Loyola College, Chennai
Loyola College is a Jesuit college in Chennai, India. It is one of India's elite/prestigious colleges. The College offers courses in the arts, social sciences, natural sciences, and commerce. It is autonomous, but affiliated to the University of Madras, which grants the degrees.

It was founded in 1925 by a French Jesuit, Father Francis Bertram, with the support of a group of Jesuit priests who had had their grounding at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and the London School of Economics.

The College offers courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and was ranked the number-one college or institution for Science programmes in India by India Today in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. In 2007 it achieved the unique distinction of being ranked first in both science as well as arts. The Arts stream includes subjects such as Economics, History, English, and Sociology. The College has also been placed in the top ten institutions in India for arts, sciences, and commerce.

The college has been conferred the "College with Potential For Excellence" by the University Grants Commission. It was also given a Rs.10 Million grant (1 Crore) in 2006 by the UGC for the continual improvement of the college.