Established in 1925 by the Society of Jesus, Loyola College in Chennai is amongst the premier colleges in India. It is an autonomous institution affiliated to the University of Madras. Conferred as the ‘College of Excellence’ by UGC, Loyola has been accredited with 'A' grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). Loyola College, Chennai, is ranked 6th in the college category in the National Institutional Ranking Framework 2019 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. Further, it has been ranked amongst the top 10 colleges in the country for the last 17 years since 2002 by India Today. Spread across 96 acres, Loyola College boasts state-of-the-art infrastructure comprising a central library, smart classrooms, ICT labs, specialised laboratories, Wi-Fi, a cafeteria, a health centre, a sports pavilion, a gym and hostel facilities.
Established in 1925 by the Society of Jesus, Loyola College in Chennai is amongst the premier colleges in India. It is an autonomous institution affiliated to the University of Madras. Conferred as the ‘College of Excellence’ by UGC, Loyola has been accredited with 'A' grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). Loyola College, Chennai, is ranked 6th in the college category in the National Institutional Ranking Framework 2019 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. Further, it has been ranked amongst the top 10 colleges in the country for the last 17 years since 2002 by India Today. Spread across 96 acres, Loyola College boasts state-of-the-art infrastructure comprising a central library, smart classrooms, ICT labs, specialised laboratories, Wi-Fi, a cafeteria, a health centre, a sports pavilion, a gym and hostel facilities. Loyola College offers 25 undergraduate, 19 postgraduate, 11 M.Phil and 14 doctoral programmes in various branches of humanities, science and commerce. The college maintains various departments, including History, Social Work, Philosophy, Sociology, Economics, Commerce, Advanced Zoology & Biotechnology, Plant Biology & Biotechnology, Visual Communication, Media Arts, Physical Education, Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry & Food Chemistry, Mathematics, Statistics, English, French, Tamil and Oriental Languages. The popular courses offered at the college are B.Com (CS), B.B.A, MCA, M.Voc. (Digital Journalism/3D Animation), Medical Lab Technology, M.Sc. (Data Science/Computer Science/Biotechnology/Food Chemistry and Food Processing) and M.A. (Social Work/Human Resource Management / Human Rights).
Loyola College Admission Process
Application for admission to Loyola College can be done through the online portal of the college. Admission to undergraduate programmes at Loyola College is done based on the marks scored in the qualifying examination. The admission for all postgraduate courses is carried out through an entrance test followed by an interview. The entrance test is held in June.
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Loyola College Placements
Every year, campus placement drives are organised at Loyola College, Chennai. Some of the top companies that recruit students of the college include Google, Amazon, IBM, Ernst & Young Vivo, Tata Motors, Wipro, Larsen & Toubro, Infotech, Ford, Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services. The average salary package offered to the students of the last batch was INR 3.5 LPA.
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Important FAQs regarding Loyola College
Q. Is Loyola College a government college?
A. Loyola College, a Catholic Minority Institution, was founded by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1925. It is an autonomous college and affiliated to the University of Madras.
>Q. Is Loyola College Co-Ed?
A. Loyola College is co-ed for all postgraduate courses. In UG, it is only co-ed for Viscom and BMM. For other UG courses, it is not co-ed.
>Q. What is the ranking of Loyola College?
A. Loyola College is ranked 6 by NIRF in 2019.
Q. Is hostel available in Loyola College?
>A. Hostels are provided for boys and girls separately. Admission in hostels will be considered only after the admission in Loyola College.
Q. Which are the most popular courses of Loyola College?
A. BSc and MSc are considered most popular courses of Loyola College.
Q. How is the campus of the college?
A. The college is on a 99-acre (400,000 m2) campus in the neighbourhood of Nungambakkam. The campus features tree-lined pathways, academic buildings, steepled Gothic church that dates back to 1930, and separate fields for each sport.
Q. What co-curricular activities are there at Loyola College?
A. A wide range of sports and games facilities are available to students. It has several clubs like Rotaract Club, Sports Club, Loyola Press Club and many more.
Q. How to check the result of internal examinations of Loyola College?
A. Go to the official website and then click on the “examinations” button and then click on “result” button.
Q. How many courses are there in Loyala College?
A. Nearly 40 courses across 8 streams are provided at Bachelors, Masters, PG Diploma and Doctorate levels.
Q. What is LIVE in Loyola College?
A. Loyola Institute of Vocational Education (LIVE) was inaugurated in the year 1996 to offer vocational education in Loyola College to aspiring youth. It offers programmes in the fields of Media and Travel & Tourism.
| Established | 1925 |
| City | Chennai |
| Website | http://www.loyolacollege.edu |
| Popular Courses | M.Sc. , B.Sc. |
| Total Courses | 40 courses across 8 streams |
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VerifiedShreyans, 2019-03-18 | B.Com. - Batch of 2020
Placements: Loyola College is known for its placements. The best companies in the world including Google visit the campus for placements. The college stands among the top 5 colleges as well-reputed companies visit the campus for placements. Goldman Sachs hired one of my friends from the 2nd year for a 1-month internship in May 2019. The recruitment process was tough, and only the best students get selected from our college.
