Tamil Nadu has many top colleges like PSGR KCW, Loyola College, Presidency College, Madras Christian College, Thiagarajar College, St. Joseph College, V.O. Chidambaram, Stella Maris College for women and many more. Students can seek admission to various popular courses offered by these colleges like engineering, computer science, management, business programs, MBA program, CSE, and biotechnology. To be eligible for admission in any of these colleges, students must have completed 12th from a recognised educational board with a minimum required aggregate mark for the particular course. Students must also clear entrance examinations like JEE MAIN, VITEEE, SRMJEEE and TNEA. After the qualification of the exam, students are required to appear for a personal interview round conducted by the particular college.
List of Top colleges in Tamil Nadu
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PSGR Krishnammal College for Women
KCW was established in 1963 under the umbrella of GRG trust of Coimbatore. It functions as an autonomous college and is affiliated to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. It has been ranked 7 among colleges in India by NIRF and has been accredited A++ grade by NAAC. KCW is a UGC certified college of excellence and all its science departments have been granted ‘star’ status by DST. The university offers many UG, PG, M.Phil, PhD, language, and vocational programs.
Students can pursue many popular specializations such as business and management studies, science, humanities & social sciences, accounting & commerce, IT & software, along with MBA specializations in finance, entrepreneurship, marketing, and HR.
PSGR Krishnammal College for women Eligibility Criteria
Students aspiring for UG admission in KCW will be merit-based.
Students must have completed 12th from a recognised educational board.
For PG admission, students must have completed their UG program from a recognised university.
Selection of the students will be based on the cutoff set for the particular program.
For MBA admission, students have to appear for the MAT/TANCET entrance examination.
Top Recruiters
KCW has many prominent top recruiting companies like Amazon Web Services, Fractal AL, Deloitte, Federal Bank, Accenture, Morgan Stanley, Infosys, and many more.
Loyola College
Loyola College was founded in 1925 by the Society of Jesus. It is affiliated to the University of Madras and converted into an autonomous college in 1978. Loyola College has been recognised by the UGC as a college with potential for excellence. It has been ranked 8th by NIRF and accredited with A++ grade by NAAC. Loyola College offers 19 UG courses and 19 PG courses, 12 special institutes and 11 departments offering MPhil programs and 12 departments offering PhD programs. It provided major facilities like the library and digital library, the prayer room, the health center, the wifi, the food court, the sports & gym centre, and the recreational centre. It offers a variety of interdisciplinary courses like commerce & economics, computational science, humanities & social science, media studies, life science, physical education, and physical science.
Loyola College Eligibility Criteria
To get admission in Loyola College for any UG courses, students must have completed the Tamil Nadu Higher Secondary Course or any course, recognised by the University of Madras or its equivalent.
media students are required to pass the loyola visual aptitude test- LOVAT.
Students aspiring for PG admission must appear for entrance exams conducted by the university itself.
Students must have a bachelor's degree in a desired field.
After qualifying students are required to appear for the personal interview round.
Top Recruiters
Some of the top recruiting companies provided by the college include Deloitte, KPMG, Wipro, Amazon, Cognizant, Infosys, Comcast, Citibank, and more.
As per the 2023-24 report, Loyola College has recorded the highest placement of INR 22.5LPA, average package of INR 6.34 LPA and median package of INR 5.88 LPA. The highest cross placement valve recorded by Loyola College is INR 30.85 crore.
Presidency College
Presidency college located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, was established in 1840. It is an autonomous college which is affiliated to the University of Madras. It has been accredited with A+ grade by NAAC and ranked 3rd by NIRF in 2023 ranking. Presidency college offers many UG, PG, and research programs. Students are provided with a library, hostel, laboratories, computer labs, cafeteria, post office, health centre and more. Presidency college offers students various UG and PG programs like BA, BCOM, BBA, BCA, B.Sc., M.Sc. and MBA.
Presidency College Eligibility Criteria
Students applying for UG admission must have a 12th passed certificate from any recognised educational board.
Those applying for MCA admission must pass BCA or equivalent degree with a minimum required mark.
Students must also clear the TANCET entrance examination.
Top Recruiters
Presidency college has many prominent top recruiters such as Deloitte, Infosys, KPMG, Wipro, Cognizant, Genpact, Club Mahindra, Berger, Aditya Birla, Digit, and more.
As per 2024 report, two offers were received from RAPIDER at INR 6 lakhs PA.