Premier
Educational Institutions in Chennai
Chennai houses
some of the highly reputed educational institutes such as IIT,
Loyola College,
IIT Chennai
The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, is one of the
leading institutes of national importance in higher technological
education and in basic and applied research. The Institute
was formally inaugurated in 1959 by Prof. Humayun Kabir, Union
Minister for Scientific Research and Cultural Affairs. The
IIT system has seven Institutes of Technology located at Kharagpur,
Mumbai, Chennai,
Kanpur, Delhi, Guwahati and Roorkee.
Loyola College
Loyola College was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1925,
with the primary objective of providing University education
in a Christian atmosphere for deserving students, especially
those belonging to the Catholic Community. Although this college
is meant primarily for Catholics, it admits other students
irrespective of caste and creed.
The Institute for Financial Management
and Research (IFMR)
IFMR is a leading business school with a strong focus on finance.
The Institute has an excellent faculty with high scholastic
and project consultancy achievements. With a large number
of renowned companies visiting the campus every year, IFMR
has a very good placement record.
IFMR offers a 2-year fulltime program - Post Graduate Diploma
in Business Management, a 1-year fulltime program - Post Graduate
Program in Advanced Finance and a 3-year part time program
– Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management. IFMR
also conducts Management Development Programs for executives.
Madras Medical College
One of the premier medical institutes, it was the untiring
inspired efforts of Sir Edward Winter who was the agent of
the company that materialised in the first British Hospital
at Madras. The college came into existence from 1st of October
1850 and till date it is considered as one of the best medical
institutes of India.
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