Compare College of Engineering, Pune  ,Shivaji Nagar

College of Engineering, Pune is a state public university. It is recognised as Asia's 3rd the oldest Engineering college. It is ranked 90 by NIRF 2025 under the "Engineering" category. The median package was INR 10.50 LPA offered during the COEP placements 2026 to BTech graduates. The highest and average package offered to BTech graduates were INR 60.30 LPA and INR 12.55 LPA, respectively. In short, it is a good institute in terms of reputation, rankings, placements, etc.

COEP has been ranked by various national ranking bodies. As per the India Today Ranking 2026, the institute has been ranked #13 under the Engineering category. According to the IIRF Ranking 2026, the institute has been ranked #26 in the aforementioned category.  Moreover, as per COEP NIRF Ranking 2025, the institute stands at #90 and is the 2nd best among all NIRF-ranked colleges in Pune. 

COEP, Pune is an older engineering institute in India that was set up in 1854. Despite the fact that the COEP is generally recognised as a Tier 1 institution, it cannot be considered a Tier 1 one because the Tier 1 status is an unofficial classification of institutions with well-educated staff and good placement records. This institute is situated just below the Tier 1 level, known as a "premier autonomous college."

According to the Times Engineering Survey 2026, COEP is the 5th-best engineering institute All India. Also, it ranked 13th under 'Engineering (Government)' and 17th under 'Engineering' by India Today 2026 and 12th in 'Engineering (Government)' by Outlook-ICARE 2026. According to NIRF 2025 COEP took 90th place in Engineering and 3rd in State Public Universities.

The COEP offers BTech, MTech, MBA, BPan, and PG Diploma degrees with BTech as the key course in the areas of Mechanical, Civil, Computer, and Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering.

High rankings, competitive cutoffs and good placements make COEP one of the best engineering colleges in Maharashtra as well as a successful player nation-wide. COEP is not at the same level of research as IITs; however, it is considered to be on the very border between Tier 1.

COEP NIRF Ranking 2026 has not been released yet. Hence, according to the COEP NIRF Ranking 2025, the institute ranks at #90 in the Engineering category.  Students can check the table below to know the institute's ranks in different categories.