Chennai is situated within the South Eastern coast of India on the Coromandel Coast, as well as it being the capital city of Tamil Nadu, it is also the fourth largest city within India. Madras or Detroit of India as the city is otherwise known was home to around 82,790 people in 2011 making it the third largest expatriate population within India as it grew from around 35,000 people recorded in 2009. Chennai plays an important part within India’s automobile industry. There are some well-known universities within Chennai, however the IIT Madras which offers engineering courses is highly regarded amongst the top of its kind within India, along with the College of Engineering, Guindy which is up in the top ten engineering colleges also within India which is owned by Tamil Nadu. The schools within Chennai are either owned by Tamil Nadu or privately run, however still with some help financially from the government. Students have a number of different options within colleges as to what they want to study, with regards to the Alagappa College of Technology and the College of Engineering, Guindy, offers courses within technology, engineering or architecture. The university subjects can include the pervious subjects along with science, arts, law, commerce, and medicine. One of the biggest universities within Chennai which has five campuses throughout the city is the University of Madras which is also linked to colleges such as the Presidency College, madras Medical College, Madras Christian College and the Madras School of Social Work. Chennai also offers weekend education courses for students who are Japanese nationals living in the city through the Japanese School Education Trust, it is possible to provide support through learning. Chennai is also home to the Central Leather Research Institute which is the world’s largest research organisation in leather and is situated within Adyar. There is also a branch organisation from the Central Electronic Engineering Research Institute within Chennai as it plays a big part of the electronic research within India, Institutes such as the institute of Mathematical Science also offers students the chance to work on physical, mathematical and computer sciences.
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