Chettinad Academy of Research and Education

Chettinad Academy of Research and Education is a private deemed university on Chennai's southern outskirts, built around health sciences and anchored by its own teaching hospital, which gives medical and nursing students clinical exposure on campus. Established in 2005 and part of the Chettinad group, it holds an A grade from NAAC and carries approval from the medical regulator alongside the UGC. Its identity rests on the MBBS programme, postgraduate medicine and nursing, with admission to medicine running through NEET counselling. The location near the Old Mahabalipuram Road corridor keeps students connected to Chennai while the campus itself sits away from the city's congestion. It suits students committed to a clinical career who want a hospital-attached private medical institution in Tamil Nadu.