Top Overall colleges in Tamil Nadu: NIRF ranking 2022
Explore Tamil Nadu Overall colleges ranked in the official NIRF 2022 list, including rank, score, city and private/government labels.
Tamil Nadu Overall ranking list
Avg score 53.441 IIT Madras 87.59 0
- 2018: rank 2
- 2019: rank 1
- 2020: rank 1
- 2021: rank 1
- 2022: rank 1
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 1 places from #2 in 2018 to #1 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
16 Amrita 61.54 4
- 2018: rank 15
- 2019: rank 15
- 2020: rank 13
- 2021: rank 12
- 2022: rank 16
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 1 places from #15 in 2018 to #16 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
18 VIT Vellore 60.14 3
- 2018: rank 24
- 2019: rank 32
- 2020: rank 28
- 2021: rank 21
- 2022: rank 18
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 6 places from #24 in 2018 to #18 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
21 NIT Trichy 58.95 2
- 2018: rank 31
- 2019: rank 24
- 2020: rank 24
- 2021: rank 23
- 2022: rank 21
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 10 places from #31 in 2018 to #21 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
22 Anna University 58.08 3
- 2018: rank 10
- 2019: rank 14
- 2020: rank 20
- 2021: rank 25
- 2022: rank 22
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 12 places from #10 in 2018 to #22 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
24 Bharathiar University 57.26 2
- 2018: rank 20
- 2019: rank 21
- 2020: rank 21
- 2021: rank 22
- 2022: rank 24
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 4 places from #20 in 2018 to #24 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
36 SRMIST Chennai 53.99 17
- 2018: rank 63
- 2019: rank 52
- 2020: rank 58
- 2021: rank 53
- 2022: rank 36
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 27 places from #63 in 2018 to #36 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
44 Saveetha Chennai 50.81 5
- 2018: rank 70
- 2019: rank 67
- 2020: rank 66
- 2021: rank 49
- 2022: rank 44
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 26 places from #70 in 2018 to #44 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
49 SASTRA 50.33 7
- 2018: rank 54
- 2019: rank 63
- 2020: rank 48
- 2021: rank 42
- 2022: rank 49
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 5 places from #54 in 2018 to #49 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
50 KARE 49.97 24
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: rank 74
- 2022: rank 50
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 24 places from #74 in 2021 to #50 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
53 Alagappa University 49.73 4
- 2018: rank 43
- 2019: rank 47
- 2020: rank 64
- 2021: rank 57
- 2022: rank 53
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 10 places from #43 in 2018 to #53 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
67 Sathyabama 48.09 6
- 2018: rank 68
- 2019: rank 64
- 2020: rank 61
- 2021: rank 61
- 2022: rank 67
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 1 places from #68 in 2018 to #67 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
70 University of Madras 48.01 23
- 2018: rank 29
- 2019: rank 33
- 2020: rank 41
- 2021: rank 47
- 2022: rank 70
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 41 places from #29 in 2018 to #70 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
82 Bharathidasan University 46.14 8
- 2018: rank 94
- 2019: rank 86
- 2020: rank 77
- 2021: rank 90
- 2022: rank 82
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 12 places from #94 in 2018 to #82 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
83 SRIHER Chennai 46.08 4
- 2018: rank 62
- 2019: rank 54
- 2020: rank 51
- 2021: rank 79
- 2022: rank 83
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 21 places from #62 in 2018 to #83 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
88 Madurai Kamraj University 45.77 5
- 2018: rank 81
- 2019: rank 69
- 2020: rank 84
- 2021: rank 83
- 2022: rank 88
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 7 places from #81 in 2018 to #88 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
95 Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research 44.73 20
- 2018: rank 35
- 2019: rank 57
- 2020: rank 87
- 2021: rank 75
- 2022: rank 95
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 60 places from #35 in 2018 to #95 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
96 SSN College 44.69 7
- 2018: rank 73
- 2019: rank 78
- 2020: rank 83
- 2021: rank 89
- 2022: rank 96
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 23 places from #73 in 2018 to #96 in 2022.
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 2022?
IIT Madras is the top Tamil Nadu entry, ranked #1 with a score of 87.59.
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 2022 list?
18 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.