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    Best Engineering Colleges in Tamil Nadu With High Placements

    Best Engineering Colleges in Tamil Nadu With High Placements

    Maniprabha SinghUpdated on 03 Jul 2025, 02:56 PM IST

    Best Engineering Colleges in Tamil Nadu With High Placements - Tamil Nadu is one of the most promising states for engineering colleges among the thousands of students PAN India. From top leading engineering colleges to world class facilities they cover almost every requirement to be the best across the nation. CIT Coimbatore, NIFTEM Thanjavur and Tamil Nadu DJJFU Nagapattinam have reported 100% on campus placements in 2024 while 12 colleges have shown more than 90% placements.

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    Best Engineering Colleges in Tamil Nadu With High Placements
    Best Engineering Colleges in Tamil Nadu With High Placements

    Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering has reported one of the highest packages that amounts to Rs. 1.17 Crore LPA while IIT Madras reported the highest median package of Rs. 16 LPA.

    Some popular engineering entrance exams to enrol for Btech in Tamil Nadu are JEE Main, JEE Advanced(For IIT), VITEEE( for VIT Vellore) and some privately organised exams.

    Best Engineering Colleges in Tamil Nadu With High Placements - Highlights.

    Total Engineering colleges

    196 engineering colleges(178 private and 18 are government colleges).

    Engineering Colleges with 100% placements

    CIT Coimbatore, NIFTEM Thanjavur and Tamil Nadu DJJFU Nagapattinam

    Highest package of Tamil Nadu

    Rs 1.17 Crore in Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering

    Highest Average and Median package of Tamil Nadu

    Rs. 23LPA and Rs. 16 LPA by IIT Madras

    Placements stats

    Up to 90 to 100% in around 15 colleges.

    Accepted exams for Btech

    JEE Main, JEE Advanced and some institutional level exams.

    Accepted exams for Mtech

    GATE

    Best Engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu with High Placements

    CIT Coimbatore, NIFTEM Thanjavur and Tamil Nadu DJJFU Nagapattinam have reported 100% on campus placements in 2024 while 12 colleges have shown more 90% placements.

    Here is the comprehensive placements statistics of best engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu with high placements recorded.

    Engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu with High Placements

    Name of Institute

    Placements %

    Tuition Fee ( in INR)

    Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore

    100%

    2400000

    National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management, Thanjavur

    100%

    621500

    Tamil Nadu Dr J Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Nagapattinam

    100%

    Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore

    99%

    220000

    Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Virudhunagar

    99%

    798600

    Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore

    99%

    103655

    SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai

    98%

    1900000

    Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai

    97%

    220000

    Vel's Institute of Science Technology and Advanced Studies, Chennai

    96%

    792000

    Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore

    96%

    1084000

    Shanmugha Arts Science Technology Research and Academy, Thanjavur

    96%

    752718

    Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam

    93%

    200000

    University College of Engineering Bharathidasan Institute of Technology Campus Anna University, Tiruchirappalli

    92%

    129400

    National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

    91%

    629850

    Indian Institute of Technology Madras

    91%

    858000

    Anna University, Chennai

    89%

    129560

    Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai

    89%

    308000

    Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar

    86%

    214600

    Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore

    82%

    780000

    PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore

    79%

    240000

    Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing Kancheepuram

    74%

    691400

    Government College of Technology, Coimbatore

    74%

    41320

    Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr Sagunthala R and D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai

    70%

    1240000

    Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai

    67%

    Government College of Engineering, Bodinayakanur

    64%

    27140

    Government College of Engineering, Salem

    64%

    34075

    Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology, Karaikudi

    59%

    30945

    Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Chennai

    45%

    Government College of Engineering, Bargur

    44%

    47560

    Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai

    31%

    1000000

    Government College of Engineering, Erode

    26%

    29445

    University College of Engineering, Dindigul

    68600

    Best Engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu with High Salary Package

    Here is the curated list of best engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu which recorded one the some high placements number. SSNCE Kalavakkam has reported one of the highest packages of India that amounts to Rs. 1.17 Crore however IIT Madras has shown average and median packages to Rs. 23LPA and Rs. 16 LPA by IIT Madras respectively. Refer to the table given below for more informed analysis.

    Engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu with HIghest, Median and Average salary package

    Name of Institute

    Median Package

    Highest Package

    Average Package

    Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam

    800000

    11700000

    Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore

    900000

    10000000

    SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai

    610000

    6500000

    650000

    Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore

    724000

    5695000

    920000

    PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore

    700000

    5606416

    881159

    Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Virudhunagar

    675000

    5000000

    450000

    Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore

    600000

    4700000

    620000

    National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

    1576000

    4331000

    Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai

    482102

    4120000

    557000

    Anna University, Chennai

    750000

    4000000

    854000

    Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore

    578000

    3400000

    Vel's Institute of Science Technology and Advanced Studies, Chennai

    420000

    3300000

    500000

    Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing Kancheepuram

    1095000

    3200000

    880000

    Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai

    471000

    3131000


    Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai

    651000

    2900000

    710000

    Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore

    350000

    2360000

    Government College of Engineering, Erode

    140000

    1750000

    339000

    Government College of Technology, Coimbatore

    460000

    1450000


    Government College of Engineering, Salem

    360000

    1320000

    400000

    Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr Sagunthala R and D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai

    400000

    1000000

    Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology, Karaikudi

    450000

    860000

    380000

    National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management, Thanjavur

    400093

    Tamil Nadu Dr J Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Nagapattinam

    200000

    Shanmugha Arts Science Technology Research and Academy, Thanjavur

    760000

    Indian Institute of Technology Madras

    1663440

    2340700

    Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Chennai

    465000

    460000

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