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November 19, 2024Top 100 Engineering Colleges in India: Engineering is one of the most important sectors for a developing society. In India, engineering is one of the most sought after professions. Every year lakhs of students appear for various entrance exams in India like JEE Main (previously known as AIEEE), JEE Advanced (previously known as IIT JEE), BITSAT, and various state-level engineering entrance exams. However, only a handful of students make it to the top 100 engineering colleges in India.
There are hundreds of colleges for engineering in India. But if you pursue your engineering course from one of the best engineering colleges in India or the top 100 private engineering colleges in India, the chances of getting a job in one of the best companies in the engineering sector will be higher. The top engineering colleges in India have better infrastructure, faculty, and placement opportunities. Please continue reading to find out more.
There are many reputed and prestigious private and government engineering colleges in India. With both JEE Main and JEE Advanced over and the counselling approach, students might be looking for the list of the top engineering colleges in India, especially the top engineering institutes in India. In this article, we will list out the top 100 engineering colleges in India for the past few years.
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is an MHRD-approved framework/methodology that is used to rank educational institutes in the country.
The top 100 engineering colleges in India are ranked based on the following five parameters:
The table below shows the top 100 engineering colleges in India in 2021 as per the NIRF ranking:
Rank | Institute | Score |
1 | Indian Institute of Technology Madras | 89.05 |
2 | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | 85.36 |
3 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | 84.4 |
4 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | 79.41 |
5 | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | 77.57 |
6 | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | 74.57 |
7 | Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | 70.87 |
8 | Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad | 63.92 |
9 | Anna University | 63.12 |
10 | National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli | 61.62 |
11 | Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi | 59.8 |
12 | Institute of Chemical Technology | 59.73 |
13 | Indian Institute of Technology Indore | 59.35 |
14 | Jadavpur University | 59.09 |
15 | Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad | 58.18 |
16 | National Institute of Technology Rourkela | 57.75 |
17 | Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar | 56.8 |
18 | Vellore Institute of Technology | 56.46 |
19 | Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology | 56.35 |
20 | Indian Institute of Technology Mandi | 56 |
21 | National Institute of Technology Karnataka | 55.25 |
22 | Indian Institute of Technology Patna | 54.86 |
23 | Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Deemed-to-be-university) | 54.73 |
24 | Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar | 54.32 |
25 | Birla Institute of Technology & Science | 53.82 |
26 | National Institute of Technology Warangal | 53.21 |
27 | Jamia Millia Islamia | 53.13 |
28 | National Institute of Technology Calicut | 52.69 |
29 | Indian Institute of Technology Ropar | 52.37 |
30 | Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology | 52.12 |
31 | Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology | 51.27 |
32 | Siksha `O` Anusandhan | 50.39 |
33 | Birla Institute of Technology | 50.1 |
34 | Delhi Technological University | 49.97 |
35 | Amity University | 49.03 |
36 | SRM Institute of Science and Technology | 48.95 |
37 | Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering | 48.94 |
38 | Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy | 48.83 |
39 | International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad | 48.73 |
40 | Aligarh Muslim University | 47.74 |
41 | National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra | 47.58 |
42 | Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology | 47.49 |
43 | Manipal Institute of Technology | 47.31 |
44 | PSG College of Technology | 47.28 |
45 | Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University | 47.13 |
46 | National Institute of Technology Durgapur | 46.47 |
47 | Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology | 46.07 |
48 | Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology | 45.94 |
49 | College of Engineering | 45.89 |
50 | Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur | 45.75 |
51 | National Institute of Technology Silchar | 45.61 |
52 | Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University (K L College of Engineering) | 45.38 |
53 | Malviya National Institute of Technology | 45.2 |
54 | Panjab University | 43.59 |
55 | Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology | 43.49 |
