Top University colleges in Tamil Nadu: NIRF ranking 2025
Explore Tamil Nadu University colleges ranked in the official NIRF 2025 list, including rank, score, city and private/government labels.
Tamil Nadu University ranking list
Avg score 55.368 Amrita 67.05 1
- 2021: rank 5
- 2022: rank 5
- 2023: rank 7
- 2024: rank 7
- 2025: rank 8
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 3 places from #5 in 2021 to #8 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
11 SRMIST Chennai 65.26 1
- 2021: rank 30
- 2022: rank 19
- 2023: rank 18
- 2024: rank 12
- 2025: rank 11
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 19 places from #30 in 2021 to #11 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
13 Saveetha Chennai 65.04 2
- 2021: rank 29
- 2022: rank 26
- 2023: rank 13
- 2024: rank 11
- 2025: rank 13
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 16 places from #29 in 2021 to #13 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
14 VIT Vellore 64.64 4
- 2021: rank 13
- 2022: rank 9
- 2023: rank 8
- 2024: rank 10
- 2025: rank 14
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 1 places from #13 in 2021 to #14 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
20 Anna University 61.22 7
- 2021: rank 16
- 2022: rank 20
- 2023: rank 14
- 2024: rank 13
- 2025: rank 20
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 4 places from #16 in 2021 to #20 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
28 KARE 58.37 2
- 2021: rank 50
- 2022: rank 35
- 2023: rank 29
- 2024: rank 30
- 2025: rank 28
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 22 places from #50 in 2021 to #28 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
29 SASTRA 58.06 1
- 2021: rank 22
- 2022: rank 24
- 2023: rank 26
- 2024: rank 28
- 2025: rank 29
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 7 places from #22 in 2021 to #29 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
36 Bharathidasan University 55.85 0
- 2021: rank 57
- 2022: rank 57
- 2023: rank 41
- 2024: rank 36
- 2025: rank 36
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 21 places from #57 in 2021 to #36 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
38 University of Madras 55.23 1
- 2021: rank 28
- 2022: rank 39
- 2023: rank 50
- 2024: rank 39
- 2025: rank 38
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 10 places from #28 in 2021 to #38 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
44 Alagappa University 54.45 3
- 2021: rank 33
- 2022: rank 28
- 2023: rank 30
- 2024: rank 47
- 2025: rank 44
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 11 places from #33 in 2021 to #44 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
46 Bharathiar University 54.42 20
- 2021: rank 14
- 2022: rank 15
- 2023: rank 21
- 2024: rank 26
- 2025: rank 46
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 32 places from #14 in 2021 to #46 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
53 Sathyabama 52.52 2
- 2021: rank 40
- 2022: rank 43
- 2023: rank 51
- 2024: rank 51
- 2025: rank 53
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 13 places from #40 in 2021 to #53 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
60 SRIHER Chennai 51.35 5
- 2021: rank 47
- 2022: rank 48
- 2023: rank 57
- 2024: rank 55
- 2025: rank 60
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 13 places from #47 in 2021 to #60 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
61 Chettinad Academy of Research and Education 51.06 18
- 2021: rank 92
- 2022: rank 93
- 2023: rank 82
- 2024: rank 79
- 2025: rank 61
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 31 places from #92 in 2021 to #61 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
73 Tamil Nadu Agricultural University 49.80 11
- 2021: not ranked
- 2022: not ranked
- 2023: rank 72
- 2024: rank 84
- 2025: rank 73
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 1 places from #72 in 2023 to #73 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
76 Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research 49.59 3
- 2021: rank 51
- 2022: rank 62
- 2023: rank 66
- 2024: rank 73
- 2025: rank 76
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 25 places from #51 in 2021 to #76 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
83 Central University of Tamil Nadu 49.13 16
- 2021: not ranked
- 2022: rank 85
- 2023: rank 89
- 2024: rank 99
- 2025: rank 83
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 2 places from #85 in 2022 to #83 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
85 Madurai Kamraj University 49.07 22
- 2021: rank 63
- 2022: rank 52
- 2023: rank 53
- 2024: rank 63
- 2025: rank 85
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 22 places from #63 in 2021 to #85 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
94 Periyar University 47.98 38
- 2021: rank 73
- 2022: rank 63
- 2023: rank 59
- 2024: rank 56
- 2025: rank 94
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 21 places from #73 in 2021 to #94 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
99 Avinashilingam University 47.09 1
- 2021: rank 75
- 2022: rank 84
- 2023: rank 81
- 2024: rank 98
- 2025: rank 99
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 24 places from #75 in 2021 to #99 in 2025.
Consistently ranked among India's top university 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 University college in Tamil Nadu as per NIRF 2025?
Amrita is the top Tamil Nadu entry, ranked #8 with a score of 67.05.
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 2025 list?
20 ranked colleges are shown across 11 cities in this state.
What does the rank trend inside each row show?
Open any row to see that college's NIRF University rank across the latest available editions.