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[[Chennai]] is home to many educational and research institutions. [[IIT Madras]], located in [[South Chennai]] is considered as the premier centre of engineering education in India.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nirfindia.org/2020/EngineeringRanking.html|title=MHRD, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF)|website=www.nirfindia.org}}</ref> [[Anna University]] and the [[University of Madras]] are the oldest state owned universities which are ranked among the best universities in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nirfindia.org/2020/UniversityRanking.html|title=Top 100 Universities in India|website=www.nirfindia.org}}</ref> The [[College of Engineering, Guindy]] and [[Madras Institute of Technology]], which are the constituent college of Anna University along with [[Alagappa College of Technology]] are the pioneer institutes of engineering education in India.<ref name="auto"/> Some of the oldest medical colleges India, the [[Madras Medical College]] (1835) and [[Stanley Medical College]] (1938) are located in the city. Notable, [[liberal arts]] colleges in the city include [[Loyola College, Chennai|Loyola College]], [[Madras Christian College]], [[Presidency College (Chennai)|Presidency College]], [[Stella Maris College, Chennai|Stella Maris College]], [[Women's Christian College, Chennai|Women's Christian College]] and [[Ethiraj College for Women]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nirfindia.org/2020/CollegeRanking.html|title=MHRD, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF)|website=www.nirfindia.org}}</ref>

==Schools==
{{Main|List of schools in Chennai}}
Schools in Chennai are run publicly by the Tamil Nadu government, or run privately, some with financial aid from the government. The medium of education in private schools is English.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.lifeinchennai.com/chennai_Schools.htm
|title=Chennai Schools
|publisher=lifeinchennai.com
|access-date=2009-07-27
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827105257/http://www.lifeinchennai.com/chennai_Schools.htm
|archive-date=27 August 2009
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> Government run schools offer both English and Tamil medium education.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.tn.gov.in/dee/mainaspect.pdf
| title = Framing of Curriculum/Syllabus and Textbook writing for English for Standards I and II
| publisher = Govt. of Tamil Nadu
| access-date = 2007-09-13}}</ref> Private schools are usually affiliated to the [[Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education|Tamil Nadu State Board]] or the Tamil Nadu Matriculation board. A few schools are affiliated to the national [[Central Board of Secondary Education|CBSE]] board, [[Indian Certificate of Secondary Education|ICSE]] board, [[National Institute of Open Schooling|NIOS]] board, Anglo-Indian board and the [[Montessori|Montessori system]]. A few schools also offer the [[International Baccalaureate]] and the American systems. Schooling begins at the age of three with two years of kindergarten, followed by ten years of primary and secondary education. Students then need to complete two years of higher secondary education in one of two streams: science or commerce, before being eligible for college education in a general or professional field of study.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.tn.gov.in/schooleducation/structure.htm
|title = Educational Structure
|publisher = Govt. of Tamil Nadu
|access-date = 2007-09-13
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://archive.today/20121219033854/http://www.tn.gov.in/schooleducation/structure.htm
|archive-date = 2012-12-19
}}</ref> The sex education programme was made as a mandatory in Chennai schools and colleges for the first time in nearly two decades. This announcement was done by the city Mayor at a function to commemorate World AIDS Day.<ref>{{cite news
| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-02/chennai/30467405_1_train-teachers-counsellors-schools-and-colleges
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130126154046/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-02/chennai/30467405_1_train-teachers-counsellors-schools-and-colleges
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 2013-01-26
| title = Sex Education for teenage students gets mandatory in Chennai schools and colleges
| access-date = 2011-12-02
| work = [[The Times of India]]
| date=2011-12-02}}</ref> School Education Department of Government of Tamil Nadu announced that, from 2012 educational year onwards, the books for students are merged to reduce carrying loads of books. T.S Sridhar, Additional Chief Secretary to Government told that the number of books reduced as two for 7th and 8th std students and only one book up to 6th std. The state board system is often criticised due to the lack of quality it provides to the students comparing to world class education systems.
<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://tamil.oneindia.in/news/2011/12/22/tamilnadu-tn-school-students-burden-reduced-aid0175.html
| title = Tamil Nadu School Students burden reduced
| publisher = [[Oneindia.in]]
| date = 2011-12-22
| access-date = 2011-12-22}}</ref>

