Top Engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu: NIRF ranking 2023
Explore Tamil Nadu Engineering colleges ranked in the official NIRF 2023 list, including rank, score, city and private/government labels.
Tamil Nadu Engineering ranking list
Avg score 57.101 IIT Madras 89.79 0
- 2019: rank 1
- 2020: rank 1
- 2021: rank 1
- 2022: rank 1
- 2023: rank 1
Lower rank is better.
Held the #1 position for five consecutive years.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
9 NIT Trichy 69.71 1
- 2019: rank 10
- 2020: rank 9
- 2021: rank 9
- 2022: rank 8
- 2023: rank 9
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 1 places from #10 in 2019 to #9 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
11 VIT Vellore 66.59 1
- 2019: rank 18
- 2020: rank 15
- 2021: rank 12
- 2022: rank 12
- 2023: rank 11
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 7 places from #18 in 2019 to #11 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
13 Anna University 65.06 4
- 2019: rank 9
- 2020: rank 14
- 2021: rank 18
- 2022: rank 17
- 2023: rank 13
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 4 places from #9 in 2019 to #13 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
19 Amrita 61.54 0
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 20
- 2021: rank 16
- 2022: rank 19
- 2023: rank 19
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 1 places from #20 in 2020 to #19 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
28 SRMIST Chennai 58.56 4
- 2019: rank 36
- 2020: rank 41
- 2021: rank 34
- 2022: rank 24
- 2023: rank 28
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 8 places from #36 in 2019 to #28 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
34 SASTRA 56.21 7
- 2019: rank 38
- 2020: rank 37
- 2021: rank 38
- 2022: rank 41
- 2023: rank 34
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 4 places from #38 in 2019 to #34 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
36 KARE 55.69 3
- 2019: rank 61
- 2020: rank 60
- 2021: rank 56
- 2022: rank 39
- 2023: rank 36
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 25 places from #61 in 2019 to #36 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
45 SSN College 52.88 3
- 2019: rank 37
- 2020: rank 44
- 2021: rank 45
- 2022: rank 48
- 2023: rank 45
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 8 places from #37 in 2019 to #45 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
63 PSG College of Technology 49.43 6
- 2019: rank 44
- 2020: rank 49
- 2021: rank 53
- 2022: rank 57
- 2023: rank 63
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 19 places from #44 in 2019 to #63 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
64 Saveetha Chennai 49.30 92
- 2019: rank 186
- 2020: rank 149
- 2021: rank 121
- 2022: rank 156
- 2023: rank 64
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 122 places from #186 in 2019 to #64 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
66 Sathyabama 48.87 12
- 2019: rank 47
- 2020: rank 51
- 2021: rank 55
- 2022: rank 54
- 2023: rank 66
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 19 places from #47 in 2019 to #66 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
77 SKCET Coimbatore 46.03 4
- 2019: rank 97
- 2020: rank 83
- 2021: rank 78
- 2022: rank 73
- 2023: rank 77
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 20 places from #97 in 2019 to #77 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
86 Rajalakshmi Engineering College 43.46 9
- 2019: rank 139
- 2020: rank 106
- 2021: rank 110
- 2022: rank 95
- 2023: rank 86
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 53 places from #139 in 2019 to #86 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
87 Vel Tech Chennai 43.43 3
- 2019: rank 86
- 2020: rank 95
- 2021: rank 93
- 2022: rank 84
- 2023: rank 87
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 1 places from #86 in 2019 to #87 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering 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 Engineering college in Tamil Nadu as per NIRF 2023?
IIT Madras is the top Tamil Nadu entry, ranked #1 with a score of 89.79.
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 2023 list?
15 ranked colleges are shown across 7 cities in this state.
What does the rank trend inside each row show?
Open any row to see that college's NIRF Engineering rank across the latest available editions.