Colleges · Chennai
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Chennai district, Tamil Nadu
Disha Stars lists 330 colleges, universities and standalone institutes in Chennai: 7 verified Disha profiles and 323 listings from official registers. Of these, 97 are government, 200 private and 8 deemed; for 25 no register states the management. The register listings are 19 universities, 241 colleges and 63 standalone institutes. 31 are ranked in NIRF 2025. Register data as of 6 October 2026, mostly from AISHE, AICTE 2025-26 and UGC 2(f).
- Institutions
- 330
- Verified profiles
- 7
- Government
- 97
- NIRF 2025 ranked
- 31
Top 10 on this list
| Institution | Place | Management | NIRF 2025 | Registers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) Verified profile | Chennai | Government | Overall 1 | AISHE listed |
| Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science Verified profile | Chennai | Deemed | University 101-150 | AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC listed |
| Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology Verified profile | Chennai | Private | Not ranked | AICTE approved, AISHE listed |
| Joy University Verified profile | Chennai | Private | Not ranked | AISHE listed, UGC listed |
| Madras Engineering College Verified profile | Chennai | Private | Not ranked | AICTE approved, AISHE listed |
| Peri Institute of Technology Verified profile | Chennai | Private | Not ranked | AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC 2(f) |
| Prince Shri Venkateshwaraa Padmavathy Engineering College (Autonomous) Verified profile | Chennai | Private | Not ranked | AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC 2(f) |
| Anna University | Chennai | Government | State Public University 2 | UGC listed, AICTE approved, AISHE listed |
| SRM Dental College | Chennai | Management not stated | Dental 8 | NDC listed |
| Loyola College | Chennai | Private | College 14 | AISHE listed, UGC 2(f) |
Which are the government colleges in Chennai?
97 on this list have government management, as the register or the verified profile states it. The first 10 in list order:
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), Chennai
- Anna University, Chennai
- Presidency College, Chennai
- Madras Medical College & Government General Hospital, Chennai, Chennai
- University of Madras, Chennai
- Queen Mary's College, Chennai
- College of Pharmacy, Madras Medical College, Chennai
- Bharathi Womens College, Chennai
- Dr. Ambedkar Government Arts College, Chennai
- Madras Medical College, Chennai, Chennai
Which colleges in Chennai are ranked in NIRF 2025?
31 appear in the official India Rankings 2025 (NIRF), best rank in any category first.
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), Overall 1
- Anna University, State Public University 2
- SRM Dental College, Dental 8
- Loyola College, College 14
- Presidency College, College 15
- Madras Medical College & Government General Hospital, Chennai, Medical 16
- Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research, Dental 16
- University of Madras, State Public University 18
- Tamil Nadu Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Agriculture 26
- Great Lakes Institute of Management, Management 37
Colleges by course in Chennai
- Arts, science and commerce colleges in Chennai51
- MBA colleges in Chennai36
- Diploma colleges in Chennai35
- BBA colleges in Chennai34
- BCA colleges in Chennai31
- MCA colleges in Chennai30
- B.Ed colleges in Chennai28
- Nursing colleges in Chennai28
- Polytechnic colleges in Chennai20
- B.Tech colleges in Chennai19
- Architecture colleges in Chennai16
- AYUSH colleges in Chennai8
- B.Pharm colleges in Chennai8
- Paramedical colleges in Chennai8
All colleges in Chennai
Showing 1 to 50 of 330
- 1.Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras)
ChennaiGovernmentVerified Disha profileNIRF 2025 Overall 1Registers: AISHE listed
- 2.Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science
ChennaiDeemedVerified Disha profileNIRF 2025 University 101-150Registers: AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC listed
- 3.Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology
ChennaiPrivateVerified Disha profileRegisters: AICTE approved, AISHE listed
- 4.Joy University
ChennaiPrivateVerified Disha profileRegisters: AISHE listed, UGC listed
- 5.Madras Engineering College
ChennaiPrivateVerified Disha profileRegisters: AICTE approved, AISHE listed
- 6.Peri Institute of Technology
ChennaiPrivateVerified Disha profileRegisters: AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 7.Prince Shri Venkateshwaraa Padmavathy Engineering College (Autonomous)
ChennaiPrivateVerified Disha profileRegisters: AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 8.Anna University
ChennaiGovernmentUniversityNIRF 2025 State Public University 2Registers: UGC listed, AICTE approved, AISHE listed
- 9.SRM Dental College
ChennaiManagement not statedCollegeNIRF 2025 Dental 8Registers: NDC listed
- 10.Loyola College
ChennaiPrivateCollegeNIRF 2025 College 14Registers: AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 11.Presidency College
ChennaiGovernmentCollegeNIRF 2025 College 15Registers: AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 12.Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research
ChennaiDeemedUniversityNIRF 2025 Dental 16Registers: UGC listed, AICTE approved, AISHE listed
- 13.Madras Medical College & Government General Hospital, Chennai
ChennaiGovernmentCollegeNIRF 2025 Medical 16Registers: AISHE listed
- 14.University of Madras
ChennaiGovernmentUniversityNIRF 2025 State Public University 18Registers: UGC listed, AISHE listed
- 15.Tamil Nadu Veterinary & Animal Sciences University
ChennaiManagement not statedUniversityNIRF 2025 Agriculture 26
- 16.Great Lakes Institute of Management
ChennaiPrivateStandalone instituteNIRF 2025 Management 37Registers: AICTE approved, AISHE listed
- 17.Stella Maris College for Women
ChennaiManagement not statedCollegeNIRF 2025 College 41
- 18.Loyola Institute of Business Administration
ChennaiPrivateStandalone instituteNIRF 2025 Management 55Registers: AICTE approved, AISHE listed
