Stella Maris College

Stella Maris College (SMC) is an autonomous college affiliated with the University of Madras. According to NIRF 2022, the college is ranked 58th out of the top 200 colleges in India.
It offers more than 40 courses in streams like commerce, science, and humanities and follows a Choice-Based Credit System.
According to the college's official website, the admission process is primarily based on merit, i.e., a student's total aggregate on their previous qualifying exam (10+2). Every academic year, it admits approximately 1,000 students for various courses, with the minority Catholic community receiving 50% of the seats. A score above 90% will be safe to qualify on a merit basis.
For B.A. English and all postgraduate programmes, there will be an entrance test; for Bachelor of Visual Arts (B.V.A.), there will be an aptitude test (drawing/designing) before the interview.
Currently, the admission process is going on and the first merit roll number wise list has been released on the official website.