Infrastructure: Classrooms are good and they can accommo...
Read MoreVerifiedJaganathan, 2019-03-09 | B.Sc. in Visual Communication - Batch of 2020
Placements: I don't know about the placements in our college as I have chosen visual communication. But they announced about placements in the 2nd year, and it is worthless. The college provides some scholarships for students, but they treat the students very badly while providing scholarship forms.
Infrastructure: The college provides Wi-Fi facility, but students have no rights to access it. Labs are not in good condition. There are three labs in our department. They are ph...
Read MoreVerifiedSanthosh, 2018-09-08 | M.Sc. in Computer Science - Batch of 2020
Placements: Clear all semesters without arrears. Mostly, 70% get placement. Your way of presentation is important, and the basic salary offered is from 17k. It is very useful to students. Various companies offers placement in our campus, we can use the opportunity to study abroad also.
Infrastructure: Wi-Fi campus, good environment with trees, parking is so safe, football gallery is available, cricket ground, basketball court and every sport event has separate ground for it,...
Read MoreVerifiedRagul, 2018-03-24 | B.A. in Economics - Batch of 2020
Placements: In Chennai Loyola college, the campus interviews will be like an event because most of the prominent companies have come for the campus interviews like IBM, Vivo, Wipro, Infotech, Infosys etc. Every student can attend for the interview, and most of them get selected.
Infrastructure: Loyola college is one of the oldest colleges in Chennai, and it was built 90 years ago by specialist architectures. All the classrooms are biased and have precious space. Green trees ...
Read MoreVerifiedMohammed, 2018-01-28 | B.Com in Corporate and Secretaryship - Batch of 2020
Placements: One of the main advantages of studying in Loyola is the placements. The multinational companies such as Barclays, Wipro, and so on do visit our campus every year. Every student studying here have the confidence of getting placed after UG or PG. One of my super senior got placed with a salary of 7 LPA with just B.Com, and that too with 68% of the overall academic percentage. The lowest salary I heard was Rs. 25,000 per month with B.Com. I do recom...
Read MoreVerifiedJohn, 2018-01-14 | B.Com. - Batch of 2020
Placements: Good placements opportunities are there in the Loyola college. Many multinational companies like Ford and audit companies come for interviewing us. It is a great opportunity to showcase our talents and getting placed in good companies.
Infrastructure: The college has great infrastructure facilities, and students have everything which they need in the college. It has good canteen facilities and parking facilities. The library is also great, as it has all the books...
Read MoreVerifiedSabeshan, 2017-12-07 | Bachelor of Computer Applications - Batch of 2020
Placements: Loyola is the best college to get placement in 5th semester in more than 25 different companies. The leading companies such as Amazon and HCL visited for the placements. The students are eligible to apply when their percentage is above 60 %. The highest salary offered is Rs. 3.5 LPA The lowest and the average package offered is Rs. 2 LPA. More than 60 % of the students got an internship.
Infrastructure: The Loyola college has the best infrastr...
Read MoreVerifiedJoshua, 2018-12-19 | B.A. in Economics - Batch of 2019
Placements: Around 70% of the students got placed after completing their UG and PG courses. Around 70% of the students from the senior batch were placed in recognised and good companies last year. The placement percentage is increasing every year because of the efficient education system.
Infrastructure: The infrastructure of our college is very good with sufficient facilities like digitalised classrooms and library, customised labs with adequate equipment and tools, separat...
Read MoreAdmissions & Cut-Offs
Loyola College, Chennai is an autonomous Jesuit institution owned by Loyola college society. It offers degree and diploma programmes to aspirants at the undergraduate (UG), postgraduate (PG) and doctorate (PhD) level.
For UG Programme
Candidates must have passed 10+2 in the respective stream from recognized board.
For PG programme
Candidates must have passed in Bachelor’s in relevant specializations.
Note: Aspirants are advised t
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- Ranked 2nd among top 100 colleges in India by National Institutional Ranking Framework (MHRD) in 2017
- Ranked 6th by NIRF Ranking India 2018 under Government of India, MHRD
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No, you can apply for the same. But for the postgraduate courses.
Answered bykanu vashisht Scholar-Level 16
Read All Answers (3)The course fee for B.Com at Loyola College is INR 4,614 per annum. The fee structure for PhD is INR 6,000 per annum. B.Sc course fee is INR 48,000 per annum. This is what being shown on the net, you can check further.
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