56 | Thiagarajar College of Engineering | 43.38 |
57 | Defence Institute of Advanced Technology | 43.29 |
58 | Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology | 41.88 |
59 | College of Engineering Visakhapatnam | 41.72 |
60 | National Institute of Technology Hamirpur | 41.48 |
61 | Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Higher Education | 41.26 |
62 | Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology | 40.98 |
63 | R. V. College of Engineering | 40.88 |
64 | M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology | 40.54 |
65 | International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore | 40.51 |
66 | National Institute of Industrial Engineering | 40.48 |
67 | National Institute of Technology Meghalaya | 40.32 |
68 | Coimbatore Institute of Technology | 40.1 |
69 | B. M. S. College of Engineering | 39.67 |
70 | National Institute of Technology Agartala | 39.53 |
71 | College of Engineering | 39.42 |
72 | Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences | 39.37 |
73 | Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University | 39.21 |
74 | National Institute of Technology Raipur | 39.09 |
75 | Pandit Dwarka Prasad Mishra Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM) Jabalpur | 38.94 |
76 | Pondicherry Engineering College | 38.56 |
77 | Kumaraguru College of Technology | 38.55 |
78 | PEC University of Technology | 38.42 |
79 | Siddaganga Institute of Technology | 37.98 |
80 | Jaypee Institute of Information Technology | 37.87 |
81 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management | 37.82 |
82 | Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad | 37.74 |
83 | University College of Engineering | 37.68 |
84 | Dayalbagh Educational Institute | 37.59 |
85 | Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University | 37.32 |
86 | Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology | 37.22 |
87 | National Institute of Technology Goa | 37.06 |
88 | Mepco Schlenk Engineering College | 36.92 |
89 | Sri Venkateswara University | 36.66 |
90 | Government College of Technology | 36.42 |
91 | Army Institute of Technology | 36.39 |
91 | Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology | 36.39 |
93 | Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University College of Engineering | 36.14 |
94 | C. V. Raman College of Engineering | 36.12 |
95 | Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science | 36.11 |
96 | Punjab Technical University | 35.99 |
97 | Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology | 35.97 |
98 | Bannari Amman Institute of Technology | 35.9 |
99 | Kongu Engineering College | 35.89 |
100 | Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology | 35.86 |
The latest top 100 engineering colleges in India for 2018-2019 as per NIRF ranking are tabulated below:
Rank | Institute | Score |
1 | IIT Madras | 88.95 |
2 | IIT Bombay | 84.82 |
3 | IIT Delhi | 82.18 |
4 | IIT Kharagpur | 77.78 |
5 | IIT Kanpur | 75.24 |
6 | IIT Roorkee | 72.57 |
7 | IIT Guwahati | 69.25 |
8 | Anna University | 67.04 |
9 | IIT Hyderabad | 60.87 |
10 | Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai | 60.63 |
11 | NIT Tiruchirappalli | 60.35 |
12 | Jadavpur University | 59.82 |
13 | IIT-ISM Dhanbad | 59.24 |
14 | IIT Indore | 57.95 |
15 | NIT Rourkela | 57.05 |
16 | Vellore Institute of Technology | 57.02 |
17 | Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani | 56.98 |
18 | IIT Bhubaneswar | 56.89 |
19 | IIT-BHU | 56.62 |
20 | Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology | 56.14 |
21 | NIT Surathkal | 53.16 |
22 | IIT Ropar | 52.80 |
23 | Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram | 52.74 |
24 | IIT Patna | 52.37 |
25 | NIT Warangal | 51.82 |
26 | Birla Institute of Technology Jharkhand | 51.12 |
27 | IIT Gandhinagar | 50.45 |
28 | IIT Mandi | 50.44 |
29 | PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore | 50.31 |
30 | Indian Institute of Engineering Science & Technology, Shibpur | 49.90 |
31 | Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur | 49.55 |
32 | Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi | 49.15 |
33 | Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy, Tamil Nadu | 48.74 |
34 | Amity University, Uttar Pradesh | 48.66 |
35 | Aligarh Muslim University | 48.26 |
36 | Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu | 48.10 |
37 | Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai | 47.26 |
38 | International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad | 46.87 |
39 | Manipal Institute of Technology | 46.66 |
39 | Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai | 46.66 |
41 | Delhi Technological University | 46.57 |
42 | Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad | 46.40 |
43 | NIT Kurukshetra | 46.29 |
44 | National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai | 45.91 |
45 | College of Engineering, Pune | 45.90 |
46 | SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai | 45.51 |
47 | NIT Durgapur | 45.34 |
