NIRF 2026 Engineering ranking will be released soon. Students will be able to check here Private Engineering Colleges NIRF Rankings 2026 to evaluate top institutes for admissions. To prepare NIRF 2026 Private Engineering Colleges Rankings, various parameters will be considered. Read to know more about NIRF Private Engineering Colleges Rankings 2026.
NIRF 2026 Private Engineering Colleges Rankings
NIRF Private Engineering Colleges Rankings 2026: The Ministry of Education (MoE) is expected to release official NIRF 2026 rankings soon. Through the official rankings, students will be able to check updated rankings and scores for all top Engineering colleges. With a number of students opting for private engineering college for their future studies, NIRF rankings will help them to understand the assess which colleges or institute will suit their educational needs.
Since the date submission process has been completed, students can expect the NIRF 2026 Private Engineering Colleges Rankings to be updated at the official website anytime soon. Until the new rankings are established, students can check previous years’ NIRF rankings to know top private colleges they can opt for admissions. Read to know Private Engineering Colleges NIRF Rankings 2026.
- What is NIRF Ranking?
- NIRF Private Engineering Colleges 2026 Ranking: Parameters and Categories
- Private Engineering Colleges NIRF Rankings 2026 (Soon)
- Previous Years’ NIRF Private Engineering College Rankings
- NIRF 2025 Private Engineering Colleges Rankings
- NIRF 2024 Private Engineering Colleges Rankings
- How to Check NIRF Private Engineering Colleges Rankings 2026?
What is NIRF Ranking?
The Ministry of Education launched National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) on September 29, 2015. Through NIRF, higher educational institutes in India are assessed and ranked based on objective performance metrics. This annual ranking system serves as a national benchmark to help students and parents to evaluate the quality of the institute that they are considering for admission. NIRF ranks institutions across multiple categories - Overall, University, Engineering, Management, Medical, Law, Pharmacy, and Architecture.
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NIRF Private Engineering Colleges 2026 Ranking: Parameters and Categories
For NIRF Engineering Colleges Ranking 2026, various parameters will be considered. The five NIRF ranking criteria are given in the table below.
| Parameter |
Weightage |
Details |
|---|---|---|
| Teaching, Learning, and Resources (TLR) |
30% |
Faculty strength and qualifications, student-teacher ratio, financial resources and how well they are used |
| Research and Professional Practice (RP) |
30% |
Number and quality of research papers, patents, funded projects |
| Graduation Outcomes (GO) |
10% |
Placement rates, graduation rates, students going on to higher studies |
| Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) |
10% |
Diversity: women students/faculty, students from other states/countries, economically or socially disadvantaged students, facilities for differently-abled students |
| Perception (PR) |
10% |
What employers, academic peers, and the public think of the institution |
Private Engineering Colleges NIRF Rankings 2026 (Soon)
NIRF 2026 ranking is expected to be released anytime soon. MoE has not announced yet the official NIRF 2026 ranking release date. Once released, it will be updated on this page. Through the NIRF rankings, students can check NIRF Private Engineering Colleges Rankings 2026 to know their best options for further studies.
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Previous Years’ NIRF Private Engineering College Rankings
As per the NIRF rankings in 2025 and 2024, Vellore Institute of Technology, Birla Institute of Technology and Science and SRM Institute of Science and Technology have maintained top rankings in the list, in no particular order. For the detailed previous years’ NIRF Private Engineering college rankings, students can check the table given below.
