Top Engineering colleges in Chennai: NIRF ranking 2020
Explore ranked Engineering colleges in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, with official NIRF ranks, scores, ownership labels and historical rank trends.
Chennai Engineering ranking list
Tamil Nadu1 IIT Madras 89.93 0
- 2016: rank 1
- 2017: rank 1
- 2018: rank 1
- 2019: rank 1
- 2020: rank 1
Lower rank is better.
Held the #1 position for five consecutive years.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
14 Anna University 59.89 5
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: rank 8
- 2018: rank 8
- 2019: rank 9
- 2020: rank 14
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 6 places from #8 in 2017 to #14 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
41 SRMIST Chennai 50.95 5
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: rank 35
- 2018: rank 46
- 2019: rank 36
- 2020: rank 41
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Moved down 6 places from #35 in 2017 to #41 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
51 Sathyabama 46.77 4
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 37
- 2019: rank 47
- 2020: rank 51
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Moved down 14 places from #37 in 2018 to #51 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
95 Vel Tech Chennai 37.86 9
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: rank 58
- 2018: rank 77
- 2019: rank 86
- 2020: rank 95
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 37 places from #58 in 2017 to #95 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
106 Rajalakshmi Engineering College 37.01 33
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 139
- 2020: rank 106
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Improved by 33 places from #139 in 2019 to #106 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
107 HITS 36.98 12
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 95
- 2020: rank 107
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 12 places from #95 in 2019 to #107 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
123 Crescent Chennai 35.41 8
- 2016: rank 54
- 2017: rank 89
- 2018: rank 79
- 2019: rank 131
- 2020: rank 123
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Moved down 69 places from #54 in 2016 to #123 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
149 Saveetha Chennai 33.55 37
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 186
- 2020: rank 149
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 37 places from #186 in 2019 to #149 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
182 IIITDM Kancheepuram 31.63 15
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 197
- 2020: rank 182
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 15 places from #197 in 2019 to #182 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
192 Sri Sai Ram Institute of Technology 31.32 2
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 194
- 2020: rank 192
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 2 places from #194 in 2019 to #192 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
Data source: NIRF, Ministry of Education, Government of India. This page filters the official 2020 ranking by published city and state.
Chennai ranking questions
Which is the top Engineering college in Chennai as per NIRF 2020?
IIT Madras leads the city list at rank #1.
How many ranked colleges are shown for Chennai?
11 colleges from Chennai appear in the official 2020 list.
Can I compare these colleges?
Yes. Open any expanded row and use the comparison action to review ranks, scores and historical performance.
How is the city filter created?
The page uses the city published for each institution in the selected NIRF ranking edition.