Top MBA Colleges in Chennai 2021

Shiksha provides a simplified rank order of colleges so that students get a bird’s eye view of the top MBA colleges in Chennai. This will help them identify the colleges that you should be shortlisting and applying to. These consolidated college rankings bring together rankings by multiple publishers and agencies such as Ministry of Human Resource Development’s (MHRD) National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF MBA Ranking), The Week, Business Today and India Today magazines, among others.

The rankings for top MBA colleges in Chennai have been calculated using ratings and reviews of current students and alumni that have been posted on Shiksha, exclusively. Along with the names of colleges and their respective MBA programmes you will also find the following information as you read further:

• Average review ratings given by students and alumni
• The nature of the programme, whether it is full time or part-time MBA
• The exams that you would need to qualify to gain admission to these colleges
• The duration of the course
• The programme fees
• Any upcoming important event pertaining to this programme and its date

Top MBA Colleges in Chennai

Some of the more prominent colleges in Chennai for pursuing an MBA programme include the Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR), Great Lakes Institute of Management, Department of Management Studies at the Indian Institute of Management (DoM, IIM-Madras), SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRM IST).

Chennai offers top MBA jobs and placements

Chennai provides rich employment and career opportunities for management professionals. It has emerged as a preferred city for many Ecommerce and Tech startups who have chosen to set up their base here making the hiring outlook look very positive especially for MBA graduates.

Tamil Nadu has 59 universities, 40 medical colleges, 517 engineering colleges, 447 polytechnics and 20 dental colleges and this abundance of talent has attracted top industrial players. Chennai follows Bangalore in employability and is ahead of Delhi and Ahmedabad in hiring outlook as per the latest hiring report published by Teamlease.

The top industries in Chennai include textiles, automobile and auto components including heavy vehicles, IT and ITes, Cement, Banking and Financial Services, Pharma, Agro and food procession and finally, leather tanning industries.

Chennai also plans to develop two industrial corridors – the Chennai-Bengaluru corridor and the Madurai-Tuticorin corridor. According its vision for 2023, the state of Tamil Nadu plans to step up infrastructure investment from 4-5 per cent of GSDP to about 11.5 per cent by end of 2019.

Exams accepted by some of the best MBA colleges in Chennai

If you have taken any or more of the following qualifying exams: MAT, CAT, TANCET-MBA, XAT, CMAT and have scored well in them, you could stand a good chance to gain admission to one of the best MBA colleges in Chennai. Find out more about MBA cutoffs for colleges by clicking here. 

Top MBA courses and specialisations in Chennai

Finance and Human Resource management followed by Operations Management are the top three specialisations for students looking to enroll for an MBA programme.