Top University colleges in Tamil Nadu: NIRF ranking 2023
Explore Tamil Nadu University colleges ranked in the official NIRF 2023 list, including rank, score, city and private/government labels.
Tamil Nadu University ranking list
Avg score 51.847 Amrita 64.67 2
- 2019: rank 8
- 2020: rank 4
- 2021: rank 5
- 2022: rank 5
- 2023: rank 7
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 1 places from #8 in 2019 to #7 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
8 VIT Vellore 64.33 1
- 2019: rank 19
- 2020: rank 16
- 2021: rank 13
- 2022: rank 9
- 2023: rank 8
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 11 places from #19 in 2019 to #8 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
13 Saveetha Chennai 60.98 13
- 2019: rank 43
- 2020: rank 42
- 2021: rank 29
- 2022: rank 26
- 2023: rank 13
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 30 places from #43 in 2019 to #13 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
14 Anna University 60.48 6
- 2019: rank 7
- 2020: rank 12
- 2021: rank 16
- 2022: rank 20
- 2023: rank 14
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 7 places from #7 in 2019 to #14 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
18 SRMIST Chennai 58.73 1
- 2019: rank 32
- 2020: rank 35
- 2021: rank 30
- 2022: rank 19
- 2023: rank 18
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 14 places from #32 in 2019 to #18 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
21 Bharathiar University 57.82 6
- 2019: rank 14
- 2020: rank 13
- 2021: rank 14
- 2022: rank 15
- 2023: rank 21
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 7 places from #14 in 2019 to #21 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
26 SASTRA 54.71 2
- 2019: rank 40
- 2020: rank 25
- 2021: rank 22
- 2022: rank 24
- 2023: rank 26
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 14 places from #40 in 2019 to #26 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
29 KARE 53.76 6
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 72
- 2021: rank 50
- 2022: rank 35
- 2023: rank 29
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 43 places from #72 in 2020 to #29 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
30 Alagappa University 53.53 2
- 2019: rank 28
- 2020: rank 36
- 2021: rank 33
- 2022: rank 28
- 2023: rank 30
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 2 places from #28 in 2019 to #30 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
41 Bharathidasan University 51.48 16
- 2019: rank 60
- 2020: rank 53
- 2021: rank 57
- 2022: rank 57
- 2023: rank 41
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 19 places from #60 in 2019 to #41 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
50 University of Madras 49.50 11
- 2019: rank 20
- 2020: rank 22
- 2021: rank 28
- 2022: rank 39
- 2023: rank 50
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 30 places from #20 in 2019 to #50 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
51 Sathyabama 49.26 8
- 2019: rank 41
- 2020: rank 39
- 2021: rank 40
- 2022: rank 43
- 2023: rank 51
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 10 places from #41 in 2019 to #51 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
53 Madurai Kamraj University 48.95 1
- 2019: rank 45
- 2020: rank 60
- 2021: rank 63
- 2022: rank 52
- 2023: rank 53
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 8 places from #45 in 2019 to #53 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
57 SRIHER Chennai 48.61 9
- 2019: rank 33
- 2020: rank 28
- 2021: rank 47
- 2022: rank 48
- 2023: rank 57
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 24 places from #33 in 2019 to #57 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
59 Periyar University 48.30 4
- 2019: rank 68
- 2020: rank 83
- 2021: rank 73
- 2022: rank 63
- 2023: rank 59
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 9 places from #68 in 2019 to #59 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
66 Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research 46.91 4
- 2019: rank 36
- 2020: rank 59
- 2021: rank 51
- 2022: rank 62
- 2023: rank 66
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 30 places from #36 in 2019 to #66 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
72 Tamil Nadu Agricultural University 46.02 28
- 2019: rank 44
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: not ranked
- 2022: not ranked
- 2023: rank 72
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 28 places from #44 in 2019 to #72 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
81 Avinashilingam University 44.92 3
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: rank 75
- 2022: rank 84
- 2023: rank 81
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 6 places from #75 in 2021 to #81 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
82 Chettinad Academy of Research and Education 44.88 11
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 98
- 2021: rank 92
- 2022: rank 93
- 2023: rank 82
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 16 places from #98 in 2020 to #82 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
83 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University 44.85 3
- 2019: rank 93
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: rank 70
- 2022: rank 80
- 2023: rank 83
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 10 places from #93 in 2019 to #83 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
89 Central University of Tamil Nadu 44.09 4
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: not ranked
- 2022: rank 85
- 2023: rank 89
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 4 places from #85 in 2022 to #89 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.
92 M. G. R. Educational and Research Institute 43.62 8
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: not ranked
- 2022: rank 100
- 2023: rank 92
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 8 places from #100 in 2022 to #92 in 2023.
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 2023?
Amrita is the top Tamil Nadu entry, ranked #7 with a score of 64.67.
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 2023 list?
22 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.