Top Overall colleges in Tamil Nadu: NIRF ranking 2021
Explore Tamil Nadu Overall colleges ranked in the official NIRF 2021 list, including rank, score, city and private/government labels.
Tamil Nadu Overall ranking list
Avg score 50.571 IIT Madras 86.76 0
- 2017: rank 2
- 2018: rank 2
- 2019: rank 1
- 2020: rank 1
- 2021: rank 1
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 1 places from #2 in 2017 to #1 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
12 Amrita 59.87 1
- 2017: rank 16
- 2018: rank 15
- 2019: rank 15
- 2020: rank 13
- 2021: rank 12
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 4 places from #16 in 2017 to #12 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
21 VIT Vellore 55.39 7
- 2017: rank 22
- 2018: rank 24
- 2019: rank 32
- 2020: rank 28
- 2021: rank 21
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 1 places from #22 in 2017 to #21 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
22 Bharathiar University 55.38 1
- 2017: rank 45
- 2018: rank 20
- 2019: rank 21
- 2020: rank 21
- 2021: rank 22
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 23 places from #45 in 2017 to #22 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
23 NIT Trichy 54.97 1
- 2017: rank 34
- 2018: rank 31
- 2019: rank 24
- 2020: rank 24
- 2021: rank 23
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 11 places from #34 in 2017 to #23 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
25 Anna University 54.42 5
- 2017: rank 13
- 2018: rank 10
- 2019: rank 14
- 2020: rank 20
- 2021: rank 25
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 12 places from #13 in 2017 to #25 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
42 SASTRA 49.15 6
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 54
- 2019: rank 63
- 2020: rank 48
- 2021: rank 42
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 12 places from #54 in 2018 to #42 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
47 University of Madras 48.66 6
- 2017: rank 64
- 2018: rank 29
- 2019: rank 33
- 2020: rank 41
- 2021: rank 47
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 17 places from #64 in 2017 to #47 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
49 Saveetha Chennai 48.63 17
- 2017: rank 91
- 2018: rank 70
- 2019: rank 67
- 2020: rank 66
- 2021: rank 49
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 42 places from #91 in 2017 to #49 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
53 SRMIST Chennai 47.30 5
- 2017: rank 55
- 2018: rank 63
- 2019: rank 52
- 2020: rank 58
- 2021: rank 53
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 2 places from #55 in 2017 to #53 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
57 Alagappa University 46.79 7
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 43
- 2019: rank 47
- 2020: rank 64
- 2021: rank 57
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 14 places from #43 in 2018 to #57 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
61 Sathyabama 46.60 0
- 2017: rank 72
- 2018: rank 68
- 2019: rank 64
- 2020: rank 61
- 2021: rank 61
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 11 places from #72 in 2017 to #61 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
74 KARE 45.07 NEW
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: rank 74
Lower rank is better.
Ranked #74 in both 2021 and 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
75 Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research 44.81 12
- 2017: rank 35
- 2018: rank 35
- 2019: rank 57
- 2020: rank 87
- 2021: rank 75
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 40 places from #35 in 2017 to #75 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
79 SRIHER Chennai 44.40 28
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 62
- 2019: rank 54
- 2020: rank 51
- 2021: rank 79
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 17 places from #62 in 2018 to #79 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
83 Madurai Kamraj University 43.75 1
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 81
- 2019: rank 69
- 2020: rank 84
- 2021: rank 83
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 2 places from #81 in 2018 to #83 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
86 PSG College of Technology 43.14 1
- 2017: rank 88
- 2018: rank 64
- 2019: rank 76
- 2020: rank 85
- 2021: rank 86
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 2 places from #88 in 2017 to #86 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
89 SSN College 42.94 6
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 73
- 2019: rank 78
- 2020: rank 83
- 2021: rank 89
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 16 places from #73 in 2018 to #89 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
90 Bharathidasan University 42.79 13
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 94
- 2019: rank 86
- 2020: rank 77
- 2021: rank 90
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 4 places from #94 in 2018 to #90 in 2021.
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 2021?
IIT Madras is the top Tamil Nadu entry, ranked #1 with a score of 86.76.
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?
19 ranked colleges are shown across 9 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.