Top University colleges in Tamil Nadu: NIRF ranking 2020
Explore Tamil Nadu University colleges ranked in the official NIRF 2020 list, including rank, score, city and private/government labels.
Tamil Nadu University ranking list
Avg score 49.404 Amrita 62.27 4
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: rank 9
- 2018: rank 8
- 2019: rank 8
- 2020: rank 4
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 5 places from #9 in 2017 to #4 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
12 Anna University 58.71 5
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: rank 6
- 2018: rank 4
- 2019: rank 7
- 2020: rank 12
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 6 places from #6 in 2017 to #12 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
13 Bharathiar University 58.30 1
- 2016: rank 14
- 2017: rank 28
- 2018: rank 13
- 2019: rank 14
- 2020: rank 13
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 1 places from #14 in 2016 to #13 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
16 VIT Vellore 55.22 3
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: rank 14
- 2018: rank 16
- 2019: rank 19
- 2020: rank 16
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 2 places from #14 in 2017 to #16 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
22 University of Madras 52.55 2
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: rank 41
- 2018: rank 18
- 2019: rank 20
- 2020: rank 22
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 19 places from #41 in 2017 to #22 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
25 SASTRA 52.22 15
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 36
- 2019: rank 40
- 2020: rank 25
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 11 places from #36 in 2018 to #25 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
28 SRIHER Chennai 51.32 5
- 2016: rank 41
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 40
- 2019: rank 33
- 2020: rank 28
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 13 places from #41 in 2016 to #28 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
35 SRMIST Chennai 50.07 3
- 2016: rank 43
- 2017: rank 34
- 2018: rank 41
- 2019: rank 32
- 2020: rank 35
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 8 places from #43 in 2016 to #35 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
36 Alagappa University 49.22 8
- 2016: rank 49
- 2017: rank 97
- 2018: rank 27
- 2019: rank 28
- 2020: rank 36
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 13 places from #49 in 2016 to #36 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
39 Sathyabama 48.77 2
- 2016: rank 42
- 2017: rank 44
- 2018: rank 45
- 2019: rank 41
- 2020: rank 39
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 3 places from #42 in 2016 to #39 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
42 Saveetha Chennai 48.56 1
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: rank 55
- 2018: rank 46
- 2019: rank 43
- 2020: rank 42
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 13 places from #55 in 2017 to #42 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
53 Bharathidasan University 46.41 7
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: rank 88
- 2018: rank 67
- 2019: rank 60
- 2020: rank 53
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 35 places from #88 in 2017 to #53 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
59 Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research 45.67 23
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: rank 21
- 2018: rank 21
- 2019: rank 36
- 2020: rank 59
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 38 places from #21 in 2017 to #59 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
60 Madurai Kamraj University 45.58 15
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: rank 77
- 2018: rank 54
- 2019: rank 45
- 2020: rank 60
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 17 places from #77 in 2017 to #60 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
72 KARE 42.57 20
- 2016: rank 52
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 72
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 20 places from #52 in 2016 to #72 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
83 Periyar University 41.09 15
- 2016: rank 47
- 2017: rank 85
- 2018: rank 90
- 2019: rank 68
- 2020: rank 83
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 36 places from #47 in 2016 to #83 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
91 GRI Gandhigram 40.65 16
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 79
- 2019: rank 75
- 2020: rank 91
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 12 places from #79 in 2018 to #91 in 2020.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
98 Chettinad Academy of Research and Education 39.97 NEW
- 2016: not ranked
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 98
Lower rank is better.
Ranked #98 in both 2020 and 2020.
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 2020?
Amrita is the top Tamil Nadu entry, ranked #4 with a score of 62.27.
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 2020 list?
18 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.