- 19.Madras School of Social Work
ChennaiPrivateCollegeNIRF 2025 College 55Registers: AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 20.Queen Mary's College
ChennaiGovernmentCollegeNIRF 2025 College 62Registers: AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 21.Ethiraj College for Women
ChennaiPrivateCollegeNIRF 2025 College 64Registers: AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 22.DG Vaishnav College
ChennaiManagement not statedCollegeNIRF 2025 College 91
- 23.College of Pharmacy, Madras Medical College
ChennaiGovernmentCollegeNIRF 2025 Pharmacy 94Registers: AISHE listed
- 24.Guru Nanak College
ChennaiPrivateCollegeNIRF 2025 College 101-150Registers: AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 25.MOP Vaishnav College for Women
ChennaiPrivateCollegeNIRF 2025 College 101-150Registers: AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 26.Prince Shri Venkateshwara Arts and Science College
ChennaiPrivateCollegeNIRF 2025 College 101-150Registers: AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 27.Women's Christian College
ChennaiPrivateCollegeNIRF 2025 College 101-150Registers: AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 28.SDNB Vaishnav College
ChennaiManagement not statedCollegeNIRF 2025 College 101-150
- 29.Bharathi Womens College
ChennaiGovernmentCollegeNIRF 2025 College 151-200Registers: AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 30.Sir Theagaraya College
ChennaiPrivateCollegeNIRF 2025 College 151-200Registers: AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 31.Anna Adarsh College for Women
ChennaiPrivateCollegeNIRF 2025 College 151-200Registers: AISHE listed
- 32.Government Arts College, Chennai
ChennaiManagement not statedCollegeNIRF 2025 College 151-200
- 33.Shri Shankarlal Sundarbai Shasun Jain College for Women
ChennaiPrivateCollegeNIRF 2025 College 201-300Registers: AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 34.Dr. Ambedkar Government Arts College
ChennaiGovernmentCollegeNIRF 2025 College 201-300Registers: AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 35.Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women
ChennaiPrivateCollegeNIRF 2025 College 201-300Registers: AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 36.The New College, Chennai
ChennaiPrivateCollegeNIRF 2025 College 201-300Registers: AICTE approved, AISHE listed
- 37.Dwaraka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College
ChennaiPrivateCollegeRegisters: AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 38.Hindustan College of Arts and Science
KanchipuramPrivateCollegeRegisters: AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 39.Kanchi Shri Krishna College of Arts and Science
KanchipuramPrivateCollegeRegisters: AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 40.Loyola-Icam College of Engineering and Technology
ChennaiPrivateCollegeRegisters: AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 41.Madras Medical College, Chennai
ChennaiGovernmentCollegeRegisters: NMC permitted, AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 42.Meenakshi College for Women
ChennaiPrivateCollegeRegisters: AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 43.Meenakshi College of Engineering
ChennaiPrivateCollegeRegisters: AICTE approved, AISHE listed, COA approved 2026-27
- 44.Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College
ChennaiPrivateCollegeRegisters: AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 45.Mohamed Sathak College of Arts and Science
KanchipuramPrivateCollegeRegisters: AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 46.National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research (NITTTR)
ChennaiDeemedUniversityRegisters: UGC listed, AICTE approved, AISHE listed
- 47.Patrician College of Arts and Science
ChennaiPrivateCollegeRegisters: AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 48.S. I. V. E. T. College
KanchipuramPrivateCollegeRegisters: AICTE approved, AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
- 49.ACS Medical College and Hospital, Chennai
ChennaiPrivateCollegeRegisters: NMC permitted, AISHE listed
- 50.Alpha Arts and Science College
ChennaiPrivateCollegeRegisters: AISHE listed, UGC 2(f)
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How this list is built
- A listing in the AISHE directory of the Ministry of Education is not a recognition. Each row names the regulator lists it appears in, so check the approval for your course with that regulator.
- Government or private is the management a register states. Where no register states it, the row says so.
- Order: verified Disha profiles first, then institutions ranked in NIRF 2025 (best rank in any category), then the rest, those named by more official registers first, then A to Z. This is not a quality ranking.
Read the methodology or report a correction.
Sources and last updated
- Listed in the AISHE directory of higher education institutions, Ministry of Education (a listing is not a recognition) (284 on this list)
- Approved by AICTE for 2025-26 (70 on this list)
- College recognised by the University Grants Commission under section 2(f), or 2(f) and 12B (50 on this list)
- Ranked in the official India Rankings 2025 (31 on this list)
- University recognised by the University Grants Commission (16 on this list)
- Approved by the Council of Architecture for 2026-27 (13 on this list)
- Approved by the Pharmacy Council of India (9 on this list)
- Listed on the permitted seats register of the National Dental Commission (formerly the Dental Council of India) (7 on this list)
- Permitted by the National Medical Commission to teach MBBS (6 on this list)
- Given permission or conditional permission for 2026-27 by the National Commission for Homoeopathy (2 on this list)
- Affiliated to the National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology (2 on this list)
- Listed by the Veterinary Council of India as a recognised or provisionally recognised college (May 2026) (1 on this list)
Register data as of . AISHE HE Directory read on . Verified profiles updated .
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