Top Dental colleges in Tamil Nadu: NIRF ranking 2025
Explore Tamil Nadu Dental colleges ranked in the official NIRF 2025 list, including rank, score, city and private/government labels.
Tamil Nadu Dental ranking list
Avg score 61.632 Saveetha Chennai 85.31 1
- 2021: rank 3
- 2022: rank 1
- 2023: rank 1
- 2024: rank 1
- 2025: rank 2
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 1 places from #3 in 2021 to #2 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top dental institutions.
8 SRM Dental College 68.19 1
- 2021: rank 10
- 2022: rank 8
- 2023: rank 6
- 2024: rank 7
- 2025: rank 8
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 2 places from #10 in 2021 to #8 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top dental institutions.
13 SRIHER Chennai 61.28 3
- 2021: rank 8
- 2022: rank 13
- 2023: rank 7
- 2024: rank 10
- 2025: rank 13
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 5 places from #8 in 2021 to #13 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top dental institutions.
14 Amrita 60.83 0
- 2021: rank 13
- 2022: rank 19
- 2023: rank 12
- 2024: rank 14
- 2025: rank 14
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 1 places from #13 in 2021 to #14 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top dental institutions.
16 MAHER Chennai 59.92 3
- 2021: rank 24
- 2022: rank 22
- 2023: rank 16
- 2024: rank 13
- 2025: rank 16
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 8 places from #24 in 2021 to #16 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top dental institutions.
27 Sree Balaji Dental College & Hospital 56.32 2
- 2021: rank 22
- 2022: rank 29
- 2023: not ranked
- 2024: not ranked
- 2025: rank 27
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 5 places from #22 in 2021 to #27 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top dental institutions.
30 M. G. R. Educational and Research Institute 55.08 10
- 2021: rank 35
- 2022: rank 25
- 2023: rank 23
- 2024: rank 20
- 2025: rank 30
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 5 places from #35 in 2021 to #30 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top dental institutions.
32 Chettinad Dental College and Research Institute 54.90 1
- 2021: not ranked
- 2022: rank 27
- 2023: rank 27
- 2024: rank 33
- 2025: rank 32
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 5 places from #27 in 2022 to #32 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top dental institutions.
39 SRM Kattankulathur Dental College 52.88 7
- 2021: not ranked
- 2022: not ranked
- 2023: not ranked
- 2024: rank 32
- 2025: rank 39
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 7 places from #32 in 2024 to #39 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top dental institutions.
Data source: NIRF, Ministry of Education, Government of India. Ownership labels apply only to institutions classified in the NIRFRank database.
Tamil Nadu ranking questions
Which is the top Dental college in Tamil Nadu as per NIRF 2025?
Saveetha Chennai is the top Tamil Nadu entry, ranked #2 with a score of 85.31.
Does this include private colleges?
Yes. Private and government labels appear when the institution is resolved in NIRFRank's curated registry.
How many Tamil Nadu colleges are in the NIRF 2025 list?
9 ranked colleges are shown across 3 cities in this state.
What does the rank trend inside each row show?
Open any row to see that college's NIRF Dental rank across the latest available editions.