Top Mechanical Engineering Colleges in India: Fees, Admission 2026, Courses, Placements

Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad is one of the oldest IITs. It offers quality education to the students under the guidance of experts.  IIT Dhanbad has been ranked 21 in the QS WUR Ranking By Subject, and it is ranked 110 in Southern Asia and 424 in Asia by QS World Ranking 2026. The institute also ranked 15th by NIRF in 2025 for Engineering. The institute appoints well trained and expert faculty members. 

National Institute of Technology Warangal is a governmnet institute in Telangana. It is popularly known as NIT Warangal or NITW. It was earlier known as the Regional Engineering College. The institute has been ranked 28 by the NIRF Ranking 2025 under the 'Engineering' category & 63 in the overall "College" category. The highest package offered during placements was INR 64.3 LPA in 2025. Some of the top companies such as Amazon, Genpact, Accenture, HCL, etc. visited the campus. Overall, it is a very famous institute.

When compared to ranking from previous years it has been seen that in 'Overall' category the institute's ranks have shown stability in trend. In 2026 IIT Patna rank is #601, the same as last year's rank in the 'Overall' category by the Times Higher Education ranking.

Aspiring students are required to register on the official website of JMI and fill the application form online. In the form, fill all the details asked, upload the required documents and pay the application fee. BA, BSc and BVoc courses at JMI have also started accepting the scores of CUET UG. For the same, students need to register for the exam, appear for it and qualify it. Qualified students of CUET UG are required to register for JMI counselling after which merit lists will be released with the name of the shortlisted students. For the remaining courses, however, the university is still accepting national and university-level entrance exam for final selection. 

National Institute of Technology, Calicut conducts the application in online mode. Interested candidates can fill the application forms on the official website. The admissions to NIT Calicut are offered on the basis of entrance exam scores. Candidates have to fulfil the eligibility criteria. 

Lovely Professional University has a strong record of placements for courses like BTech, BBA, BCA, BArch, MBA, MCA, etc. Currently, the highest package offered during LPU placements in 2025 was INR 49.4 LPA. The LPU average package offered to the top 25% students of the batch 2025 was INR 10.23 LPA. The key highlights of LPU placements for the Class of 2023, 2024 and 2025 are tabulated below:

 Candidates seeking admission to BTech at IIT Gandhinagar are expected to qualify both JEE Main and JEE Advanced and further go through JoSAA counselling to secure admission. However, getting final admission only on the basis of JEE Main score, is not possible. In addition, to be eligible for the BTech programme, candidates must have passed their Class 12 with 75% aggregate. Hence, while JEE Main is the most important starting point to get into IIT Gandhinagar for the flagship course, it is not the only criteria for it. 

The total seats available across courses sums up to ~1014. Seat allotment for each course is carried out as per seat intake. Moreover, statutory and legally mandated reservations are followed as per orders from the Government of India.

The placement rate recorded during IIT Jodhpur BTech and MTech placements over the past three years is mentioned below:

Manipal Institute of Technology conducts the application process for all the courses in online mode. Interested candidates can fill the application forms through the official website. The admissions to MIT Manipal are offered on the basis of valid entrance scores. Candidates must ensure the fulfilment of the prescribed eligibility criteria. Candidates can go to the MIT Manipal website for admission updates.

IIT Ropar has taken new innovation projects that are given below:

• The IIT Ropar Department of Science of Technology (DST) has established Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) in the application domain of Agriculture & Water, named Agriculture & Water Technology Development Hub (AWaDH)
•  IIT Ropar recently launched Annam.ai. It has set up 100 advanced weather stations in Punjab. This will help the state to develop the scalable weather intelligence network for India. The Annam.ai is India's first fully integrated agricultural intelligence ecosystem, which uses AI & IoT. 

The IIT Ropar placements are also very good. 

SASTRA Deemed to be University location is Thirumalaisamudram, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India. SASTRA gained Deemed University status in 2001 by UGC. 

The mode of application at Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education is online with students able to apply online through the university admissions portal so long as they complete the course eligibility.
Students must apply after they receive the entrance exam scores that is required for the courses though in the case of merit based admissions students can still apply before they give the final examination so long as they complete the course eligibility within a certain time frame.

MNIT Jaipur has achieved various rankings that are mentioned in the table given below:

Yes, Amity University Noida provides scholarships to students to help them financially. The university offers scholarships to students under several categories, some of them are given below:

• On-Admission Scholarships (UG & PG)
• CUET/JEE-Based Scholarships
• Postgraduate Scholarships
• Sports Scholarships
• Martyr's Scholarship
• Research Scholarships

The average package recorded during SIT Pune placements 2026 was around INR 9 LPA. BTech and MTech average package recorded in 2026 is mentioned below:

VNIT Nagpur is not that costly. The course fee for Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology's flagship BTech programme is around INR 5 lakh. The course fees for MTech and BArch at the institute are around INR 1.4 lakh and INR 6.3 lakh, respectively. Overall, the institute is considered relatively affordable for all courses.

KL University Hyderabad admissions are entrance-based. Aspirants need to pass any of the accepted entrance exams along with a personal interview conducted by the university. The university conducts KLEEE, KLECET and KLMAT for BTech, BTech lateral and MBA courses respectively. KL University conducts written test for admission to other courses. 

IIT Bhubaneswar offers UG, PG, and PhD courses through seven schools of study. At the UG level, the university offers four-year BTech and five-year dual degree programmes, namely BTech + MTech. The institute offers two-year MTech and MSc courses. IIT Bhubaneswar also offers PhD courses in 15 specialisations. The mode of IIT Bhubaneswar admission is online. For admission to UG courses, candidates need to clear the entrance exam, followed by JoSAA counselling. Admission to PG courses is based on the entrance exam scores, followed by PI. For admission to PhD courses, candidates need to take IIT JAM and clear the PI round.