Top Overall colleges in Tamil Nadu: NIRF ranking 2023
Explore Tamil Nadu Overall colleges ranked in the official NIRF 2023 list, including rank, score, city and private/government labels.
Tamil Nadu Overall ranking list
Avg score 55.251 IIT Madras 86.69 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 overall institutions.
15 Amrita 62.74 1
- 2019: rank 15
- 2020: rank 13
- 2021: rank 12
- 2022: rank 16
- 2023: rank 15
Lower rank is better.
Ranked #15 in both 2019 and 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
17 VIT Vellore 62.70 1
- 2019: rank 32
- 2020: rank 28
- 2021: rank 21
- 2022: rank 18
- 2023: rank 17
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 15 places from #32 in 2019 to #17 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
18 Anna University 62.36 4
- 2019: rank 14
- 2020: rank 20
- 2021: rank 25
- 2022: rank 22
- 2023: rank 18
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 4 places from #14 in 2019 to #18 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
21 NIT Trichy 60.43 0
- 2019: rank 24
- 2020: rank 24
- 2021: rank 23
- 2022: rank 21
- 2023: rank 21
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 3 places from #24 in 2019 to #21 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
27 Saveetha Chennai 58.14 17
- 2019: rank 67
- 2020: rank 66
- 2021: rank 49
- 2022: rank 44
- 2023: rank 27
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 40 places from #67 in 2019 to #27 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
32 SRMIST Chennai 56.44 4
- 2019: rank 52
- 2020: rank 58
- 2021: rank 53
- 2022: rank 36
- 2023: rank 32
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 20 places from #52 in 2019 to #32 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
36 Bharathiar University 55.58 12
- 2019: rank 21
- 2020: rank 21
- 2021: rank 22
- 2022: rank 24
- 2023: rank 36
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 15 places from #21 in 2019 to #36 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
48 KARE 52.52 2
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: rank 74
- 2022: rank 50
- 2023: rank 48
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 26 places from #74 in 2021 to #48 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
49 SASTRA 52.00 0
- 2019: rank 63
- 2020: rank 48
- 2021: rank 42
- 2022: rank 49
- 2023: rank 49
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 14 places from #63 in 2019 to #49 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
56 Alagappa University 50.99 3
- 2019: rank 47
- 2020: rank 64
- 2021: rank 57
- 2022: rank 53
- 2023: rank 56
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 9 places from #47 in 2019 to #56 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
65 University of Madras 49.93 5
- 2019: rank 33
- 2020: rank 41
- 2021: rank 47
- 2022: rank 70
- 2023: rank 65
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 32 places from #33 in 2019 to #65 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
70 Bharathidasan University 49.45 12
- 2019: rank 86
- 2020: rank 77
- 2021: rank 90
- 2022: rank 82
- 2023: rank 70
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 16 places from #86 in 2019 to #70 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
80 SSN College 48.18 16
- 2019: rank 78
- 2020: rank 83
- 2021: rank 89
- 2022: rank 96
- 2023: rank 80
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 2 places from #78 in 2019 to #80 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
84 Sathyabama 47.95 17
- 2019: rank 64
- 2020: rank 61
- 2021: rank 61
- 2022: rank 67
- 2023: rank 84
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 20 places from #64 in 2019 to #84 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
93 Tamil Nadu Agricultural University 46.33 25
- 2019: rank 68
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: not ranked
- 2022: not ranked
- 2023: rank 93
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 25 places from #68 in 2019 to #93 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
94 Madurai Kamraj University 46.26 6
- 2019: rank 69
- 2020: rank 84
- 2021: rank 83
- 2022: rank 88
- 2023: rank 94
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 25 places from #69 in 2019 to #94 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
98 SRIHER Chennai 45.84 15
- 2019: rank 54
- 2020: rank 51
- 2021: rank 79
- 2022: rank 83
- 2023: rank 98
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 44 places from #54 in 2019 to #98 in 2023.
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 2023?
IIT Madras is the top Tamil Nadu entry, ranked #1 with a score of 86.69.
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?
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.