==Universities and Colleges==
[[File:Anna-university.jpg|thumb|left|The main building of [[College of Engineering, Guindy]]]]
The [[Indian Institute of Technology Madras]] (1959), is one of the first 5 [[Indian Institute of Technology|IIT]]'s established in India. IIT Madras campus was carved out of a natural forest within the [[Guindy National Park]].<ref>https://home.iitm.ac.in/prakriti/prakriti/</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iitsystem.ac.in/?q=aboutiit/view|title=About IIT | www.iitsystem.ac.in|website=www.iitsystem.ac.in}}</ref> Located nearby, is the main campus of [[Anna University]] (1978), which formed from a merger of the [[College of Engineering, Guindy]] (1794), the [[Madras Institute of Technology]] (1949), the [[Alagappa College of Technology]] (1944), and the [[University of Madras School of Architecture and Planning]] (1957). Almost all colleges in Tamil Nadu that offer programs in engineering, technology and architecture are affiliated to Anna University.<ref>https://www.annauniv.edu/cai/Options.php</ref> The remaining colleges are autonomous [[deemed university|deemed universities]].

The state-owned [[Madras University]] (1857), which has six campuses in the city, offers more than 230 courses under 87 academic departments of post-graduate teaching and research grouped under 18 schools, covering diverse areas such as sciences, social sciences, humanities, management and medicine along with 121 affiliated colleges and 53 approved research institutions.<ref>https://www.unom.ac.in/webportal/uploads/academics/cbcs-hand-book-2019-2020.pdf</ref> Some of the earliest affiliated colleges are the [[Madras Christian College]] (1837), [[Presidency College (Chennai)|Presidency College]] (1840), [[Pachaiyappa's College]] (1842), [[Madras Sanskrit College]] (1906), [[Queen Mary's College, Chennai|Queen Mary's College]] (1914), [[Women's Christian College, Chennai|Women's Christian College]] (1915), [[Loyola College, Chennai]] (1925), [[Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College|Vivekananda College]] (1946), [[Stella Maris College (Chennai)|Stella Maris College]] (1947), [[The New College, Chennai|The New College]] (1951), [[Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women|JBAS College for Women]] (1951) and the [[Madras School of Social Work]] (1953).

Other prominent self-financed educational establishments include [[Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham]] (1994), [[Vellore Institute of Technology]] (1984), [[Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering|SSN College of Engineering]](1996), [[SRM Institute of Science and Technology]] (1985), [[Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science]] (1985), [[Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research]] (1984), [[Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology]] (1987), [[B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology]] (1984), [[Academy of Maritime Education and Training]] (1992), [[Asian College of Journalism, Chennai|Asian College of Journalism]] (2000).<ref name="auto"/>

The [[Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai]], a prominent law college in the state was founded in 1891 under the [[Madras University]], is now affiliated with [[Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University]] (TNDALU). [[Madras Medical College]], established in 1835, is one of the oldest educational institutions to offer medical education in the [[Indian subcontinent]]. [[Stanley Medical College]], [[Kilpauk Medical College]] and [[Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute]] are other well known medical colleges in the city affiliated with [[Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tnhealth.org/dme/mecollege.php|title=Medical Education - Medical Colleges - Health & Family Welfare Department, Govt. of Tamil Nadu|website=www.tnhealth.org}}</ref>

[[Madras School of Art]] (1850)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/archive/|title=Archive News|website=The Hindu}}</ref> and [[Madras Veterinary College]] (1903)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tanuvas.ac.in/history.html|title=Welcome to TAMILNADU VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY(TANUVAS)|website=www.tanuvas.ac.in}}</ref> are the first institutions of their kind in India. These, institutions formed the nucleus of recently constituted [[Tamil Nadu Music and Fine Arts University]] (TNMFAU) and [[Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University]] (TANUVAS) respectively. Other recently established state universities in Chennai include, [[Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University]] (TNTEU), [[Tamil Nadu Open University]] (TNOU) and the [[Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University]] (TNPESU), which primarily operates as the affiliating universities.

==Research Institutions==
Chennai is home to many research institutions. The world's largest organization for leather research, the [[Central Leather Research Institute]], is located in [[Adyar (Chennai)|Adyar]]. It is one of 39 constituent laboratory of the [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], India and is the premier institution of education and research in the leather sector in India.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.clri.org
| access-date = 2007-09-17
| title = Central Leather Research Institute}}</ref> Second, CSIR laboratory [[Structural Engineering Research Centre]], which is an important centre for design and construction research in India, is located in [[Taramani]]. Centres for research in pure mathematics and computer sciences include the [[Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai|Institute of Mathematical Sciences]] (IMSc), [[Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics]] (RIASM) and the [[Chennai Mathematical Institute]] (CMI). The [[National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis]] (ICMR-NIRT) and [[National Institute of Epidemiology]] (ICMR-NIE) are the two [[ICMR]] institutes in Chennai.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.icmr.nic.in/institute.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607181309/http://www.icmr.nic.in/institute.htm |archive-date=2015-06-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Prominent economics and financial research institutes in the city are the [[Institute for Financial Management and Research]] and the [[Madras School of Economics]].

