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Top 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.

Top 100 Engineering Colleges in India

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.

Top 100 Engineering Colleges in India: Parameters Considered

The top 100 engineering colleges in India are ranked based on the following five parameters:

  1. Teaching Learning and Resources
  2. Research and Professional Practice
  3. Graduation Outcome
  4. Outreach and Inclusivity
  5. Perception

Best 100 Engineering Colleges in India 2021

The table below shows the top 100 engineering colleges in India in 2021 as per the NIRF ranking:

Rank InstituteScore
1Indian Institute of Technology Madras89.05
2Indian Institute of Technology Delhi 85.36
3Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 84.4
4Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 79.41
5Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 77.57
6Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee 74.57
7Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati 70.87
8Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad 63.92
9Anna University 63.12
10National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli 61.62
11Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi 59.8
12Institute of Chemical Technology 59.73
13Indian Institute of Technology Indore 59.35
14Jadavpur University 59.09
15Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad 58.18
16National Institute of Technology Rourkela 57.75
17Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar 56.8
18Vellore Institute of Technology 56.46
19Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology 56.35
20Indian Institute of Technology Mandi 56
21National Institute of Technology Karnataka 55.25
22Indian Institute of Technology Patna 54.86
23Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Deemed-to-be-university) 54.73
24Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar 54.32
25Birla Institute of Technology & Science 53.82
26National Institute of Technology Warangal 53.21
27Jamia Millia Islamia 53.13
28National Institute of Technology Calicut 52.69
29Indian Institute of Technology Ropar 52.37
30Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology 52.12
31Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology 51.27
32Siksha `O` Anusandhan 50.39
33Birla Institute of Technology 50.1
34Delhi Technological University 49.97
35Amity University 49.03
36SRM Institute of Science and Technology 48.95
37Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering 48.94
38Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy 48.83
39International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad 48.73
40Aligarh Muslim University 47.74
41National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra 47.58
42Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology 47.49
43Manipal Institute of Technology 47.31
44PSG College of Technology 47.28
45Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University 47.13
46National Institute of Technology Durgapur 46.47
47Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology 46.07
48Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology 45.94
49College of Engineering 45.89
50Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur 45.75
51National Institute of Technology Silchar 45.61
52Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University (K L College of Engineering) 45.38
53Malviya National Institute of Technology 45.2
54Panjab University 43.59
55Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology 43.49
56Thiagarajar College of Engineering 43.38
57Defence Institute of Advanced Technology 43.29
58Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology 41.88
59College of Engineering Visakhapatnam 41.72
60National Institute of Technology Hamirpur 41.48
61Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Higher Education 41.26
62Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology 40.98
63R. V. College of Engineering 40.88
64M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology 40.54
65International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore 40.51
66National Institute of Industrial Engineering 40.48
67National Institute of Technology Meghalaya 40.32
68Coimbatore Institute of Technology 40.1
69B. M. S. College of Engineering 39.67
70National Institute of Technology Agartala 39.53
71College of Engineering 39.42
72Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences 39.37
73Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University 39.21
74National Institute of Technology Raipur 39.09
75Pandit Dwarka Prasad Mishra Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM) Jabalpur 38.94
76Pondicherry Engineering College 38.56
77Kumaraguru College of Technology 38.55
78PEC University of Technology 38.42
79Siddaganga Institute of Technology 37.98
80Jaypee Institute of Information Technology 37.87
81Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management 37.82
82Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad 37.74
83University College of Engineering 37.68
84Dayalbagh Educational Institute 37.59
85Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University 37.32
86Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology 37.22
87National Institute of Technology Goa 37.06
88Mepco Schlenk Engineering College 36.92
89Sri Venkateswara University 36.66
90Government College of Technology 36.42
91Army Institute of Technology 36.39
91Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology 36.39
93Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University College of Engineering 36.14
94C. V. Raman College of Engineering 36.12
95Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science 36.11
96Punjab Technical University 35.99
97Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology 35.97
98Bannari Amman Institute of Technology 35.9
99Kongu Engineering College 35.89
100Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology 35.86

