Top Engineering Colleges in India

Last updated on February 24th, 2021 at 01:49 pm

Engineering is the most sought stream amongst Indian students after class 12. Being one of the largest producers of engineers, India attracts many international students from around the globe. IITs and NITs hold the highest positions in the list of the top engineering colleges in India. Engineering opens an array of opportunities in different fields such as software development, electrical fields, manufacturing fields and many more.

• Admission in engineering colleges is done through various entrance exams, GATE and JEE Main being the most common. However, IITs accept JEE Advanced scores.
• Job satisfaction, better job opportunity, higher package, etc. are some inspiring factors that make engineering one of the most popular courses among other courses.
• Engineering in computer science, biotechnology, civil, electronics and communication are few of the many courses being taught in the Top Engineering Colleges in India.
• Engineers in India earn an average of INR 5 – 9 lacs per annum.
• Companies hiring the top engineers in India include Microsoft, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, Uber, Paypal, etc.

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Top 10 Engineering Colleges in India Rank Wise

The top Engineering Colleges in India are ranked by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), and the Government of India. The list of top Engineering Colleges in India is prepared after considering several factors. Recent trends and growth of these colleges are examined carefully while preparing the list and ranking. They are ranked based on the following:

• Their placements and infrastructure
• Some others lay importance to the year of establishment and research.
• The authorities take factors like research, infrastructure, permanent staff, academic achievements, etc. into consideration too.

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As per the NIRF rankings, IITs secure most of the positions of Top 10 engineering colleges in India with NIT Trichy being the only exception. Let us see the rank wise colleges in the table given below.

NIRF Rankings	Institute Name	Annual Average Fees for B.Tech (in INR)
1	Indian Institute of Technology, Madras	75,200
2	Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi	2,25,000
3	Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay	2,11,500
4	Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur	2,14,000
5	Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur	82,000
6	Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee	2,21,700
7	Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati	2,19,350
8	Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad	2,25,200
9	National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli	1,62,000
10	Indian Institute of Technology, Indore	2,43,000

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Engineering Colleges in India – Overview

There are a lot of reasons for opting engineering as a career because of its growing popularity and wide line-up of options after 4-year graduation.

• A total of 4804 colleges in India offer BTech, MTech and Ph.D. degrees in a number of specializations like CSE, Electronics, Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, Biotech, etc. These include 3982 private and 822 government engineering colleges.
• Among the top 10 engineering colleges in India, 9 positions are filled by IITs and 1 by NIT Trichy.
• NIRF has ranked IIT Madras as 1st among the top engineering colleges in India while NIT Trichy is at the 9th position.

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Top 200 Engineering Colleges in India – NIRF Ranking 2020

India is one of the largest producers of engineers in the world. This makes it quite obvious that the country has a large number of engineering institutes to support such students. Let us look at the top 200 engineering colleges in India.