The centrally funded institutions are [[National Institute of Ocean Technology]] (NIOT), [[Indian Institute of Information Technology Design & Manufacturing Kancheepuram|Indian Institute of Information Technology Design & Manufacturing]] (IIIT-DM),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iiitdm.ac.in/About%20Us.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418010038/http://www.iiitdm.ac.in/About%20Us.html |archive-date=2015-04-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[National Institute of Fashion Technology]] (NIFT),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nift.ac.in/chennai/|title=Home - Chennai|website=www.nift.ac.in}}</ref> [[National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research, Chennai|National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research]] (NITTTR),<ref>{{cite web |url= http://mhrd.gov.in/technical-education-6 |title= Technical Education | Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development |publisher=Mhrd.gov.in |date=2016-04-19 |access-date=2018-08-26}}</ref> [[National Institute of Siddha]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://indianmedicine.nic.in/index3.asp?sslid=189&subsublinkid=63&lang=1 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703120634/http://indianmedicine.nic.in/index3.asp?sslid=189&subsublinkid=63&lang=1 |archive-date=2015-07-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Kalakshetra Foundation]],<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.kalakshetra.in|title=Welcome to Kalakshetra|website=www.kalakshetra.in}}</ref> [[Madras Institute of Development Studies]] (MIDS),<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.mids.ac.in/aboutus.htm|title=About Madras Institute of Development Stuides |website= www.mids.ac.in}}</ref> [[Central Institute of Classical Tamil]] (CCICT), [[Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dbhpscentral.org/contactus.html |title= Welcome to Dakshin Bharath Hindi Prachar Sabha - Contact Us |website=www.dbhpscentral.org}}</ref> [[Indian Maritime University]],<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.imu.edu.in |title= WELCOME TO INDIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY |website= www.imu.edu.in |access-date= 20 March 2021 |archive-date= 17 June 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160617132418/http://www.imu.edu.in/ |url-status= dead }}</ref> [[Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology]] (CIPET)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cipet.gov.in/management_contact.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608003918/http://cipet.gov.in/management_contact.html |archive-date=2015-06-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development]] (RGNIYD),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rgniyd.gov.in/node/95|title=About RGNIYD {{!}} Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development|website=www.rgniyd.gov.in|access-date=2020-06-12}}</ref> [[Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai|Regional Meteorological Centre]] (RMC), [[National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management]] (NCSCM), [[Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture]] (ICAR-CIBA) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ciba.res.in |title=Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture |publisher=Ciba.res.in |access-date=2018-08-26}}</ref> and the [[Officers Training Academy]] is also headquartered in Chennai.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianarmy.gov.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTemp17P26C.aspx?MnId=IrYeOYNUEovy1gaA3gqCEw==&ParentID=hdlTbJuWbsKSeKJEjx8qWw==&flag=y7UQSrIUuAi/VI8QvVfi5g== |title=Official Website of Indian Army |publisher=Indianarmy.gov.in |access-date=2018-08-26}}</ref>

The campuses of the [[Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research]] (AcSIR),<ref>{{cite web |url= http://acsir.res.in/contact-us |title= AcSIR – Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research – Contact Us |publisher=Acsir.res.in |access-date= 2018-08-26}}</ref> [[Central Scientific Instruments Organisation]] (CSIO), [[Central Electro Chemical Research Institute]] (CECRI), [[Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute]], [[National Metallurgical Laboratory]] (NML), [[National Environmental Engineering Research Institute]] (NEERI) and [[Indian Statistical Institute]] (ISI) are also located in Chennai.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://csircmc.res.in/library.html|title=CSIR MADRAS COMPLEX,WELCOMES YOU!|website=csircmc.res.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isichennai.res.in/|title=ISI Chennai Centre|website=www.isichennai.res.in}}</ref> Some other research institutes located in Chennai are the [[Adyar Cancer Institute]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cancerinstitutewia.in/CIWIA/|title=Cancer Institute (WIA) Chennai, Adyar|website=www.cancerinstitutewia.in}}</ref> [[King Institute of Preventive Medicine and Research]] (KIPM),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kipmr.org.in/|title=King Institute of Preventive Medicine & Research,Guindy|website=www.kipmr.org.in}}</ref> [[Ministry of New and Renewable Energy|National Institute of Wind Energy]] (NIWE),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mnre.gov.in/centers/cwet/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518161007/http://mnre.gov.in/centers/cwet/ |archive-date=2015-05-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment]] (CVRDE),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.drdo.gov.in/drdo/labs/CVRDE/English/index.jsp?pg=homebody.jsp |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602231413/http://www.drdo.gov.in/drdo/labs/CVRDE/English/index.jsp?pg=homebody.jsp |archive-date=2015-06-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[MS Swaminathan Research Foundation]] (MSSRF),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mssrf.org/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-05-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910064218/http://www.mssrf.org/ |archive-date=2012-09-10 }}</ref> [[Madras Diabetes Research Foundation]] (MDRF), [[Siddha Central Research Institute]] (SCRI), [[Schizophrenia Research Foundation]] (SCARF), and [[International Institute of Tamil Studies]] (IITS) among others.