NIRF 2025 Private Engineering Colleges Rankings
| Name of Institute | City | Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birla Institute of Technology & Science -Pilani | Pilani | 67.02 | 11 |
| S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology | Chennai | 65.83 | 14 |
| Vellore Institute of Technology | Vellore | 65.25 | 16 |
| Siksha `O` Anusandhan | Bhubaneswar | 62.58 | 22 |
| Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham| | Coimbatore | 62.46 | 23 |
| Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Deemed-to-be-university) | Patiala | 60.97 | 29 |
| Chandigarh University | Mohali | 60.46 | 31 |
| Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education | Krishnan Koil | 59.03 | 33 |
| Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University (K L College of Engineering) | Vaddeswaram | 58.95 | 35 |
| Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology | Bhubaneswar | 58.79 | 36 |
| Amity University | Gautam Budh Nagar | 58.53 | 37 |
| Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy | Thanjavur | 58.02 | 40 |
| UPES | Dehradun | 56.99 | 43 |
| Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences | Chennai | 56.55 | 45 |
| Symbiosis International | Pune | 56.22 | 46 |
| Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering | Kalavakkam | 56.08 | 47 |
| Lovely Professional University | Phagwara | 55.99 | 48 |
| Birla Institute of Technology | Ranchi | 55.28 | 51 |
| Graphic Era University | Dehradun | 55.26 | 52 |
| Manipal University Jaipur | Jaipur | 52.69 | 58 |
| Manipal Institute of Technology | Manipal | 52.55 | 59 |
| PSG College of Technology | Coimbatore | 50.64 | 67 |
| Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology | Chennai | 50.64 | 67 |
| Banasthali Vidyapith | Banasthali | 50.38 | 71 |
| M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology | Bengaluru | 49.26 | 75 |
| Christ University | Bengaluru | 49.03 | 76 |
| Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology and Research | Guntur | 48.27 | 80 |
| Jain University, Bangalore | Bengaluru | 48.01 | 84 |
| Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology | Chennai | 47.43 | 87 |
| Chitkara University | Rajpura | 47.34 | 89 |
| SR University | Warangal | 47.16 | 91 |
| C.V. Raman Global University, Odisha | Bhubaneswar | 46.62 | 95 |
| Pandit Deendayal Energy University | Gandhinagar | 45.97 | 98 |
| Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology | Coimbatore | 45.55 | 100 |
NIRF 2024 Private Engineering Colleges Rankings
| Name of Institute | City | Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vellore Institute of Technology | Vellore | 66.22 | 11 |
| S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology | Chennai | 65.41 | 13 |
| Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani | Pilani | 63.04 | 20 |
| Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | Coimbatore | 61.29 | 23 |
| Siksha `O` Anusandhan | Bhubaneswar | 60.97 | 26 |
| Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Deemed-to-be-university | Patiala | 60.35 | 29 |
| Amity University | Gautam Budh Nagar | 59.91 | 30 |
| Chandigarh University | Mohali | 59.82 | 32 |
| Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University (K L College of Engineering) | Vaddeswaram | 58.24 | 35 |
| Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education | Srivilliputhur | 58.2 | 36 |
| Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology | Bhubaneswar | 58 | 37 |
| Shanmugha Arts Science Technology and Research Academy | Thanjavur | 57.97 | 38 |
| UPES | Dehradun | 56.65 | 42 |
| Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering | Kalavakkam | 55.01 | 46 |
| Birla Institute of Technology | Ranchi | 54.18 | 48 |
| Lovely Professional University | Phagwara | 54.16 | 50 |
| Graphic Era University | Dehradun | 52.96 | 52 |
| Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences | Chennai | 52.85 | 53 |
| Manipal Institute of Technology | Manipal | 52.12 | 56 |
| Manipal University, Jaipur | Jaipur | 50.24 | 64 |
| Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology | Chennai | 50.05 | 66 |
| PSG College of Technology | Coimbatore | 49.92 | 67 |
| M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology | Bengaluru | 48.33 | 75 |
| Banasthali Vidyapith | Banasthali | 47.86 | 78 |
| Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology | Coimbatore | 46.53 | 83 |
| Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology | Chennai | 46.23 | 86 |
| Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology and Research | Guntur | 45.43 | 91 |
| Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences | Solan | 45.4 | 92 |
| Christ University | Bengaluru | 45.02 | 93 |
| Chitkara University | Rajpura | 44.82 | 94 |
| Jain University, Bangalore | Bengaluru | 44.61 | 95 |
| C.V. Raman Global University, Odisha | Bhubaneswar | 44.55 | 96 |
| SR University | Warangal | 44.29 | 98 |
| R.V. College of Engineering | Bengaluru | 44.26 | 99 |
| Siddaganga Institute of Technology | Tumkur | 43.95 | 100 |
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How to Check NIRF Private Engineering Colleges Rankings 2026?
To check NIRF rankings 2026 for private engineering colleges, students can follow the steps given below.
- Go to official NIRF website.
- Click on ‘India Rankings 2026’ tab.
- Students will have to select the Engineering category.
- Go to ‘Overall Ranking’ list.
- Students will be able to check the rank of their preferred institute, college or university.
- The overall rank, score and parameter-wise performance can be checked through NIRF ranking.
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