Universities and Higher Education in Chennai

Chennai erstwhile Madras is center for higher education in South Zone. The city also happens to be Office of Government of Tamil Nadu and Madras High Court. Students from neighboring states like Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana and other parts of India go and stay in Chennai to acquire Bachelors/Masters in Basis, Scientific and Technological discipline. Courses like Engineering, Management, Health Sciences etc are highly popular. Chennai is one of the important city to add to human capital of Tamil Nadu and India. Also you can find here students from other parts of the world including neighboring Sri Lanka.

The Anna University which has the merit to teach Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam and later got his guidance is state technical university of Tamil Nadu and located in Chennai.

Research is character builder of any institution and Chennai has many different centers for research where hundreds of engineers, scientists, social scientists, technocrats and researcher from other diverse academic areas burns mid-night oil to extract knowledge. There are many Institutes of Higher Education and Research Centers in Chennai covering diverse areas of life.

The College Admission session for Universities and University Affiliated Colleges normally starts from April/May. Academic session begins in July. Also for post graduate programmes universities opens admission window in April/May but is certain cases like MBA, PhD etc admission may also open in November/December for January intake.

Admission announcements for Universities, Colleges and Institutes of Higher Education in Chennai can be found in Notifications

Universities, Colleges and Institutes of Higher Education in Chennai are either Public funded, or privately owned. Some institutions are also government aided, where partial funding support is offered by the government. University campuses are generally residential in nature. Students are provided with living facilities. However, there might be exceptions or cases when hostel is not available. But Chennai is a large city, there are many private hostels and private houses to accommodate students. And when you come to study here Marina beach could be your favorite places to hangout over weekends.

If you are planning for a Bachelors/Masters programme, MBA or Technical Education you can look towards Chennai for admission.

Here are details about Universities, Colleges and Institutes of Higher Education in Chennai.

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