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Top 10 Educational Institutes in Tamil Nadu - 2019

Turning higher education institutions into centers of innovation is what Tamil Nadu, the southernmost part of the country is doing. Tamil Nadu is providing incomparable education to the youth. It is devoted to equipping the youth with high quality ethical professional skills. Especially upholding the education needs for students from rural and backward areas, Tamil Nadu is enabling them to meet the emerging challenges and demands of the corporate/government sector. While doing this, Tamil Nadu is becoming a global hub for University Education. Whether it is Arts, Science or Technical Education, Tamil Nadu is imparting world-class pedagogy. By 2025, the state aims to achieve a higher education gross enrolment ratio of 25 percent. In order to do so, Tamil Nadu has incorporated world-class infrastructure facilities for making college campuses better. Due to the prolific reasons, Tamil Nadu is the most sought after place for students to pursue higher education. It is not only because of the infrastructure quality or the abundant college number but also the teachers' teaching paradigm, their nurturing capacity is attracting students to study in the state. And Chennai ­ is the capital and the center hub for education has extended the wings of purposeful education into other cities and towns, where several colleges and universities have grown over the years. Globally recognized general courses, professional degrees and certificates are the few reasons why Chennai, Karaikudi, Annamalai Nagar, Coimbatore, Trichy, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Kodaikanal, Salem, Thanjavur, Nagapattinam and Vellore have gained popularity. With 37 universities, Tamil Nadu Directorate of Technical Education under the governance of Tamil Nadu Higher Education Department steers the diploma, post-diploma, degree, postgraduate courses. It also fosters the research programs and controls the formation of technical institutions, commerce colleges, and arts learning centers. Making it easy for the students to select a college for continuing higher education, the Higher Education Review magazine formulates a list of 'Top 10 Education Institutes in Tamil Nadu - 2019' in this edition. These institutes are selected by the editorial team after taking precious inputs from a panel of academic judges and are selected on the basis of available data that speaks on behalf of the learning establishments.

Top 10 Educational Institutes in Tamil Nadu - 2019

College

Location

Description

Alagappa University Karaikudi With 44 departments, 9 centers, and 2 constituent colleges on its campus, Alagappa University offers courses and programs that are recognized as regular, weekend, distance and collaborative modes of education.
Alpha Group of Institutions Chennai Plethora of offerings from Pre-School to Post graduation, at the Alpha Group of Institutions grant the advantage to all Alphians of a wide spectrum of learning opportunities under one umbrella.
Bishop Appasamy College of Arts & Science Coimbatore An institution which belives in higher standards of education and moral values in youth for producing better citizens for tomorrows society.
FX Polytechnic College Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu With lessons on engineering theories, the practical aspects and also magnifying the industrial communication skills of the students.
Ganga Institute of Health Sciences Coimbatore Delivering quality nursing education by incorporating innovative technical pedagogy, wide-ranging nursing practice techniques and making compassionate nurses that could meet the healthcare needs.
Sree Sastha Pharmacy College Chembarambakkam Regarded as one of the fastest growing engineering and technology learning center, the institute is serving to the needs of the local community by nurturing upcoming heads of the country in an intellectual and diligent environment.
Sri Amaraavathi College of Arts & Science Vellianai North Providing value-based and skill-oriented quality education to bring out the hidden potentials in students that equip them to approach life with optimism.
Sri Kaliswari College Anaikuttam Involving a team of wisdom bearers, Sri Kaliswari College is molding students to become fit for the next millennium and on the way the college has achieved the status of a premier institution of higher education.
SRM Easwari Engineering College Ramapuram Delivering optimum training programs for improving the theoretical and practical skills of the students through accredited engineering, technology and management curriculum.
Vidhya Sagar Women's College Chengalpattu The college is working for the education needs of the women so that they can become responsible citizens and play a key role in the development of the society.