is a consistency in the domain name.