NIRF 2025

Thiagarajar College of Engineering NIRF ranking 2025

Explore Thiagarajar College of Engineering NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Architecture #33 in NIRF 2025.

Thiagarajar College of Engineering

Madurai, Tamil Nadu · NIRF ID IR-A-C-26794

Private institution Best in 2025: Architecture #33 1 categories in 2025 3,988 students
Ranking edition · Profile data year NIRF 2025 snapshot
Official-data brief

At a glance

Thiagarajar College of Engineering is a private institution in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Its best current NIRF result is #33 in Architecture (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 79.5% and a ₹7.2L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 3,988 students.

₹7.2LUG median salary
2023-24
79.5% UG placed
692 / 870
#33Architecture rank
NIRF 2025
173PhD scholars
full + part-time

NIRF Architecture 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 86.6% → 79.5%; latest median salary ₹7.2L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.

What happened to the UG batch? 870 graduates
79.5%
  • 692 placed — 79.5% of the batch
  • 58 chose higher studies
  • 120 reported another outcome
Median salary · 2023-24 ₹7.2L

Half of the 692 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.

Seven-year high
₹7.2L
Placement rate
79.5%

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 fell from 86.6% to 79.5%. The reported median salary moved from ₹3.6L in 2017-18 to ₹7.2L in 2023-24.

PG (two-year) placements

Latest three graduating batches.

BatchPlacedRateMedian
2021-22 84 / 92 91.3% ₹5L
2022-23 58 / 94 61.7% ₹5.2L
2023-24 23 / 56 41.1% ₹6L

Who studies here

Student strength from the NIRF 2025 submission.

Total students3,988All reported programmes
From outside the state1.0%38 students
International0Students from outside India
Women39.4%1,571 students
Full fee reimbursement198Funded by the institution
Largest programme group3,872UG [4 Years Program(s)]

Research & PhD

Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.

PhD scholars17387 full-time · 86 part-time
PhDs awarded 2023-242931 in 2021-22 → 29 in 2023-24
Sponsored projects12Peak reported year 2021-22
RPC pillar score32.9Was 24.6 in 2020

Where the institution spends its money

Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹33.97 Cr → ₹44.36 Cr. Latest library expenditure is below the first reported year.

Faculty & staff salaries₹44.36 Cr₹33.97 Cr in 2017-18 → +31%
Academic maintenance₹10.85 CrConsumables and infrastructure upkeep
Lab equipment₹3.42 CrNew equipment in the latest reported year
Library₹0.1 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: ₹33.97 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹44.36 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹0.1 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹3.42 Cr.

Official sources

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

The five NIRF pillars

Research (RPC) improved most: 24.6 → 32.9. Research (RPC) 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. Thiagarajar College of Engineering improved most in Research (RPC) (24.6 → 32.9). Its latest strongest pillar is Graduation Outcomes (GO) at 71.1, while Research (RPC) is lowest at 32.9.

Questions about Thiagarajar College of Engineering

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

Thiagarajar College of Engineering ranking questions

What is Thiagarajar College of Engineering NIRF ranking 2025?

Thiagarajar College of Engineering's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is Architecture rank #33 with a score of 52.56.

Which NIRF categories include Thiagarajar College of Engineering in 2025?

Thiagarajar College of Engineering appears in the NIRF 2025 Architecture ranking categories on this profile.

Is Thiagarajar College of Engineering private or government?

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

Where is Thiagarajar College of Engineering located?

Thiagarajar College of Engineering is listed in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

Students also ask

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

The official submission reports a ₹7.2L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 692 of 870 graduates placed (79.5%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹6L.

What is Thiagarajar College of Engineering's best NIRF category?

Architecture is its best current result at #33 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 52.56.

How many students does Thiagarajar College of Engineering have?

The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 3,988 students, including 38 from outside the state and 0 international students.

Is Thiagarajar College of Engineering improving in research?

Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 24.6 in 2020 to 32.9 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 173 PhD scholars.

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

Latest reported expenditure includes ₹44.36 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹3.42 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹0.1 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.