Top University colleges in Tamil Nadu: NIRF ranking 2022
Explore Tamil Nadu University colleges ranked in the official NIRF 2022 list, including rank, score, city and private/government labels.
Tamil Nadu University ranking list
Avg score 50.085 Amrita 63.40 0
- 2018: rank 8
- 2019: rank 8
- 2020: rank 4
- 2021: rank 5
- 2022: rank 5
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 3 places from #8 in 2018 to #5 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
9 VIT Vellore 61.77 4
- 2018: rank 16
- 2019: rank 19
- 2020: rank 16
- 2021: rank 13
- 2022: rank 9
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 7 places from #16 in 2018 to #9 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
15 Bharathiar University 58.25 1
- 2018: rank 13
- 2019: rank 14
- 2020: rank 13
- 2021: rank 14
- 2022: rank 15
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 2 places from #13 in 2018 to #15 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
19 SRMIST Chennai 56.24 11
- 2018: rank 41
- 2019: rank 32
- 2020: rank 35
- 2021: rank 30
- 2022: rank 19
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 22 places from #41 in 2018 to #19 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
20 Anna University 56.22 4
- 2018: rank 4
- 2019: rank 7
- 2020: rank 12
- 2021: rank 16
- 2022: rank 20
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 16 places from #4 in 2018 to #20 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
24 SASTRA 53.04 2
- 2018: rank 36
- 2019: rank 40
- 2020: rank 25
- 2021: rank 22
- 2022: rank 24
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 12 places from #36 in 2018 to #24 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
26 Saveetha Chennai 52.45 3
- 2018: rank 46
- 2019: rank 43
- 2020: rank 42
- 2021: rank 29
- 2022: rank 26
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 20 places from #46 in 2018 to #26 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
28 Alagappa University 52.18 5
- 2018: rank 27
- 2019: rank 28
- 2020: rank 36
- 2021: rank 33
- 2022: rank 28
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 1 places from #27 in 2018 to #28 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
35 KARE 51.09 15
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 72
- 2021: rank 50
- 2022: rank 35
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 37 places from #72 in 2020 to #35 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
39 University of Madras 49.86 11
- 2018: rank 18
- 2019: rank 20
- 2020: rank 22
- 2021: rank 28
- 2022: rank 39
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 21 places from #18 in 2018 to #39 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
43 Sathyabama 49.18 3
- 2018: rank 45
- 2019: rank 41
- 2020: rank 39
- 2021: rank 40
- 2022: rank 43
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 2 places from #45 in 2018 to #43 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
48 SRIHER Chennai 48.87 1
- 2018: rank 40
- 2019: rank 33
- 2020: rank 28
- 2021: rank 47
- 2022: rank 48
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 8 places from #40 in 2018 to #48 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
52 Madurai Kamraj University 48.39 11
- 2018: rank 54
- 2019: rank 45
- 2020: rank 60
- 2021: rank 63
- 2022: rank 52
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 2 places from #54 in 2018 to #52 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
57 Bharathidasan University 47.98 0
- 2018: rank 67
- 2019: rank 60
- 2020: rank 53
- 2021: rank 57
- 2022: rank 57
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 10 places from #67 in 2018 to #57 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
62 Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research 46.40 11
- 2018: rank 21
- 2019: rank 36
- 2020: rank 59
- 2021: rank 51
- 2022: rank 62
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 41 places from #21 in 2018 to #62 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
63 Periyar University 46.06 10
- 2018: rank 90
- 2019: rank 68
- 2020: rank 83
- 2021: rank 73
- 2022: rank 63
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 27 places from #90 in 2018 to #63 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
80 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University 42.92 10
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 93
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: rank 70
- 2022: rank 80
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 13 places from #93 in 2019 to #80 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
84 Avinashilingam University 42.53 9
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: rank 75
- 2022: rank 84
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 9 places from #75 in 2021 to #84 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
85 Central University of Tamil Nadu 42.47 NEW
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: not ranked
- 2022: rank 85
Lower rank is better.
Ranked #85 in both 2022 and 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
93 Chettinad Academy of Research and Education 42.04 1
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 98
- 2021: rank 92
- 2022: rank 93
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 5 places from #98 in 2020 to #93 in 2022.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
100 M. G. R. Educational and Research Institute 40.39 NEW
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: not ranked
- 2022: rank 100
Lower rank is better.
Ranked #100 in both 2022 and 2022.
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 2022?
Amrita is the top Tamil Nadu entry, ranked #5 with a score of 63.40.
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 2022 list?
21 ranked colleges are shown across 12 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.