Best Colleges in Tiruchirappalli

Tiruchirappalli or Trichy is a fastest-growing city in Tamil Nadu. Tiruchirappalli has numerous educational institutes and universities of national repute like NIT Trichy, IIM Tiruchirappalli, IIIT Trichy, NLU Trichy. Top colleges in Tiruchirappalli are owned by government and private bodies. Top 10 colleges in Tiruchirappalli offer courses in the branches like computer science, computer applications, commerce, law, economics, engineering, mathematics, biotechnology and education. Admission to the best colleges in Tiruchirappalli is done on the basis of entrance exams like JEE Main, GATE, TANCET, SRMJEE, CLAT, GRE, CMAT, XAT, GMAT, and JAM. The top colleges in Tiruchirappalli offer courses in full-time and part-time mode.

Top Colleges in Tiruchirappalli: Entrance Exam Schedule 2024

CAT - Common Admission Test (CAT) is conducted every year in online mode for admission to IIMs, IITs, NITs, MNITs and other B schools and colleges in India.

GATE - Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering(GATE) is a national level exam conducted by Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in online mode every year.

TANCET - Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test or TANCET is conducted by Anna University in offline mode once a year.

JEE Main - Joint Entrance Examination (Main) is conducted by NTA twice a year in online mode.

CEETA PG- Every Year Anna University conducts Common Engineering Entrance Test and Admission also known as CEETA PG in offline mode.

Why to do a course from Tiruchirappalli?

Tiruchirappalli is a major tier II city in the state of Tamil Nadu. Trichy is considered one of the industrial hubs of Tamil Nadu with Industrial units such as Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Golden Rock Railway Workshop, Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli (OFT) and High Energy Projectile Factory (HEPF). Tiruchirappalli has a growing IT sector with the setting up of ELCOT IT Park. The top colleges in Trichy are well connected with railways and roadways of the state and the city also has Tiruchirappalli International Airport. Best colleges in Tiruchirappalli provide a plethora of facilities to its students like library, computer centre, bank, post office, medical centre, cafeteria, clubs, gym, sports and recreation facilities and hostel facilities to its students.

How affordable is Tiruchirappalli?

Tiruchirappalli is quite affordable as the cost of living in the city is lesser than other big cities of India. It is one of the developed, cleanest and safest cities of India. The top 5 colleges in Tiruchirappalli provide financial support to its students based on parents’ annual income, academic merit of the candidate and scholarships under specific requirements. The average fee of top colleges in Tiruchirappalli ranges from Rs 1,730 to Rs 19,50,000.

List of Top Colleges in Tiruchirappalli

College Name	Course offered	Fees in Rs.
NIT Trichy	B.E/B.Tech	Rs 5,71,000
	M.E/M.Tech	Rs 1,84,000
	M.Sc	Rs 74,150
Bharathidasan University , Tiruchirappalli	B.Sc	Rs 3,470 to Rs 42,000
Bharathidasan University , Tiruchirappalli	M.Sc	Rs 1,730 to Rs1,06,000
IIM Tiruchirappalli	P.G.P (Post Graduate Programme)	Rs 19,50,000
IIM Tiruchirappalli	Executive MBA	Rs 11,80,000
Sri Adhisankarar College of Education, Trichy	B.Ed	NA
IIIT Trichy	B.E/ B.Tech	Rs 9,92,000
IIIT Trichy	M.E/ M.Tech	Rs 3,97,000
NLU Trichy	B.A L.L.B	Rs 6,45,000
	B.Com L.L.B	Rs 6,45,000
	L.L.M	Rs 80,000
St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli	M.Sc	N.A
St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli	M.C.A	N.A
Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli	B.Sc	N.A
Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli	M.Sc	N.A
SRM TRP Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli	B.E/B.Tech	N.A
SRM TRP Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli	M.E/M.Tech	N.A
St Joseph's Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli	MBA	Rs 7,00,000
St Joseph's Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli	Ph.D	N.A

Top Colleges/Universities in Tiruchirappalli - Eligibility Criteria 2024

Courses	Eligibility Criteria
B.Tech	Candidates must have completed 10+2 or equivalent as Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics are required as compulsory subjects in Class 12th.
M.Tech	B.Tech/B.E degree and/or master’s degree in sciences in a relevant discipline and valid score in GATE/TANCET
M.Sc	Bachelor's degree with relevant subjects.
M.B.A	Candidates must have completed graduation in any discipline from a recognised university with 50 % marks in aggregate and have a valid score in TANCET/MAT/XAT/CAT/CMAT /ATMA.
P.G.P	Candidates must hold a bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 50 % marks from recognised universities.
B.Ed	Candidates must have a UG degree or PG degree in subjects of arts and humanities, science and commerce from a recognised university.
M.C.A	Candidates must have completed bachelor's degree from recognised university with mathematics/physics/chemistry/statistics/commerce/ computer science/computer application as a major subject.