Ranking	Name of College	City	State
1	Indian Institute of Technology Madras	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
2	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	New Delhi	Delhi
3	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	Mumbai	Maharashtra
4	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh
5	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Kharagpur	West Bengal
6	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	Roorkee	Uttarakhand
7	Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati	Guwahati	Assam
8	Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Telangana
9	National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli	Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu
10	Indian Institute of Technology Indore	Indore	Madhya Pradesh
11	Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi	Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh
12	Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines)	Dhanbad	Jharkhand
13	National Institute of Technology Karnataka	Surathkal	Karnataka
14	Anna University	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
15	Vellore Institute of Technology	Vellore	Tamil Nadu
16	National Institute of Technology Rourkela	Rourkela	Odisha
17	Jadavpur University	Kolkata	West Bengal
18	Institute of Chemical Technology	Mumbai	Maharashtra
19	National Institute of Technology Warangal	Warangal	Telangana
20	Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu
21	Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology	Shibpur	West Bengal
22	Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar	Bhubaneswar	Odisha
23	National Institute of Technology Calicut	Kozhikode	Kerala
24	Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar	Gandhinagar	Gujarat
25	Indian Institute of Technology Ropar	Rupnagar	Punjab
26	Indian Institute of Technology Patna	Patna	Bihar
27	Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology	Nagpur	Maharashtra
28	Jamia Millia Islamia	New Delhi	Delhi
29	Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology	Patiala	Punjab
30	Birla Institute of Technology & Science	Pilani	Rajasthan
31	Indian Institute of Technology Mandi	Mandi	Himachal Pradesh
32	Amity University Noida	Gautam Budh Nagar	Uttar Pradesh
33	Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology	Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala
34	Siksha `O` Anusandhan	Bhubaneswar	Odisha
35	Malaviya National Institute of Technology	Jaipur	Rajasthan
36	Delhi Technological University	New Delhi	Delhi
37	Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy	Thanjavur	Tamil Nadu
38	Birla Institute of Technology	Ranchi	Jharkhand
39	Aligarh Muslim University	Aligarh	Uttar Pradesh
40	National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra	Kurukshetra	Haryana
41	S. R. M. Institute of Science and Technology	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
42	Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology	Bhubaneswar	Odisha
43	International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Telangana
44	Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering	Kancheepuram	Tamil Nadu
45	Manipal Institute of Technology	Manipal	Karnataka
46	National Institute of Technology Silchar	Silchar	Assam
47	National Institute of Technology Durgapur	Durgapur	West Bengal
48	Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology	Allahabad	Uttar Pradesh
49	PSG College of Technology	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu
50	College of Engineering Pune	Pune	Maharashtra
51	Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
52	Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology	Jalandhar	Punjab
53	Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur	Jodhpur	Rajasthan
54	Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology	Surat	Gujarat
55	Visvesvaraya Technological University	Belgaum	Karnataka
56	Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi	New Delhi	Delhi
57	Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University	Hyderabad	Telangana
58	Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University	Vaddeswaram	Andhra Pradesh
59	M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology	Bengaluru	Karnataka
60	Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Higher Education	Srivilliputtur	Tamil Nadu
61	National Institute of Technology Meghalaya	Shillong	Meghalaya
62	International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore	Bengaluru	Karnataka
63	Defence Institute of Advanced Technology	Pune	Maharashtra
64	Thiagarajar College of Engineering	Madurai	Tamil Nadu
65	Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh
66	Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati	Guwahati	Assam
67	National Institute of Technology Raipur	Raipur	Chhattisgarh
68	Punjab Engineering College (Deemed To Be University)	Chandigarh	Chandigarh
69	College of Engineering(A)	Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh
70	R. V. College of Engineering	Bengaluru	Karnataka
71	Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute	Mumbai	Maharashtra
72	Panjab University	Chandigarh	Chandigarh
73	B.M.S. College of Engineering	Bengaluru	Karnataka
74	Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT)	Thanjavur	Tamil Nadu
75	National Institute of Technology Agartala	Agartala	Tripura
76	Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT)	South West	Delhi
77	National Institute of Technology Goa	Ponda	Goa
78	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University	Katra	Jammu and Kashmir
79	National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur	Jamshedpur	Jharkhand
80	Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu
81	Indian Institute of Information Technology Design & Manufacturing Jabalpur	Jabalpur	Madhya Pradesh
82	Kumaraguru College of Technology	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu
83	Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu
84	Chandigarh University	Mohali	Punjab
85	College of Engineering Trivandrum	Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala
86	Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University	New Delhi	Delhi
87	Lovely Professional University	Phagwara	Punjab
88	University College of Engineering	Hyderabad	Telangana
89	Graphic Era University	Dehradun	Uttarakhand
90	Coimbatore Institute of Technology	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu
91	Siddaganga Institute of Technology	Tumkur	Karnataka
92	National Institute of Technology Patna	Patna	Bihar
93	C. V. Raman College of Engineering	Bhubaneswar	Odisha
93	PES University	Bengaluru	Karnataka
95	Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
96	Jaypee Institute of Information Technology	Noida	Uttar Pradesh
97	University College of Engineering	Kakinada	Andhra Pradesh
98	National Institute of Technology Hamirpur	Hamirpur	Himachal Pradesh
99	Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University College of Engineering	Pune	Maharashtra
100	Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management	Gwalior	Madhya Pra
101	Mepco Schlenk Engineering College	Sivakasi	Tamil Nadu
