Loyola College, Chennai

Loyola College is an autonomous Catholic college of the Society of Jesus on Sterling Road, Nungambakkam, in Chennai, affiliated to the University of Madras. Jesuits of the Madurai province, among them Fr. Bertram, opened it in July 1925 with 75 students in mathematics, history and economics. It became autonomous in 1978, was recognised by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research as a research organisation in 2010, and was accredited by NAAC with an A++ grade (CGPA 3.55) in 2021. The 79.5-acre campus runs a government-aided morning shift and a self-supporting afternoon shift, begun in 1993.

Loyola offers 24 undergraduate and 21 postgraduate programmes, with doctoral research in 16 departments, across commerce, economics, the humanities, social work, the sciences, computing and media studies such as visual communication. Undergraduate applicants apply online after their higher secondary results, and courses such as visual communication and B.Com (Hons) add a screening test; postgraduate applicants sit the college's entrance test and an interview. Women are admitted to all postgraduate and selected undergraduate courses. In NIRF 2025 it is ranked 14th in the college category.