48 | Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad | 44.33 |
49 | Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University, Andhra Pradesh | 44.31 |
50 | NIT Calicut | 44.30 |
51 | Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar | 44.27 |
52 | Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur | 43.88 |
53 | Pondicherry Engineering College | 43.70 |
54 | IIT Jodhpur | 43.40 |
55 | Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal | 43.34 |
56 | International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore | 43.20 |
57 | NIT Silchar | 43.09 |
58 | R. V. College of Engineering, Bengaluru | 42.98 |
59 | Panjab University | 42.68 |
60 | M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru | 42.25 |
61 | Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Gujarat | 42.11 |
62 | Coimbatore Institute of Technology | 41.59 |
63 | Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune | 41.37 |
64 | NIT Hamirpur | 41.17 |
65 | AU College of Engineering (Visakhapatnam) | 40.88 |
66 | Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi | 40.69 |
67 | B. M. S. College of Engineering, Bengaluru | 40.32 |
68 | Kongu Engineering College, Tamil Nadu | 40.28 |
69 | Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Uttar Pradesh | 39.98 |
70 | Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Uttar Pradesh | 39.88 |
71 | Sri Venkateswara University, Andhra Pradesh | 39.55 |
72 | Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore | 39.27 |
73 | PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh | 39.24 |
74 | Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Punjab | 38.65 |
75 | College of Engineering, Trivandrum | 38.29 |
76 | Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu | 37.81 |
77 | Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai | 37.73 |
78 | Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur | 37.72 |
79 | B. S. Abdur Rahman Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai | 37.57 |
80 | University College of Engineering, Hyderabad | 37.52 |
81 | NIT Raipur | 37.38 |
82 | Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore | 37.19 |
83 | Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University College of Engineering, Pune | 37.01 |
84 | Jaypee University of Information Technology | 37.00 |
85 | Sagi Ramakrishnam Raju Engineering College, Andhra Pradesh | 36.89 |
85 | Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi | 36.89 |
87 | PES University, Bengaluru | 36.86 |
88 | Army Institute of Technology, Pune | 36.71 |
89 | C. V. Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar | 36.70 |
90 | IIIT Allahabad | 36.59 |
91 | Pandit Dwarka Prasad Mishra Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM) Jabalpur | 36.42 |
92 | NIT Agartala | 36.36 |
93 | Government College of Technology, Coimbatore | 36.35 |
94 | Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Jammu & Kashmir | 36.28 |
95 | Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai | 36.24 |
96 | Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Higher Education, Tamil Nadu | 36.22 |
97 | University College of Engineering, Andhra Pradesh | 36.10 |
98 | NIT Meghalaya | 36.00 |
99 | New Horizon College of Engineering, Bengaluru | 35.95 |
100 | NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bengaluru | 35.84 |
The best 100 engineering colleges in India for 2017-2018 as per NIRF ranking are tabulated below:
Rank | Institute | Score |
1 | IIT Madras | 87.96 |
2 | IIT Bombay | 87.87 |
3 | IIT Kharagpur | 81.93 |
4 | IIT Delhi | 81.08 |
5 | IIT Kanpur | 76.83 |
6 | IIT Roorkee | 73.10 |
7 | IIT Guwahati | 72.30 |
8 | Anna University, Chennai | 63.97 |
9 | Jadavpur University | 62.59 |
10 | IIT Hyderabad | 60.24 |
11 | NIT Tiruchirappalli | 59.44 |
12 | NIT Rourkela | 58.78 |
13 | VIT, Vellore | 58.16 |
14 | Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai | 57.97 |
15 | IIT Indore | 57.70 |
16 | BITS Pilani | 55.43 |
17 | Indian Institute of Engineering, Science and Technology, Shibpur | 54.42 |
18 | IIT Bhubaneswar | 54.32 |
19 | IIT Patna | 54.02 |
20 | Jamia Millia Islamia | 53.70 |
21 | IIT Ropar | 52.93 |
22 | NIT Surathkal | 52.87 |
23 | ISM Dhanbad | 52.58 |
24 | College of Engineering, Pune | 52.14 |
25 | Shanmugha Arts Science Technology and Research Academy, Thanjavur | 51.44 |
26 | Thapar University, Patiala | 51.35 |
27 | Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam | 50.77 |
28 | Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram | 50.60 |
28 | IIT Mandi | 50.60 |
30 | IIT Gandhinagar | 50.43 |
31 | IIT Varanasi | 49.92 |
31 | Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi | 49.92 |
33 | PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore | 49.49 |
34 | NIT Warangal | 49.47 |
35 | SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai | 49.20 |
36 | National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai | 47.47 |
37 | Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai | 47.01 |
38 | Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry | 46.37 |