102	Dayalbagh Educational Institute	Agra	Uttar Pradesh
103	Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad	Prayagraj (Allahabad)	Uttar Pradesh
104	Punjab Technical University	Kapurthala	Punjab
104	Government College of Technology	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu
106	Rajalakshmi Engineering College	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
107	Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science (HITS)	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
108	Sri Sairam Engineering College	Kancheepuram	Tamil Nadu
109	Army Institute of Technology	Pune	Maharashtra
110	The Northcap University	Gurgaon	Haryana
111	Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology	Gandhinagar	Gujarat
112	Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences	Solan	Himachal Pradesh
113	Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management	Nagpur	Maharashtra
114	New Horizon College of Engineering	Bengaluru	Karnataka
115	Jaypee University of Information Technology	Solan	Himachal Pradesh
116	Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda	Vadodara	Gujarat
117	Jain University	Bengaluru	Karnataka
118	Vignan’s Foundation for Science, Technology & Research	Guntur	Andhra Pradesh
119	Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology	Burla	Odisha
120	YMCA University of Science and Technology	Faridabad	Haryana
121	National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship & Management	Sonipat	Haryana
122	Pondicherry Engineering College	Puducherry	Pondicherry
123	B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
124	Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology	Hyderabad	Telangana
125	Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Sardar Patel Institute of Technology	Mumbai	Maharashtra
126	Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering	Bengaluru	Karnataka
127	Vallurupalli Nageswara Rao Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology	Hyderabad	Telangana
128	Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology	Bengaluru	Karnataka
129	DIT University	Dehradun	Uttarakhand
130	National Institute of Technology Puducherry	Karaikal	Pondicherry
131	Nirma University	Ahmedabad	Gujarat
132	JSS Science and Technology University	Mysuru	Karnataka
133	N M A M Institute of Technology	Nitte, Udupi	Karnataka
134	Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology	Amethi	Uttar Pradesh
135	Kongu Engineering College	Perundurai	Tamil Nadu
136	KLE Technological University	Dharwad	Karnataka
137	Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering & Technology	Longowal	Punjab
138	Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University	Pune	Maharashtra
139	G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering	Nagpur	Maharashtra
139	Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering	Nagpur	Maharashtra
141	CVR College Of Engineering	Ibrahimpatnam	Telangana
142	Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu
143	Vardhaman College of Engineering	Rangareddy	Telangana
144	The Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University	Nagpur	Maharashtra
145	North Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology	Itanagar	Arunachal Pradesh
145	Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women	Delhi	Delhi
147	P E S College of Engineering	Mandya	Karnataka
148	National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology (NIFFT)	Ranchi	Jharkhand
149	Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
150	Sona College of Technology	Salem	Tamil Nadu
151	SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies	Mumbai	Maharashtra
152	Sri Krishna College of Technology	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu
153	Sri Venkateswara University	Tirupati	Andhra Pradesh
154	Heritage Institute of Technology	Kolkata	West Bengal
155	R. M. K. Engineering College	Thiruvallur	Tamil Nadu
156	Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College	Vijayawada	Andhra Pradesh
157	Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology	Nadia	West Bengal
158	National Institute of Technology Manipur	Imphal	Manipur
159	Alliance University	Bengaluru	Karnataka
160	St. Josephs College of Engineering	Kancheepuram	Tamil Nadu
160	SR Engineering College	Warangal	Telangana
162	Amity University Gwalior	Gwalior	Madhya Pradesh
163	Haldia Institute of Technology	Haldia	West Bengal
164	Government Engineering College	Thrissur	Kerala
165	Vishwakarma Institute of Technology	Pune	Maharashtra
166	Harcourt Butler Technical University	Kanpur Nagar	Uttar Pradesh
167	University of Petroleum and Energy Studies	Dehradun	Uttarakhand
168	Walchand College of Engineering	Sangli	Maharashtra
169	BMS Institute of Technology & Management	Bengaluru	Karnataka
170	Institute of Aeronautical Engineering	Hyderabad	Telangana
171	K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering	Mumbai	Maharashtra
172	Goka Raju Ranga Raju Institute of Engineering & Technology	Hyderabad	Telangana
173	Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Sanstha’s Cummins College of Engineering for Women	Pune	Maharashtra
174	ManavRachna International Institute of Research & Studies	Faridabad	Haryana
175	The National Institute of Engineering	Mysore	Karnataka
176	Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering	Kancheepuram	Tamil Nadu
177	Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University	Gandhinagar	Gujarat
178	School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology	Cochin	Kerala
179	Silicon Institute of Technology (SIT), Bhubaneswar	Bhubaneswar	Odisha
180	Anurag Group of Institutions	Hyderabad	Telangana
181	Chitkara University	Rajpura	Punjab
182	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
183	Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology	Gorakhpur	Uttar Pradesh
184	Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College	A.Rangampet	Andhra Pradesh
185	JNTUA College of Engineering	Anantapur	Andhra Pradesh
186	BNM Institute of Technology	Bengaluru	Karnataka
187	Vasavi College of Engineering	Hyderabad	Telangana
188	Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering	Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh
189	National Engineering College	Kovilpatti	Tamil Nadu
190	G.Pulla Reddy Engineering College	Kurnool	Andhra Pradesh
191	Institute of Engineering & Management	Kolkata	West Bengal
192	Sri Sai Ram Institute of Technology	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
193	Dharmsinh Desai University	Nadiad	Gujarat
194	The LNM Institute of Information Technology	Jaipur	Rajasthan
195	Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology	Hisar	Haryana
196	Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute of Technology	Pune	Maharashtra
197	Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering	Pune	Maharashtra
198	Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology	Navi Mumbai	Maharashtra
199	BVRIT Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Telangana
200	National Institute of Technology Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar	Arunachal Pradesh

