List of Autonomous Engineering Colleges in Tamilnadu .. Why to Choose Autonomous College

• All good institutions such as IITs and NITs are autonomous.


• Flexibility in academic curricula and hence the scope to effect quick changes to teach, train and tune students to the latest developments and more useful subjects and skills.


• Similar to Medical Science, an internship or a project of duration of 6 months or so can be introduced which will help students for placements and getting exposure to Industry technical and soft-skill practices.


• Speedy and uninterrupted implementation of academic programmes, examination and evaluation, and announcement of results are possible in autonomous institutions.


• Autonomous institutes have a greater responsibility and hence the institutions always remain sensitive and alert to take care of the needs of students.


• At autonomous institutions, a lot of stress is given to continuous commitment to institutional image building for improved student placement.


• In autonomous institutions, a continuous evaluation system promotes tension-free living as evaluation is fair and friendly to students due to "Relative Grading System (RGS)".


• An ideal autonomous institution has special advantages: students are assured of good education and training due to availability of competent people, programmes and processes.

List Engineering College in Tamilnadu which have Autonomous status are enlisted below

1. Kongu Engineering College
2. Kumaraguru College Of Technology
3. Karpagam College Of Engineering
4. Adhiyamaan College Of Engineering
5. Dr. Mahalingam College Of Engineering & Technology
6. Sona College Of Technology
7. K.S.Rangasamy College Of Technology
8. Sona College Of Technology
9. Sri Krishna College Of Engineering & Technology
10. Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College
11. V.L.B.Janakiammal College Of Engineering And Technology 
12. National Engineering College
13. SNS College of Technology
14. Nanada College of Engg & Tech

Why do colleges seek autonomy?

Autonomy for a college indicates a couple of positive things about the college:

1. The desire of the college to set free from the traditional and at times a standard approach of educating a student in a particular field, in fact, the UGC appeals more and more institutions to in the country to becomes autonomous so as to improve the standard of education.
2. The college is equipped with the right kind of infrastructure and the faculties to support them with the new and improved syllabus.
3. The working and the administration (which if politicized, is even worse) at times hinders the college’s desire to excel beyond a limit, so they demand for an autonomy.
4. Introduce better practices in the system which they can now frame for themselves, so better and fairer evaluation, things follow schedule, and operations get smoother.
5. And obviously in the popular culture autonomous have a higher status compared to their counter-parts, as it indicates a superiority and prestige.
6. In case of financial autonomy for a college, it would mean that the college can decide the fees a student would have to pay, but most colleges do not misuse this power.
7. And a few lesser significant reasons also but none worth from a student’s perspective.