Top University colleges in Tamil Nadu: NIRF ranking 2019
Explore Tamil Nadu University colleges ranked in the official NIRF 2019 list, including rank, score, city and private/government labels.
Tamil Nadu University ranking list
Avg score 46.607 Anna University 60.35 3
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: rank 6
- 2018: rank 4
- 2019: rank 7
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 1 places from #6 in 2017 to #7 in 2019.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
8 Amrita 59.22 0
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: rank 9
- 2018: rank 8
- 2019: rank 8
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 1 places from #9 in 2017 to #8 in 2019.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
14 Bharathiar University 57.23 1
- 2016: rank 14
- 2017: rank 28
- 2018: rank 13
- 2019: rank 14
Lower rank is better.
Ranked #14 in both 2016 and 2019.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
19 VIT Vellore 51.44 3
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: rank 14
- 2018: rank 16
- 2019: rank 19
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 5 places from #14 in 2017 to #19 in 2019.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
20 University of Madras 51.34 2
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: rank 41
- 2018: rank 18
- 2019: rank 20
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 21 places from #41 in 2017 to #20 in 2019.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
28 Alagappa University 48.54 1
- 2016: rank 49
- 2017: rank 97
- 2018: rank 27
- 2019: rank 28
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 21 places from #49 in 2016 to #28 in 2019.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
32 SRMIST Chennai 47.80 9
- 2016: rank 43
- 2017: rank 34
- 2018: rank 41
- 2019: rank 32
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 11 places from #43 in 2016 to #32 in 2019.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
33 SRIHER Chennai 47.34 7
- 2016: rank 41
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 40
- 2019: rank 33
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 8 places from #41 in 2016 to #33 in 2019.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
36 Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research 46.32 15
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: rank 21
- 2018: rank 21
- 2019: rank 36
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 15 places from #21 in 2017 to #36 in 2019.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
40 SASTRA 45.80 4
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 36
- 2019: rank 40
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 4 places from #36 in 2018 to #40 in 2019.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
41 Sathyabama 45.58 4
- 2016: rank 42
- 2017: rank 44
- 2018: rank 45
- 2019: rank 41
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 1 places from #42 in 2016 to #41 in 2019.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
43 Saveetha Chennai 45.42 3
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: rank 55
- 2018: rank 46
- 2019: rank 43
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 12 places from #55 in 2017 to #43 in 2019.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
44 Tamil Nadu Agricultural University 45.41 19
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: rank 17
- 2018: rank 25
- 2019: rank 44
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 27 places from #17 in 2017 to #44 in 2019.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
45 Madurai Kamraj University 45.20 9
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: rank 77
- 2018: rank 54
- 2019: rank 45
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 32 places from #77 in 2017 to #45 in 2019.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
60 Bharathidasan University 43.41 7
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: rank 88
- 2018: rank 67
- 2019: rank 60
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 28 places from #88 in 2017 to #60 in 2019.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
68 Periyar University 40.99 22
- 2016: rank 47
- 2017: rank 85
- 2018: rank 90
- 2019: rank 68
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 21 places from #47 in 2016 to #68 in 2019.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
70 TANUVAS Chennai 40.88 5
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: rank 38
- 2018: rank 65
- 2019: rank 70
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 32 places from #38 in 2017 to #70 in 2019.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
75 GRI Gandhigram 40.42 4
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 79
- 2019: rank 75
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 4 places from #79 in 2018 to #75 in 2019.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
92 Karunya University 38.79 3
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 89
- 2019: rank 92
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 3 places from #89 in 2018 to #92 in 2019.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
93 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University 38.76 NEW
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 93
Lower rank is better.
Ranked #93 in both 2019 and 2019.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
100 MAHER Chennai 38.45 12
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: rank 70
- 2018: rank 88
- 2019: rank 100
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 30 places from #70 in 2017 to #100 in 2019.
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 2019?
Anna University is the top Tamil Nadu entry, ranked #7 with a score of 60.35.
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 2019 list?
21 ranked colleges are shown across 10 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.