PRIST University, Thanjavur

PRIST publishes no fee table for 2025-26 or 2026-27 on its website; the only fee tables found there are dated 2020-21, so no fee is quoted here. The online admission form on the university site carries fee fields for each programme, and the helplines are 04362 265021 and 1800-425-7407.

PRIST names no entrance test for its undergraduate or postgraduate programmes; admission is on marks in the qualifying examination. The only entrance examination mentioned on the site is for Ph.D. scholars. The site shows Admission 2026 and has published no 2027 dates (checked 16 October 2026).

AICTE's 2026-27 approval (22 April 2026) lists B.Tech intake of 60 for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, 30 for Automobile, 60 for Civil, 60 for Computer Science and Engineering (plus a separate 30 entry), 60 each for CSE with AI and Machine Learning, Cyber Security and IoT (IoT is new for 2026-27), 60 for Electrical and Electronics, 90 for Electronics and Communication and 90 for Mechanical. M.Tech has an intake of 48 each in CSE, Communication Systems, Power Systems, Structural Engineering and Manufacturing Technology.

The MBA needs a bachelor's degree of at least three years in any discipline with 50% marks (45% for reserved categories) as per AICTE norms. The MCA needs a bachelor's degree of at least three years with mathematics or business mathematics at Class 12, or mathematics or statistics as a degree subject. AICTE approved an intake of 90 for the MBA and 60 for the MCA for 2026-27.

PRIST's NIRF 2026 data for the batch that graduated in 2024-25 shows 552 of 712 three-year undergraduates placed (median Rs 4,50,000), 265 of 296 four-year undergraduates (Rs 4,92,000), 148 of 159 five-year undergraduates (Rs 6,25,000) and 465 of 518 postgraduates (Rs 5,20,000). Recruiters listed on its placement page include ZF and Rane, Tata Motors, HCL Technologies, Wipro, Deloitte and Accenture.

PRIST holds second-cycle NAAC accreditation with a CGPA of 2.88 on a four-point scale (grade B++), certificate dated 25 November 2025 and valid up to 24 November 2030. It has posted NIRF 2026 data submissions, but no NIRF rank was found for it.

PRIST is a deemed-to-be university under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956. The Ministry notification listing it is No. 9-14/2004-U.3 of 4 January 2008, and the Ministry of Education extended its deemed status by a notification dated 24 November 2023.

Besides engineering, the Thanjavur campus lists MBA, MCA, BBA, BCA, B.Com., B.Com. (CA), M.Com., B.A. and M.A. English, B.Sc. and M.Sc. in computer science, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology and biotechnology, B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture, B.Ed., M.Ed., B.Pharm., B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) and LL.B. (Hons.).

The main campus is on the Thanjavur-Trichy highway at Vallam, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu 613403. PRIST's site has separate School of Law pages for Kumbakonam and Madurai, and a 2020-21 fee PDF covers Thanjavur, Trichy and Kumbakonam campuses; this page lists the Thanjavur campus programmes only.

Admission to PRIST University is on marks in the qualifying examination, Class 12 for undergraduate programmes and a bachelor's degree for postgraduate programmes, applied for through the online admission form on the university site. The university names no entrance test for undergraduate or postgraduate programmes, and it has published no 2027 dates (checked 16 October 2026; the site shows "Admission 2026").

PRIST University, Thanjavur offers 44 programmes in Engineering, Management, Science, Commerce, Arts & Humanities, Law, Education, Agriculture, Pharmacy and Computer Applications, including Bachelor of Technology, Master of Technology, Master of Business Administration, Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Science and Master of Science.

PRIST University, Thanjavur lists approval or accreditation from UGC, AICTE, NAAC, NCTE and BCI.

PRIST University, Thanjavur is also known as PRIST University, PRIST and PRIST Thanjavur.