Thiagarajar College of Engineering

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English Template:More citations needed {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Main other{{#if:|Template:Main other }}{{#if:Anna University, Chennai|Template:Main other }}{{#if:|Template:Main other }}{{#invoke:check for unknown parameters|check |unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox university with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y|mapframe_args=y | academic_affiliation | academic_affiliations | academic_staff | accreditation | address | administrative_staff | affiliation | affiliations | athletics_affiliations | athletics_nickname | athletics_nicknames | budget | campus | campus_type | campus_size | canton | caption | chair | chairman | chairperson | chancellor | city | closed | colors | colours | coor | coordinates | country | dean | director | doctoral | embedded | endowment | enrollment | established | faculty | footnotes | former_name | former_names | founder | founders | free | free1 | free2 | free_label | free_label1 | free_label2 | head | head_label | image | image_alt | image_name | image_size | image_upright | language | latin_name | location | logo | logo_alt | logo_size | logo_upright | map_size | mascot | mascots | module | motto | mottoeng | motto_lang | mottoeng | name | native_name | native_name_lang | nickname | nrhp | officer_in_charge | other | other_name | other_names | other_students | parent | postalcode | postcode | postgrad | prefecture | president | principal | province | provost | pushpin_label_position | pushpin_map | pushpin_map_caption | rector | region | religious_affiliation | sporting_affiliations | sports_free | sports_free1 | sports_free2 | sports_free3 | sports_free_label | sports_free_label1 | sports_free_label2 | sports_free_label3 | sports_nickname | sports_nicknames | state | students | superintendent | top_free | top_free1 | top_free2 | top_free_label | top_free_label1 | top_free_label2 | total_staff | type | undergrad | vice_chancellor | vice-president | vice_president | visitor | website | zipcode }}{{#invoke:Check for clobbered parameters|check | template = Infobox university | cat = Template:Main other | image; image_name | other_names; other_name | former_names; former_name | founders; founder | academic_affiliations; academic_affiliation | academic_staff; faculty | campus_type; campus | other_students; other | location; address | location; city | location; address | location; canton | location; prefecture | location; province | location; region | location; state | location; country | location; postalcode | location; postcode | location; zipcode | postalcode; postcode; zipcode | coordinates; coor | colors; colours | free_label; free_label1 | free; free1 | athletics_nicknames; sports_nicknames; athletics_nickname; sports_nickname; nickname | athletics_affiliations; sporting_affiliations | affiliation; affiliations | mascots; mascot | nrhp; embedded; module }} Thiagarajar College of Engineering (TCE) is an Government-aided autonomous institution located in Thiruparankundram, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is affiliated to Anna University, Madurai.

History

Thiagarajar College of Engineering is one of several educational institutions founded by the late philanthropist and industrialist Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar. TCE was established in 1957 under the University of Madras. The courses offered in TCE are approved by the All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi. TCE was granted autonomy in the year 1987.

Location

Thiagarajar College of Engineering

The institution and hostels are located near Thirupparankundram on the outskirts of Madurai, 8 kilometres south-west of the city of Madurai.

The campus is located 10 km from the Madurai Airport, 8 km from the Madurai Railway station and 2 km from Thirupparankundram railway station and is well connected by buses with all parts of state.

Academic programs

TCE offers 9 undergraduate, 9 postgraduate programs and research programs (MS and PhD) in all Engineering and Science streams.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Rankings

Over the past five years, TCE has been ranked as follows in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) engineering category:

Year	Rank (Engineering)	Ref.
2024	101–150	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2023	101–150	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022	85	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2021	71	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2020	64	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

TCE also appears in international rankings. In the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2025, it is placed in the 1501+ global band overall, and in the Engineering subject table it is in the 1251+ band.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Notable alumni

• Padma Bhushan A. Sivathanu Pillai, Honorary Distinguished Professor at ISRO<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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• Padma Bhushan Nambi Narayanan, Scientist. The Indian film Rocketry: The Nambi Effect was based on his life.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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External links

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