NIRF 2025

Rajalakshmi Engineering College NIRF ranking 2025

Explore Rajalakshmi Engineering College NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends.

Rajalakshmi Engineering College

Chennai, Tamil Nadu · NIRF ID IR-E-C-16626

Private institution 0 categories in 2025 8,177 students
Ranking edition · Profile data year NIRF 2025 snapshot
Official-data brief

At a glance

Rajalakshmi Engineering College is a private institution in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 87.4% and a ₹5.4L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 8,177 students.

₹5.4LUG median salary
2023-24
87.4% UG placed
1,631 / 1,867
#—Overall rank
NIRF 2025
374PhD scholars
full + part-time

NIRF Engineering journey & 2025 category scoreboard

Rank in every category published for this edition. Open any category to understand its result and movement.

Placements — official numbers

UG placement rate 61.2% → 87.4%; latest median salary ₹5.4L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.

What happened to the UG batch? 1,867 graduates
87.4%
  • 1,631 placed — 87.4% of the batch
  • 201 chose higher studies
  • 35 reported another outcome
Median salary · 2023-24 ₹5.4L

Half of the 1,631 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.

Seven-year high
₹5.4L
Placement rate
87.4%

Salary and placement rate, year by year

Median salary (₹L)Placement rate %

What this means: These are graduate outcomes, not staff pay. Median salary means half of placed graduates earned more and half earned less, so one unusually large offer cannot distort it like an average. The placement rate rose from 61.2% to 87.4%. The reported median salary moved from ₹3.3L in 2017-18 to ₹5.4L in 2023-24.

PG (two-year) placements

Latest three graduating batches.

BatchPlacedRateMedian
2021-22 108 / 110 98.2% ₹4.2L
2022-23 109 / 115 94.8% ₹4.22L
2023-24 103 / 114 90.4% ₹5.3L

Who studies here

Student strength from the NIRF 2025 submission.

Total students8,177All reported programmes
From outside the state32.6%2,662 students
International163Students from outside India
Women46.1%3,768 students
Full fee reimbursement4,206Funded by the institution
Largest programme group7,938UG [4 Years Program(s)]

Research & PhD

Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.

PhD scholars374123 full-time · 251 part-time
PhDs awarded 2023-245327 in 2021-22 → 53 in 2023-24
Sponsored projects23Peak reported year 2023-24
RPC pillar score14.6Was 5.0 in 2021

Where the institution spends its money

Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹35.17 Cr → ₹83.91 Cr.

Faculty & staff salaries₹83.91 Cr₹35.17 Cr in 2017-18 → +139%
Academic maintenance₹56.41 CrConsumables and infrastructure upkeep
Lab equipment₹5.26 CrNew equipment in the latest reported year
Library₹25.52 CrBooks, journals and databases

Year by year, 2017-18–2023-24

Library (₹Cr)Lab equipment (₹Cr)Faculty & staff salaries (₹Cr)

Keep these charts separate: This chart is what the institution spends, while the placement chart is what graduates earn. The salary line is the faculty and staff pay bill: ₹35.17 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹83.91 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹25.52 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹5.26 Cr.

Official sources

Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.

The five NIRF pillars

Research (RPC) improved most: 5.0 → 14.6. Perception (PR) is the lowest latest pillar.

What the lines mean: Each line is a score out of 100: TLR covers teaching and resources, RPC research, GO graduation outcomes, OI outreach and inclusion, and PR peer perception. Rajalakshmi Engineering College improved most in Research (RPC) (5.0 → 14.6). Its latest strongest pillar is Teaching & Resources (TLR) at 65.6, while Perception (PR) is lowest at 6.3.

Questions about Rajalakshmi Engineering College

Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.

Rajalakshmi Engineering College ranking questions

Is Rajalakshmi Engineering College private or government?

Rajalakshmi Engineering College is marked as a private institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.

Where is Rajalakshmi Engineering College located?

Rajalakshmi Engineering College is listed in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Students also ask

What is the median placement salary of Rajalakshmi Engineering College graduates?

The official submission reports a ₹5.4L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 1,631 of 1,867 graduates placed (87.4%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹5.3L.

How many students does Rajalakshmi Engineering College have?

The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 8,177 students, including 2,662 from outside the state and 163 international students.

Is Rajalakshmi Engineering College improving in research?

Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 5.0 in 2021 to 14.6 in 2023. The latest disclosure also reports 374 PhD scholars.

How much does Rajalakshmi Engineering College spend on faculty, labs and its library?

Latest reported expenditure includes ₹83.91 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹5.26 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹25.52 Cr for the library. These are institution expenses, not graduate placement salaries.

Data source: NIRF, Ministry of Education, Government of India. Ranking cards and deep-profile facts are limited to official data published through the selected 2025 edition.