Top Medical colleges in Tamil Nadu: NIRF ranking 2021
Explore Tamil Nadu Medical colleges ranked in the official NIRF 2021 list, including rank, score, city and private/government labels.
Tamil Nadu Medical ranking list
Avg score 56.213 Christian Medical College Vellore 75.33 0
- 2018: rank 3
- 2019: rank 3
- 2020: rank 3
- 2021: rank 3
Lower rank is better.
Held the #3 position across 4 published years.
Consistently ranked among India's top medical institutions.
6 Amrita 69.25 1
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 5
- 2020: rank 7
- 2021: rank 6
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 1 places from #5 in 2019 to #6 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top medical institutions.
14 SRIHER Chennai 58.92 1
- 2018: rank 10
- 2019: rank 11
- 2020: rank 13
- 2021: rank 14
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 4 places from #10 in 2018 to #14 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top medical institutions.
16 MMC Chennai 57.88 4
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 12
- 2021: rank 16
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 4 places from #12 in 2020 to #16 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top medical institutions.
20 SRMIST Chennai 55.74 11
- 2018: rank 22
- 2019: rank 22
- 2020: rank 31
- 2021: rank 20
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 2 places from #22 in 2018 to #20 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top medical institutions.
27 Saveetha Chennai 52.91 7
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 25
- 2020: rank 34
- 2021: rank 27
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 2 places from #25 in 2019 to #27 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top medical institutions.
33 PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research 51.62 6
- 2018: rank 21
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 27
- 2021: rank 33
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 12 places from #21 in 2018 to #33 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top medical institutions.
40 Annamalai University 49.13 5
- 2018: rank 24
- 2019: rank 26
- 2020: rank 35
- 2021: rank 40
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 16 places from #24 in 2018 to #40 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top medical institutions.
48 Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli 46.03 NEW
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: rank 48
Lower rank is better.
Ranked #48 in both 2021 and 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top medical institutions.
49 Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute 45.32 NEW
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: rank 49
Lower rank is better.
Ranked #49 in both 2021 and 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top medical 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 Medical college in Tamil Nadu as per NIRF 2021?
Christian Medical College Vellore is the top Tamil Nadu entry, ranked #3 with a score of 75.33.
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 2021 list?
10 ranked colleges are shown across 6 cities in this state.
What does the rank trend inside each row show?
Open any row to see that college's NIRF Medical rank across the latest available editions.