39 | Delhi Technological University, New Delhi | 46.19 |
40 | Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh | 46.18 |
41 | Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad | 45.68 |
42 | Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur | 45.52 |
43 | Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal | 45.38 |
44 | NIT Calicut | 44.50 |
45 | MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru | 44.35 |
46 | AMITY University, Gautam Budh Nagar | 44.16 |
47 | Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubneswar | 43.68 |
48 | Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati | 43.53 |
49 | RV College of Engineering, Bengaluru | 43.42 |
50 | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Institute of Technology, Surat | 43.30 |
51 | Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore | 43.29 |
52 | BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru | 42.86 |
53 | NIT Silchar | 42.73 |
54 | Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida | 42.63 |
55 | NIT Durgapur | 42.56 |
56 | Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, New Delhi | 42.55 |
57 | Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai | 42.43 |
58 | Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr Sagunthala R and D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai | 42.31 |
59 | NIT Hamirpur | 42.02 |
60 | NIT Kurukshetra | 41.61 |
61 | Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal | 41.25 |
62 | Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore | 40.97 |
63 | Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad | 40.45 |
64 | Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur | 40.36 |
65 | IIT Jodhpur | 40.20 |
66 | Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University College of Engineering, Pune | 40.18 |
67 | GH Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur | 39.87 |
68 | KL College of Engineering, Vaddeswaram | 39.64 |
69 | Pandit Dwarka Prasad Mishra Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur | 39.46 |
70 | Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur | 39.38 |
70 | Dhirubai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar | 39.38 |
72 | Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur | 39.36 |
73 | Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi | 39.21 |
74 | Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Dwarka | 39.16 |
75 | International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad | 38.95 |
76 | Faculty of Technology and Engineering, Vadodara | 38.81 |
77 | Army Institute of Technology, Pune | 38.70 |
78 | PSNA College of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul | 38.27 |
79 | Nirma University, Ahmedabad | 38.07 |
80 | University College of Engineering, Hyderabad | 38.06 |
81 | Sagi Ramakrishnam Raju Engineering College, Bhimavaram | 37.88 |
82 | Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore | 37.74 |
83 | Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan | 37.46 |
84 | RMK Engineering College, Kavaraipettai | 37.45 |
85 | Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh | 37.44 |
86 | PES University, Bengaluru | 37.31 |
87 | NIT Manipur | 37.27 |
88 | Vignan’s Foundation for Science, Technology and Research, Guntur | 37.11 |
89 | BS Abdur Rahman Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai | 36.97 |
90 | Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad | 36.93 |
91 | Saveetha Engineering College, Sriperumbudur | 36.88 |
92 | CV Raman College of Engineering, Bhubneshwar | 36.82 |
93 | College of Engineering, Trivandrum | 36.80 |
94 | Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune | 36.75 |
95 | BMS Institute of Technology and Management, Bengaluru | 36.67 |
96 | Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai | 36.64 |
97 | St Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai | 36.51 |
98 | Andhra University, Visakhapatnam | 36.42 |
99 | KS Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode | 36.40 |
100 | NIT Meghalaya | 36.21 |
To join the top 100 engineering colleges in India, one has to appear and crack entrance examinations with a high score. More than 15 lakh students appear for various engineering entrance exams in India every year. So, you can understand how competitive these exams are. In order to secure a seat in one of the top 100 engineering colleges in India, you have to score as high as possible and become a top ranker.
The three most popular engineering entrance exams in India for admission to most of the colleges, including the top 100 engineering colleges in India, are tabulated below:
Here’s the table showing the entrance exams to get into the top engineering colleges in India.
Exams | Institutes | Number of Candidates Appearing for the Exam |
JEE Main | NITs, IIITs, other GFTIs, some other institutes | More than 15 lakhs |
JEE Advanced | IITs, IISc, ISM Dhanbad, and a few other institutes | More than 2 lakhs |
BITSAT | BITS Pilani, BITS Goa, BITS Hyderabad | More than 2 lakhs |
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