Top Ranked Engineering Colleges in India 2023

Among India's best Engineering colleges are IITs, NITS, and IIITs. Roughly 46% of the Engineering colleges in India that offer BTech programmes are private, approximately 53% are public, and the remaining are public-private institutions. The following information about the top Engineering schools in India is provided to candidates.

Engineering Colleges in India Highlights

The following features of Indian Engineering education are available to candidates:

One of the fields of study that is becoming increasingly popular in India in Engineering. Almost all science students hope to be successful Engineers one day. Engineering is a field of study that uses science, technology, and math to create, develop, and maintain new machines, buildings, software, hardware, systems, and processes.

The top Engineering colleges in India accept scores obtained by students in numerous national or state-level examinations, including JEE Main, TNEA, MHT CET, AP EAMCET, TS EAMCET, and many more. There are several BTech colleges in major cities across the country such as Delhi/ NCR, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Pune, Mumbai, Kolkata, and so on.

Engineering Colleges in India: Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria for the BTech courses may differ from college to college. However, the basic eligibility criteria for BTech are as follows. The candidates:

• Candidates must have earned a passing grade in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics in the 10+2 exam from an accredited board.
• Additionally, they must have earned a minimum total grade in the aforementioned disciplines of 60%.
• For admissions, candidates must take standard entrance exams like JEE Main, TNEA, MHT CET, and other university-specific entrance exams in addition to their 10+2 results.

Top Engineering Colleges in India with NIRF Ranking

Every year, the National Institutional Ranking Framework assigns ranks to universities and institutions (NIRF). The ranking of any institute is based on a number of variables, including Teaching, Learning, and Resources (TLR), Graduation Outcomes (GO), Research and Professional Practice (RP), and Outreach and Inclusivity (OI). Following is a list of the top 10 BTech colleges in India ranked by NIRF 2022

List of Top Private and Government Engineering Colleges in India

Candidates can check the list of some of India's best private and public Engineering colleges.

Private Engineering Colleges in India

Here is the list of private Engineering colleges in India along with their total tuition fee:

Government Engineering Colleges in India

Here is the list of public/government Engineering colleges in India along with their total tuition fee: 

Refer to the infographic below to get a detailed overview:

Location-Wise Engineering Colleges in India

In India, there are several Engineering colleges. Delhi/NCR has the most Engineering colleges in India out of all the cities. Refer to the infographic below for a detailed overview:

ROI of Top Engineering Colleges in India

The amount of money that students receive as a placement offer in exchange for investing a sizeable sum of money to attend a college and complete a degree of study is known as return on investment, or ROI. India's top Engineering colleges offer excellent placement possibilities.

The best Engineering colleges in India with the Total Tuition Fee and Average Placement Package are tabulated below:

Note: Above statistics are based on the latest available data.

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Top Recruiters for BTech Graduates

Below is the list of Engineering colleges in India and a few top companies that recruit BTech graduates along with their placement ratings:

How affordable is studying BTech in India?

Refer to the infographic below to get a detailed overview of the break-up of BTech Colleges in India accepting JEE Main based on fees:

According to the following pie chart, it can be inferred that enrolling in a BTech programme at one of the 46% of Engineering colleges in India that accept the JEE Main exam will cost you more than INR 5 lakh. Here are a few of these colleges:

• IIT Madras
• IIT Delhi
• IIT Bombay
• IIT Kanpur

Course/annual costs at 8% of the Engineering colleges range from INR 2-3 lakh. Here are a few of these colleges:

• College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai
• Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology, (IIST) Thiruvananthapuram
• Malaviya National Institute of Technology, (MNIT) Jaipur
• SSN College of Engineering, Chennai
• PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore

About 20% of BTech colleges in India have a moderately expensive fee structure that ranges between INR 3-5 lakh. Some of these colleges are:

• IIT Dhanbad
• Institute of Chemical Technology, (ICT) Mumbai
• Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore
• IIT Palakkad

The fees of around 7% of the Engineering colleges are between INR 1-2 lakh. Some of these colleges are:

• Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum
• NIT Kurukshetra
• NIT Jalandhar
• College of Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam
• Crescent School of Life Sciences (B.S.Abdur Rahman University), Chennai

Only around 4% of Engineering colleges in India are economical with a fee structure of less than INR 1 lakh. These colleges are:

• Jadavpur University, Kolkata
• Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) Delhi
• Coimbatore Institute of Technology
• Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, (VJTI) Mumbai

BTech Specialisations offered in India from colleges accepting JEE Main

Engineering colleges in India offer diversified specialisations in Computer Science Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electronics, and Communication Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Electronics Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Automobile Engineering, and so on. The most popular ones are Computer Science Engineering and Mechanical Engineering followed by Civil Engineering.

Refer to the infographic below to get a detailed overview of the top 10 engineering specialisations offered by BTech Colleges in India:

Top Engineering Colleges in India: Cutoff

In India, various colleges frequently publish their cutoff scores for various entrance tests and offer Engineering consideration scores. The cutoffs that some of India's best colleges accept for their various engineering programs are listed in the table below.