Top Overall colleges in Tamil Nadu: NIRF ranking 2020
Explore Tamil Nadu Overall colleges ranked in the official NIRF 2020 list, including rank, score, city and private/government labels.
Tamil Nadu Overall ranking list
Avg score 51.641 IIT Madras 85.31 0
- 2017: rank 2
- 2018: rank 2
- 2019: rank 1
- 2020: rank 1
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 1 places from #2 in 2017 to #1 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
13 Amrita 60.74 2
- 2017: rank 16
- 2018: rank 15
- 2019: rank 15
- 2020: rank 13
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 3 places from #16 in 2017 to #13 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
20 Anna University 58.10 6
- 2017: rank 13
- 2018: rank 10
- 2019: rank 14
- 2020: rank 20
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 7 places from #13 in 2017 to #20 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
21 Bharathiar University 57.32 0
- 2017: rank 45
- 2018: rank 20
- 2019: rank 21
- 2020: rank 21
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 24 places from #45 in 2017 to #21 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
24 NIT Trichy 55.92 0
- 2017: rank 34
- 2018: rank 31
- 2019: rank 24
- 2020: rank 24
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 10 places from #34 in 2017 to #24 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
28 VIT Vellore 53.89 4
- 2017: rank 22
- 2018: rank 24
- 2019: rank 32
- 2020: rank 28
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 6 places from #22 in 2017 to #28 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
41 University of Madras 50.76 8
- 2017: rank 64
- 2018: rank 29
- 2019: rank 33
- 2020: rank 41
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 23 places from #64 in 2017 to #41 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
48 SASTRA 49.40 15
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 54
- 2019: rank 63
- 2020: rank 48
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 6 places from #54 in 2018 to #48 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
51 SRIHER Chennai 48.59 3
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 62
- 2019: rank 54
- 2020: rank 51
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 11 places from #62 in 2018 to #51 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
58 SRMIST Chennai 47.27 6
- 2017: rank 55
- 2018: rank 63
- 2019: rank 52
- 2020: rank 58
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 3 places from #55 in 2017 to #58 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
61 Sathyabama 47.03 3
- 2017: rank 72
- 2018: rank 68
- 2019: rank 64
- 2020: rank 61
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 11 places from #72 in 2017 to #61 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
64 Alagappa University 46.85 17
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 43
- 2019: rank 47
- 2020: rank 64
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 21 places from #43 in 2018 to #64 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
66 Saveetha Chennai 46.81 1
- 2017: rank 91
- 2018: rank 70
- 2019: rank 67
- 2020: rank 66
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 25 places from #91 in 2017 to #66 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
77 Bharathidasan University 44.70 9
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 94
- 2019: rank 86
- 2020: rank 77
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 17 places from #94 in 2018 to #77 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
83 SSN College 44.42 5
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 73
- 2019: rank 78
- 2020: rank 83
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 10 places from #73 in 2018 to #83 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
84 Madurai Kamraj University 44.27 15
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 81
- 2019: rank 69
- 2020: rank 84
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 3 places from #81 in 2018 to #84 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
85 PSG College of Technology 44.17 9
- 2017: rank 88
- 2018: rank 64
- 2019: rank 76
- 2020: rank 85
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 3 places from #88 in 2017 to #85 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
87 Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research 44.03 30
- 2017: rank 35
- 2018: rank 35
- 2019: rank 57
- 2020: rank 87
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 52 places from #35 in 2017 to #87 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall 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 Overall college in Tamil Nadu as per NIRF 2020?
IIT Madras is the top Tamil Nadu entry, ranked #1 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 2020 list?
18 ranked colleges are shown across 8 cities in this state.
What does the rank trend inside each row show?
Open any row to see that college's NIRF Overall rank across the latest available editions.