I want to do master degree and want to know which University is better for doing master degree either Madras University or Anna University. Will you please tell me which one is better in terms of placements and rankings given to both Universities for PG degree?

I find both University of Madras and Anna University are among the good institutes in India.

UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS

University of Madras is a public state university in Chennai established in 1857, it is one of the oldest universities in India. It was incorporated by an Act of the Legislative Council of India.


Ranking

Internationally, it was ranked 171-180 in the QS University Rankings BRICS University Rankings of 2018. In India, the National Institutional Ranking Framework ranked it 29 overall and 18 among universities in 2018.

A study performed by the National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies on the performance of universities in India in 1998-2008 listed Madras University as #5 based on publication for that period.


Notable Alumni

Some of the prominent alumni include Nobel laureates:

C. V. Raman
S. Chandrasekhar,
Srinivasa Ramanujan
S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan,
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan,
V. V. Giri,
Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy,
R. Venkataraman and
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, politicians
Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari
C Subramaniam,
CN Annadurai
V. K. Krishna Menon,
T. N. Seshan,
Benegal Rama Rau
Y. Venugopal Reddy
Verghese Kurien
Raj Reddy
M. S. Swaminathan
K. N. Raj
C. Rangarajan,
Indra Nooyi
Ram Shriram
Prathap C. Reddy,
M.G. Ramachandran,
Gemini Ganesan
Mani Ratnam,
Viswanathan Anand
Vijay Amritraj
Ramanathan Krishnan
Arvind Swami
Viswanathan Anand


ANNA UNIVERSITY


Anna University is a state technical university established in 1978. The main campus houses the College of Engineering, Guindy; Alagappa College of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning and 3 technical departments of the University of Madras.


Ranking
Internationally, it was ranked 651-700 in the QS World University Rankings of 2018. The same rankings ranked it 301-350 in Asia and 85 among BRICS nations.

It was ranked tenth in India overall by the National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2018 along with nine other Indian institutes, fourth among universities, eighth in the engineering ranking and 28 in the management ranking.


Notable People

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Mylswamy Annadurai
Verghese Kurien, architect of Operation Flood and India's White Revolution and winner of the Ramon Magsaysay Award and the World Food Prize
Sujatha Rangarajan, writer
Venu Srinivasan, chairman of Sundaram - Clayton Limited and TVS Motor Company
Upendra J. Chivukula, American politician
A. C. Muthiah, Indian industrialist and ex-president, Board of Control for Cricket in India
Akkineni Nagarjuna, Indian film actor and producer
S. Somasegar, corporate vice president, Developer Division, Microsoft
Krishnamachari Srikkanth, former captain of the Indian cricket team and the chairman of the selection committee
Shiv Nadar, chairman and CSO of HCL Technologies
K. Pandiarajan, founder director of Mafoi Consultants
Sundaram Karivardhan, industrialist and motorsport pioneer
Munirathna Anandakrishnan, former chairman, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and former vice-chancellor, Anna University
V. M. Muralidharan, former chairman, Ethiraj College for Women
P. S. Veeraraghavan, director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
Ravi Jagannathan, economist and professor, Kellogg School of Management
Ravi Ruia, Essar Group
G. V. Loganathan, former professor, Virginia Tech
A. G. Ramakrishnan, professor, Indian Institute of Science
Y. S. Chowdary, Minister of State, Science and Technology & Earth Sciences, Government of India
Kalidhindi B. R. Varma, Vice Chancellor, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning
Mahesh Muthuswami, Cinematog 2012
Kutraleeswaran, Marathon swimmer, The youngest Arjuna Award winner
Bhargav Sri Prakash, Entrepreneur and Hedge Fund Manager
Rajkumar Bharathi, Classical singer and music composer
Raaghav, on screen, film actor and television personality
Madhan Karky, Tamil film lyricist
N. Srinivasan India Cements
M. S. Ananth IIT Madras
Y. G. Mahendra Tamil and Malayalam actor
G. V. Prasad, Dr. Reddys labs
Thirumalachari Ramasami, secretary to Government of India, Department of Science and Technology
Mohan Rangachari, Indian actor, comedian, screenwriter and playwright.