Colleges accepting GATE score in Tamil Nadu are scattered over different cities. Anyhow, Chennai and Coimbatore are the cities where majority of such colleges are located. Colleges like Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research, Dr. M.G.R. Engineering College and Madras Institute of Technology are located in Chennai. Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Karunya Institute of Technology, PSG College of Technology, etc are some of the colleges accepting GATE score in Coimbatore. Other institutes like Regional Power Training Institute, Neyveli, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli and Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, also accepts GATE score in Tamil Nadu.

Colleges accepting GATE score in Chennai

• Alagappa College of Technology c/o Anna University
• Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research
• College of Engineering, Anna University
• Dr. M.G.R. Engineering College
• Hindustan Engineering Training Centre
• Madras Institute of Technology
• Satyabhama Institute of Science & Technology
• Technical Teachers Training Institute

Colleges accepting GATE score in Coimbatore

• Amrita Institute of Technology & Science
• Coimbatore Institute of Technology
• College of Pharmacy, Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Paramedic
• Government College of Technology
• Karunya Institute of Technology
• Kumaraguru College of Technology
• PSG College of Technology
• Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Pharmaceutical Science
• V.L.B. Janakimmal College of Engineering & Technology

Colleges accepting GATE score in Salem

• Government College of Engineering
• Sona College of Technology

Colleges accepting GATE score in Dindigul

• PSNA College of Engineering & Technology
• R.V.S. College of Engineering & Technology

Colleges accepting GATE score in Erode

• Kongu Engineering College
• Nandha College of Paramedical Sciences

Colleges accepting GATE score in other cities

• Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar
• Arulmigu Meenakshi Amman College of Engineering
• C.L. Baid Mehta College of Pharmacy, Thorapakkam
• Gandhigram Rural Institute
• Hindustan College of Engineering, Kelambakkam
• K.S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode
• Periyar Maniammai College of Technology for Women, Thanjavur
• Maharaja College of Engineering, Avinashi
• Mohammed Sathak Engineering College, Kilakkarai
• National Engineering College, Kovilpatti
• Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering & Technology, Karaikudi
• Arulmigu Kalasalingam College of Engineering, Krishanankoil
• Bharatidasan University, Tiruchirapali
• Crescent Engineering College, Vandalur
• Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Pennalur
• Vel’s College of Pharmacy, Pallavaram
• S.R.M. Engineering College, Potheri
• National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli
• Noorul Islam College of Engineering, Kanyakumari
• Regional Power Training Institute, Neyveli
• S.R.M. College of Pharmacy, S.R.M. Nagar
• Government College of Engineering, Kattabomman
• J.S.S. College of Pharmacy, Ootacamond
• M.S. University, Tirunelveli
• Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Virudhunagar
• Sastra University
• School of Arch. & Planning, Anna University, Guindy
• Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai
• Vellore Institute of Technology

Allotment of any of these colleges is done through a centralized counseling process. GATE qualified candidates from other states are also eligible to seek admission.