Top 100 Engineering Colleges in India 2018-19

The latest top 100 engineering colleges in India for 2018-2019 as per NIRF ranking are tabulated below:

Rank InstituteScore
1IIT Madras88.95
2IIT Bombay84.82
3IIT Delhi82.18
4IIT Kharagpur77.78
5IIT Kanpur75.24
6IIT Roorkee72.57
7IIT Guwahati69.25
8Anna University67.04
9IIT Hyderabad60.87
10Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai60.63
11NIT Tiruchirappalli60.35
12Jadavpur University59.82
13IIT-ISM Dhanbad59.24
14IIT Indore57.95
15NIT Rourkela57.05
16Vellore Institute of Technology57.02
17Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani56.98
18IIT Bhubaneswar56.89
19IIT-BHU56.62
20Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology56.14
21NIT Surathkal53.16
22IIT Ropar52.80
23Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram52.74
24IIT Patna52.37
25NIT Warangal51.82
26Birla Institute of Technology Jharkhand51.12
27IIT Gandhinagar50.45
28IIT Mandi50.44
29PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore50.31
30Indian Institute of Engineering Science & Technology, Shibpur49.90
31Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur49.55
32Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi49.15
33Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy, Tamil Nadu48.74
34Amity University, Uttar Pradesh48.66
35Aligarh Muslim University48.26
36Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu48.10
37Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai47.26
38International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad46.87
39Manipal Institute of Technology46.66
39Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai46.66
41Delhi Technological University46.57
42Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad46.40
43NIT Kurukshetra46.29
44National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai45.91
45College of Engineering, Pune45.90
46SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai45.51
47NIT Durgapur45.34
48Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad44.33
49Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University, Andhra Pradesh44.31
50NIT Calicut44.30
51Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar44.27
52Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur43.88
53Pondicherry Engineering College43.70
54IIT Jodhpur43.40
55Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal43.34
56International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore43.20
57NIT Silchar43.09
58R. V. College of Engineering, Bengaluru42.98
59Panjab University42.68
60M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru42.25
61Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Gujarat42.11
62Coimbatore Institute of Technology41.59
63Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune41.37
64NIT Hamirpur41.17
65AU College of Engineering (Visakhapatnam)40.88
66Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi40.69
67B. M. S. College of Engineering, Bengaluru40.32
68Kongu Engineering College, Tamil Nadu40.28
69Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Uttar Pradesh39.98
70Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Uttar Pradesh39.88
71Sri Venkateswara University, Andhra Pradesh39.55
72Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore39.27
73PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh39.24
74Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Punjab38.65
75College of Engineering, Trivandrum38.29
76Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu37.81
77Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai37.73
78Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur37.72
79B. S. Abdur Rahman Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai37.57
80University College of Engineering, Hyderabad37.52
81NIT Raipur37.38
82Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore37.19
83Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University College of Engineering, Pune37.01
84Jaypee University of Information Technology37.00
85Sagi Ramakrishnam Raju Engineering College, Andhra Pradesh36.89
85Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi36.89
87PES University, Bengaluru36.86
88Army Institute of Technology, Pune36.71
89C. V. Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar36.70
90IIIT Allahabad36.59
91Pandit Dwarka Prasad Mishra Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM) Jabalpur36.42
92NIT Agartala36.36
93Government College of Technology, Coimbatore36.35
94Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Jammu & Kashmir36.28
95Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai36.24
96Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Higher Education, Tamil Nadu36.22
97University College of Engineering, Andhra Pradesh36.10
98NIT Meghalaya36.00
99New Horizon College of Engineering, Bengaluru35.95
100NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bengaluru35.84

Top 100 Engineering Colleges in India 2017-2018

The best 100 engineering colleges in India for 2017-2018 as per NIRF ranking are tabulated below:

Rank Institute Score
1IIT Madras87.96
2IIT Bombay87.87
3IIT Kharagpur81.93
4IIT Delhi81.08
5IIT Kanpur76.83
6IIT Roorkee73.10
7IIT Guwahati72.30
8Anna University, Chennai63.97
9Jadavpur University62.59
10IIT Hyderabad60.24
11NIT Tiruchirappalli59.44
12NIT Rourkela58.78
13VIT, Vellore58.16
14Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai57.97
15IIT Indore57.70
16BITS Pilani55.43
17Indian Institute of Engineering, Science and Technology, Shibpur54.42
18IIT Bhubaneswar54.32
19IIT Patna54.02
20Jamia Millia Islamia53.70
21IIT Ropar52.93
22NIT Surathkal52.87
23ISM Dhanbad52.58
24College of Engineering, Pune52.14
25Shanmugha Arts Science Technology and Research Academy, Thanjavur51.44
26Thapar University, Patiala51.35
27Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam50.77
28Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram50.60
28IIT Mandi50.60
30IIT Gandhinagar50.43
31IIT Varanasi49.92
31Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi49.92
33PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore49.49
34NIT Warangal49.47
35SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai49.20
36National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai47.47
37Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai47.01
38Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry46.37
39Delhi Technological University, New Delhi46.19
40Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh46.18
41Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad45.68
42Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur45.52
43Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal45.38
44NIT Calicut44.50
45MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru44.35
46AMITY University, Gautam Budh Nagar44.16
47Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubneswar43.68
48Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati43.53
49RV College of Engineering, Bengaluru43.42
50Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Institute of Technology, Surat43.30
51Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore43.29
52BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru42.86
53NIT Silchar42.73
54Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida42.63
55NIT Durgapur42.56
56Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, New Delhi42.55
57Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai42.43
58Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr Sagunthala R and D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai42.31
59NIT Hamirpur42.02
60NIT Kurukshetra41.61
61Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal41.25
62Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore40.97
63Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad40.45
64Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur40.36
65IIT Jodhpur40.20
66Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University College of Engineering, Pune40.18
67GH Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur39.87
68KL College of Engineering, Vaddeswaram39.64
69Pandit Dwarka Prasad Mishra Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur39.46
70Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur39.38
70Dhirubai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar39.38
72Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur39.36
73Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi39.21
74Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Dwarka39.16
75International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad38.95
76Faculty of Technology and Engineering, Vadodara38.81
77Army Institute of Technology, Pune38.70
78PSNA College of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul38.27
79Nirma University, Ahmedabad38.07
80University College of Engineering, Hyderabad38.06
81Sagi Ramakrishnam Raju Engineering College, Bhimavaram37.88
82Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore37.74
83Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan37.46
84RMK Engineering College, Kavaraipettai37.45
85Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh37.44
86PES University, Bengaluru37.31
87NIT Manipur37.27
88Vignan’s Foundation for Science, Technology and Research, Guntur37.11
89BS Abdur Rahman Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai36.97
90Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad36.93
91Saveetha Engineering College, Sriperumbudur36.88
92CV Raman College of Engineering, Bhubneshwar36.82
93College of Engineering, Trivandrum36.80
94Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune36.75
95BMS Institute of Technology and Management, Bengaluru36.67
96Sri Sai Ram Engineering College, Chennai36.64
97St Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai36.51
98Andhra University, Visakhapatnam36.42
99KS Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode36.40
100NIT Meghalaya36.21

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.

Exams to Get into the Top 100 Engineering Colleges in India

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:

Entrance Exams for Top Engineering Colleges in India

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 MainNITs, IIITs, other GFTIs, some other institutesMore than 15 lakhs
JEE AdvancedIITs, IISc, ISM Dhanbad, and a few other institutesMore than 2 lakhs
BITSATBITS Pilani, BITS Goa, BITS HyderabadMore than 2 lakhs

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