==Libraries==
[[File:Anna Centenary Library.JPG|thumb|right|190px|Anna Centenary Library]]
The [[Connemara Public Library]] built in 1890 is one of the four [[National Depository Centres]] in India. These centres receive a copy of all newspapers and books published in India.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.connemarapubliclibrarychennai.com/forPublisher.htm
| title = The Delivery of Books' and Newspapers' (Public Libraries) Act, 1954
| publisher = Govt. of India
| access-date = 2007-09-13}}</ref> It has been declared as a [[UNESCO]] information centre.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.connemarapubliclibrarychennai.com/History.htm
| title = Highlights
| publisher = Connemara Public Library
| access-date = 2007-09-13}}</ref> The [[Anna Centenary Library]] (ACL) is a newly established library, located at [[Kotturpuram]] in Chennai. Built at a cost of 1,720 million, it is one of the largest library in Asia.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111103/jsp/nation/story_14702553.jsp | location=Calcutta, India | work=The Telegraph | first=G.C. | last=Shekhar | title=Largest library to turn into hospital | date=3 November 2011}}</ref> Large academic libraries accessible to the general public include the central libraries at [[IIT Madras]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cenlib.iitm.ac.in/|title=Central Library, IIT Madras|website=cenlib.iitm.ac.in}}</ref> and the [[Madras University]].<ref>https://www.unom.ac.in/webportal/uploads/library/mul/mul.html</ref> Other important libraries include [[Roja Muthiah Research Library]], Mohammedan Public Library<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/past-preserved/article4101694.ece|title=Past preserved|first=Anusha|last=Parthasarathy|date=16 November 2012|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> in Triplicane, the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] Library at the Fort St. George, the [[Adyar Library]] under the [[Theosophical Society Adyar]], the [[Ramakrishna Math]] Library and the Krishnamurti Foundation Library in the premises of the [[Jiddu Krishnamurti|Krishnamurti Foundation]] world headquarters.

==Weekend education==
Japanese School Educational Trust of Chennai (チェンナイ補習授業校 ''Chennai Hoshū Jugyō Kō''), a [[Hoshuko|Japanese weekend education programme]], serves Japanese nationals living in Chennai. It is located at [[American International School Chennai]], [[Taramani]].<ref name=Asianschools>"[https://www.webcitation.org/6WKFovaFL?url=http://web.archive.org/web/20140330214851/http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shotou/clarinet/002/006/001/002/001.htm アジアの補習授業校一覧（平成25年4月15日現在）]" (). [[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology]]. Retrieved on 13 February 2015. "チェンナイ Japanese School Educational Trust of Chennai Inside American International School Chennai, 100 Feet Road, Taramani, Chennai, 600113, INDIA"</ref> Established by the Japanese Association in Chennai (チェンナイ日本人会 ''Chennai Nihonjin Kai''), it opened in June 1975 as The Japanese Class of Madras (マドラス日本語補習教室 ''Madorasu Nihongo Hoshū Kyōshitsu''). In 1998 the school adopted the name Japanese Language School of Chennai (チェンナイ日本語補習校 ''Chennai Nihongo Hoshū Jugyō Kō'') since Madras took the name Chennai.<ref>"[https://jschool2013.jimdo.com/handbook-学校案内英字版/ ＨＡＮＤＢＯＯＫ（学校案内英字版）]." Japanese School Educational Trust of Chennai. Retrieved on 13 February 2015. Japanese names from: "[https://jschool2013.jimdo.com/学校沿革史/ 学校沿革史]": " 4月補習校設立の気運。６月マドラス日本語補習教室設立。 [...] ＜平成１０年(1998)度＞〔児童・生徒16名〕４月チェンナイ日本語補習校に校名変更。[...] ＜平成１６年(2004)度＞[...]３月教育信託団体証書登録「チェンナイ補習授業校（Japanese School Educational Trust of Chennai）」名に変更 " - "[https://jschool2013.jimdo.com/%E5%AD%A6%E6%A0%A1%E6%A1%88%E5%86%85/ 学校案内]": "チェンナイには「チェンナイ日本人会」"</ref>

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