List of Top Colleges in Tiruchirappalli - NIRF 2024 Rank-wise

NIRF is a ranking process adopted by the Ministry of Education, Government of India to rank educational institutes in our country. Every NIRF rank is assigned to colleges and universities imparting quality education in India in domains various like Engineering, Medical, Law, Management, Research, Pharmacy and more. The rankings for the top 10 colleges/universities in Tiruchirappalli for the year 2023 are mentioned below :

College Name	Category	NIRF Rank 2024
Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli	University	35
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli	Engineering	9
Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli	Management	27
St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli	College	25
Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli	College	33
Holy Cross College, Tiruchirappalli	College	41
Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchirappalli	College	59

Top 5 Colleges/Universities in Tiruchirappalli: Admission Process 2024

College Name	Admission process 2023
NIT Trichy - National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli	NIT Trichy Admission is based on national level entrance exams like JEE Main, GATE, JAM and NIMCET.
Bharathidasan University , Tiruchirappalli	Bharathidasan University Tiruchirappalli Admission is based on TANCET/ CAT/MAT/XAT/GMAT.
IIM Tiruchirappalli - Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli	IIM Tiruchirappalli Admission is based on CAT cutoff, written ability test (WAT), personal interview, academic record and work experience.
IIIT Trichy - Indian Institute of Information Technology, Tiruchirappalli	IIIT Trichy Admission is based on the score of JEE Main followed by JoSAA counselling.
NLU Trichy - Tamil Nadu National Law University, Tiruchirappalli	NLU Trichy Admission is based on the score of CLAT and CLAT PG.

Top Colleges/Universities in Tiruchirappalli: Placements Wise

Top 10 colleges in Tiruchirappalli have career placement cells which look after placement activities and assist students with career counselling and placement opportunities. Major recruiters from top 5 colleges in Tiruchirappalli are Cognizant, Accenture, Dell, TVS, DEloitte, ICICI Bank, Bosch, Infosys, Reliance, TCS, Amazon, DSM Soft, Azim Premji Foundation, Cognizant, Virtusa, IBM, Siemens and many more. The placement link for some of the top colleges and top universities of Tiruchirappalli are mentioned below :

Top Colleges in Tiruchirappalli: Placement Statistics NIRF 2024

Placement Link of Top colleges of Tiruchirappalli	Median Package UG - 2023	Median Package PG - 2023
NIT Trichy Placements	Rs 15,76,000	Rs 12,40,000
IIM Tiruchirappalli Placements	NA	Rs 18,60,000
Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli Placements	Rs 1,87,000	Rs 2,10,000

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Note: Top Colleges in Tiruchirappalli provide good infrastructure, several campus facilities and well qualified faculty members to their students.

FAQs

Q. What are the courses offered at Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli?

A. The courses offered at Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli are B.A, B.Sc, B.Com, B.C.A, M.B.A, M.Com, M.Phil, M.Sc, M.C.A, M.S.W, P.G.D and Ph.D.

Q. Which are the specialisations offered at IIM Tiruchirappalli?

A. IIM Tiruchirappalli offers courses in the specialisation like manufacturing management and analytics, General management, Leadership and change management, digital transformation, strategic management, business analytics and applications.

Q. Which companies are the major recruiters from NLU Tiruchirappalli?

A. The top recruiters from NLU Tiruchirappalli are Anant Merathia and Associates, LKS, Sanctum Law, TS Gopalan, Trilegal, L Expertians Associates LLP, Suarana and Surana Attorneys and AK Law Chambers

Q. What is the eligibility criteria to apply for B.Tech courses at NIT Trichy?

A. Candidates must secure minimum 75% marks in the class XIIth examination or be in the top 20 percentile of class XII examination conducted by the respective Boards.