Learning in the hills
A curated selection of the Nilgiris' most renowned institutions — from historic hill-station boarding schools to the district's main colleges.
Ooty
A long-established international Christian boarding and day school above Ooty, following the Cambridge curriculum (IGCSE and A-Levels) for students from across India and abroad.
Official websiteOoty
A large international residential school offering the IB and Cambridge curricula on an expansive Ooty campus — among South India's best-known boarding schools.
Official websiteLovedale · Ooty
One of India's oldest and most prestigious boarding schools, founded in 1858 in memory of Sir Henry Lawrence and set across a sweeping campus at Lovedale. Co-educational, CBSE, and famed for its all-round residential education.
Official websiteGray's Hill · Coonoor
One of the Nilgiris' oldest schools, founded by the Stanes family in Coonoor, offering co-educational day and boarding education on the Anglo-Indian curriculum at Gray's Hill.
Official websiteCoonoor
A premier girls' school in Coonoor, founded in 1900 by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Tarbes — one of the oldest and best-known English-medium convent schools in the Nilgiris.
Official websiteCoonoor
A long-established boys' boarding and day school in Coonoor, offering English-medium education on the Anglo-Indian curriculum.
Official websiteOoty
The pioneering school of the Nilgiris, built in 1874 in memory of the district's first Commissioner, James Wilkinson Breeks — a historic Anglo-Indian co-educational institution in the heart of Ooty.
Official websiteKetti · Ooty
A residential school and junior college in the Ketti valley near Ooty, run as part of St. George's Homes, offering ICSE and ISC education in a quiet hillside setting.
Run by St. George's Homes, Ketti.
Ooty
A historic Anglo-Indian co-educational higher secondary school in Ooty, long part of the town's English-medium schooling tradition.
Ooty
One of the oldest girls' schools in the Nilgiris, founded in the 1890s by the Sisters of the Church on a ridge above Ooty lake — an English-medium CISCE school with a long Anglican heritage.
Official websiteOoty
A long-established Church of South India higher secondary school in Ooty, opened in 1922 — part of the CSI's network of English-medium schools serving the hills.
Kotagiri
A well-regarded CBSE co-educational school in Kotagiri — a long-standing choice for English-medium schooling in the eastern Nilgiris.
Kotagiri
A modern CBSE co-educational school in Kotagiri, established in 2018 by the Shree Hiriyodaiya Educational Trust.
Ooty
The Nilgiris' principal government college, established in 1955 and affiliated to Bharathiar University — offering undergraduate and postgraduate arts and science programmes in Ooty.
Official websiteOoty
The district's government medical college and teaching hospital in Ooty, opened in 2021 with a 150-seat MBBS programme — affiliated to The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University and approved by the National Medical Commission.
Official websiteCoonoor
An autonomous women's arts and science college in Coonoor, affiliated to Bharathiar University and run by the Franciscan sisters — a leading option for higher education in the hills.
Gudalur
A government arts and science college serving the western Nilgiris from Gudalur, established in 2003 and affiliated to Bharathiar University.