Best Engineering Colleges in Nawanshahar - 2026 Admission, Fees, Placements

As per NIRF 2025 rankings, CU is ranked 31 under the 'Engineering' category (better than IIT Ropar which was ranked #32 under NIRF'25 Engineering category) and managed to improve its position from the last year's ranking, which was 32 in the year 2024. 

In terms of the placements, below is what the Engineering students received:

• The highest international and domestic packages offered during CU placement 2025 was INR 170 LPA and INR 54.75 LPA, respectively, to BTech students of CSE & IT branches.
• While for other branches, such as Mechanical, Aerospace, Mechatronics & Automobile, the highest salary offered was INR 9 LPA. 
• The highest package offered to the students of Civil, Petroleum & Chemical Engineering branches went up till INR 15 LPA.
• For EE & ECE, the placements drive wrapped up with a highest package of INR 10 LPA. 

Beyond placements, the university is also known for incubating over 250 start-ups out of which 50 have a turnover of over 50 lakh. 

To conclude, it is evident that CU is a great option for Engineering aspirants if you're willing to pursue CSE & IT branches, however, for other non-IT branches, the placements are decent but not as great as the CS & IT branches. 

The total seats offered for B.E. / B.Tech at VIT Vellore and Thapar University are 6180 and 3518, respectively. While VIT Vellore offers this course in 23 specialisations, Thapar University offers the same in 33 specialisations. Hence, there are higher chances of getting a seat at VIT Vellore due to higher seats.

The total fee for BTech range from INR 4.5 lakh - INR 36 lakh. Admission to BTech course is based on LPUNEST or CUET UG scores. After completion of the selection rounds, shortlisted aspirants need to pay the course fee to confirm their admission. Candidates need to first register with an application fee (INR 1,000 for males) and (INR 500 for females) for LPUNEST. 

Yes, if you belong to the General AI category and have secured a cutoff rank of up to 5000 in JEE Advanced, you will get admission to IIT Ropar. However, the branch you get depends on the round-wise ranks. Based on the first round, you will get the below specialitions.  

Specialisations	JEE Advanced Cutoff 2026 (Round 1)
B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering	6081
B.Tech. in Engineering Science	7012
B.Tech. in Engineering Physics	8862
B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering	8920
B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering	9506
B.Tech. in Civil Engineering	12525
B.Tech. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering	12651
B.Tech. in Digital Agriculture	13370

NIT Jalandhar offers BTech course across 14 specialisations. The total seat intake for all BTech courses is 1,112. Most of the seats are sanctioned to BTech (CSE). Find below the speciallisation-wise seat intake for NIT Jalandhar BTech course:

BTech Specialisations	Seat Intake
Computer Science and Engineering	158
Mechanical Engineering	121
Information Technology	120
Instrumentation and Control Engineering	106
Civil Engineering	90
Electronics and Communication Engineering	87
Industrial and Production Engineering	81
Textile Technology	80
Chemical Engineering	80
Electrical Engineering	61
Biotechnology	58
Data Science and Engineering	40
Electronics and VLSI Engineering	30

Note: This information is sourced from the official website/ sanctioning body and is subject to change. 

The applicant needs to have earned a Science 10+2 pass.
The candidate must receive a qualifying rank in the JEE main exam.
Those who receive favorable results must go to the JOSAA counseling session.
As a result, seats for B.Tech admission are assigned during the counseling stages. 

 

To get BE admission at Chitkara University, the candidate need to meet the minimum educational qualification as per course requirement. The candidate should pass Class 12 with 60% aggregate or secure 60% in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics. The selection criteria for the course is JEE Main. For merit-based admission, candidates must pass Class 12 with at leats 70% aggregate with PCM.