Top NITs in Maharashtra: Ranking 2026, Fees, Admission, Courses, Placements

If looking for top NIT colleges in Maharashtra, there is one: VNIT Nagpur (Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology). It's one of the 32 NITs in India, as on the updated list on the Council of National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (NITSER). Discover how it ranks in NIRF and other ranking bodies. We also detail the admission requirements and specialisations you can think about. 

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• JEE Main 2026 registrations for session 2 started for admission to the BTech, BArch and BPlan courses. The last date to register for the same is February 25, 2026. Further, the session 2 exams will be conducted from April 2 to April 9, 2026.

Top NIT College in Maharashtra: Highlights 

VNIT is among the best engineering colleges in Nagpur. It also appears among the 100 top engineering colleges in India, as ranked by NIRF 2025 and The WEEK-Hansa Research 2025. With many engineering departments, it has good lab facilities, packages are good, and there are good higher education options here.

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Top NIT Colleges in Maharashtra with NIRF Ranking 2025

Among 680+ engineering colleges in Maharashtra, VNIT ranks in the 44th position in the NIRF 2025 Engineering colleges category all over India. According to the last NIRF report, out of 756 graduates in the 2023-24 batch, 575 students got placed. 106 students chose higher studies. 

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Top NIT College in Maharashtra with THE WEEK-Hansa Research Survey 2025

The WEEK-Hansa Research Survey 2025 has listed the top NIT in Maharashtra in the 26th position. In this survey, VNIT is above NIT Kurukshetra and NIT Jalandhar. 

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Eligibility and Entrances for Top NIT in Maharashtra: 2026

The eligibility for this NIT in Maharashtra for B.Tech is to pass Class 12 PCM with a total of 75% marks. Then sit for the national level entrance, JEE Main for B.Tech. For M.Tech, it is GATE. More details in the table. 

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B.Tech Admission in Top NIT in Maharashtra: Seats and Popular Specialisations

For B.Tech in the top NIT college in this state, after JEE Main, you have to go through the JoSAA counselling process for seats. Those who do not make it in the JoSAA rounds can go with the CSAB rounds.

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