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Top Engineering Colleges in India – Eligibility, Entrance Exams, Cut Off

• The candidates must qualify 10+2 with minimum 50% aggregate from PCM (Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics)
• Admission to engineering courses are based on the rank secured in the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Main and JEE Advanced.
• M.Tech admissions are done through GATE.
• Some state level exams are WBJEE, GCET, TS EAMCET, etc.
• University level entrance exams are BITSAT, SRMJEE, VITEEE, etc.

Top Engineering Colleges Cut Off Ranks

IITs accept JEE Advanced scores for admission in various courses.

Institute Name	JEE Advanced Cutoff
IIT Madras	90 – 10982
IIT Delhi	2 – 6549
IIT Kanpur	95 – 5188
IIT Bombay	1 – 3501
IIT Kanpur	204 – 8104

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Cutoff for other engineering colleges are as follows:

Institute	Minimum Rank	Maximum Rank
NIT Trichy	121	19,626
ICT, Mumbai	196	2,938
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi	2,818	4,81,888
Amity Noida	7,289	10,54,979
NIT, Surathkal	1,000	27,212

Why Consider Ranking For Choosing Top Engineering Colleges in India?

Choosing the top engineering colleges in India is important as an informed and accurate decision would help in taking the career forward. The names of the colleges in top rankings take admission based on many entrance exams like the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE), BITSAT, VITEEE, EAMCET, WBJEE, among many others. The students who have appeared and scored higher in these exams have higher chances of getting admission in these colleges.

The following chart shows the number of top engineering colleges in India accepting the scores of different entrance exams:

Why does the ranking of Top Engineering Colleges in India differ from other rankings?

Rankings are not static as the entire process of evaluating the top engineering colleges in India keeps on changing regularly. Changes in the admission process, fee structure, course or curriculum and other factors are interconnected in evaluation of how many engineering colleges in India rank at the top.

For instance, a mechanical engineering college that offers excellent placement opportunities to the students might witness a downfall in placement offers due to the change in industry demands. Similarly, change in eligibility clauses of admission might affect the quality of students taking admission in a particular course.

Should Top Engineering Colleges in India be selected based on the ranking?

It is a debatable topic, as selection of the top engineering college in India and branch depends upon a lot of factors.

• The first thing which all the aspirants need to keep in mind is their preference.
• You must select at least three-five branches in consideration so that if you don’t get admission in one branch, you can explore other options.
• After that check out the ranking of top engineering colleges in India and, which colleges have you appeared in the entrance exam / or will be giving the test in the future.
• Narrow down your search to a few colleges only, where you would like to study for the next four years.

Study harder for your entrance test, and against your rank, select the top engineering colleges in India list according to its ranking.

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Top Computer Science Engineering Colleges in India

Computer Science Engineering has grown quite popular and is one of the most important branches of Computer Science. Let us look at the top B.Tech computer science engineering colleges offering the course which are as follows:

• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Madras), Chennai
• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi
• Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani
• National Institute of Technology (NIT Trichy), Tiruchirappalli
• International Institute of Information Technology (IIIIT), Hyderabad

Which are the Best Mechanical Engineering Colleges in India?

Engineering is segregated into different categories or branches or departments including Computer Science & Engineering with specialization in Cloud and Mobile based Application; Electronics & Communication Engineering; Computer Science & Engineering with specialization in Big Data & Analytics; Mechanical Engineering (ME), among others.

Mechanical engineering is one of the most demanding specialisations as compared to others. The popularity of mechanical engineering rises due to their demand in both private and public sectors and higher salary packages that come along. During the 4-year long course, the students learn machine work, functionality, equipment and how to modify machines and its equipment are also taught in the classes.

Top Mechanical Engineering colleges in India are included below in the list-

IIT Bombay	ISM Dhanbad
IIT Delhi	NIT Surathkal
IIT Kanpur	Birla Institute of Technology Patna
IIT Kharagpur	Jadavpur University of Engineering and Technology
IIT Madras	MNNIT Allahabad
IIT Roorkee	PSG College of Technology Coimbatore
BITS Pilani	PEC University of Technology Chandigarh
IIT BHU Varanasi	Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur
IIT Guwahati	MNIT Jaipur
NIT Trichy	VNIT Nagpur
Chandigarh University, Chandigarh	SRM Engineering College, Kancheepuram

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