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	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

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	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

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
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.

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 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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