Top University colleges in Tamil Nadu: NIRF ranking 2021
Explore Tamil Nadu University colleges ranked in the official NIRF 2021 list, including rank, score, city and private/government labels.
Tamil Nadu University ranking list
Avg score 48.465 Amrita 61.23 1
- 2017: rank 9
- 2018: rank 8
- 2019: rank 8
- 2020: rank 4
- 2021: rank 5
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 4 places from #9 in 2017 to #5 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
13 VIT Vellore 56.63 3
- 2017: rank 14
- 2018: rank 16
- 2019: rank 19
- 2020: rank 16
- 2021: rank 13
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 1 places from #14 in 2017 to #13 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
14 Bharathiar University 56.44 1
- 2017: rank 28
- 2018: rank 13
- 2019: rank 14
- 2020: rank 13
- 2021: rank 14
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 14 places from #28 in 2017 to #14 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
16 Anna University 54.97 4
- 2017: rank 6
- 2018: rank 4
- 2019: rank 7
- 2020: rank 12
- 2021: rank 16
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 10 places from #6 in 2017 to #16 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
22 SASTRA 51.83 3
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 36
- 2019: rank 40
- 2020: rank 25
- 2021: rank 22
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 14 places from #36 in 2018 to #22 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
28 University of Madras 50.46 6
- 2017: rank 41
- 2018: rank 18
- 2019: rank 20
- 2020: rank 22
- 2021: rank 28
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 13 places from #41 in 2017 to #28 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
29 Saveetha Chennai 50.36 13
- 2017: rank 55
- 2018: rank 46
- 2019: rank 43
- 2020: rank 42
- 2021: rank 29
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 26 places from #55 in 2017 to #29 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
30 SRMIST Chennai 49.98 5
- 2017: rank 34
- 2018: rank 41
- 2019: rank 32
- 2020: rank 35
- 2021: rank 30
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 4 places from #34 in 2017 to #30 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
33 Alagappa University 49.09 3
- 2017: rank 97
- 2018: rank 27
- 2019: rank 28
- 2020: rank 36
- 2021: rank 33
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 64 places from #97 in 2017 to #33 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
40 Sathyabama 48.17 1
- 2017: rank 44
- 2018: rank 45
- 2019: rank 41
- 2020: rank 39
- 2021: rank 40
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 4 places from #44 in 2017 to #40 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
47 SRIHER Chennai 47.17 19
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 40
- 2019: rank 33
- 2020: rank 28
- 2021: rank 47
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 7 places from #40 in 2018 to #47 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
50 KARE 46.52 22
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 72
- 2021: rank 50
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 22 places from #72 in 2020 to #50 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
51 Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research 46.44 8
- 2017: rank 21
- 2018: rank 21
- 2019: rank 36
- 2020: rank 59
- 2021: rank 51
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 30 places from #21 in 2017 to #51 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
57 Bharathidasan University 44.63 4
- 2017: rank 88
- 2018: rank 67
- 2019: rank 60
- 2020: rank 53
- 2021: rank 57
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 31 places from #88 in 2017 to #57 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
63 Madurai Kamraj University 43.32 3
- 2017: rank 77
- 2018: rank 54
- 2019: rank 45
- 2020: rank 60
- 2021: rank 63
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 14 places from #77 in 2017 to #63 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
70 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University 41.67 23
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 93
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: rank 70
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 23 places from #93 in 2019 to #70 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
73 Periyar University 41.38 10
- 2017: rank 85
- 2018: rank 90
- 2019: rank 68
- 2020: rank 83
- 2021: rank 73
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 12 places from #85 in 2017 to #73 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
75 Avinashilingam University 41.24 NEW
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: rank 75
Lower rank is better.
Ranked #75 in both 2021 and 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
92 Chettinad Academy of Research and Education 39.26 6
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 98
- 2021: rank 92
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 6 places from #98 in 2020 to #92 in 2021.
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 2021?
Amrita is the top Tamil Nadu entry, ranked #5 with a score of 61.23.
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 2021 list?
19 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.