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UPASANA PRADHAN
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New Delhi, Updated on Sep 5, 2025 13:08 IST

Top 10 engineering colleges in India as per NIRF ranking 2025: The 10th edition of the NIRF ranking 2025 was released on September 4 for all nine categories. IIT Madras, charting on the top, remains consistent for the 10th time, followed by IIT Delhi and other institutes. Read below to check out the list of the top 10 engineering colleges in India as per the NIRF Ranking 2025

Top 10 engineering colleges in India as per NIRF Ranking 2025

The Ministry of Education announced the NIRF ranking 2025 on September 4 for all nine categories. Talking about the “NIRF 2025 Engineering Category”, IIT Madras secures the first position for the 10th time, strongly depicting its consistency in quality education, research factors, and introducing innovative practices over the years. 

Engineering, being one of the most in-demand categories in education, remains popular due to the demand for skilled engineers, emerging fields, like AI and Data Science with diverse and challenging career options. Considering all the factors and parameters leading to the ranking, here is the list of the top 10 engineering colleges in India as per the NIRF ranking 2025, announced by the Ministry of Education in Delhi. 

Top 10 Engineering Colleges in India as per NIRF 2025 ranking

Aspirants can check the top 10 engineering colleges as per the NIRF 2025 ranking in the “Engineering Category.”

NIRF 2025 Rank

NIRF 2024

Institute/College

State

1

1

IIT Madras

Tamil Nadu

2

2

IIT Delhi

Delhi

3

3

IIT Bombay

Maharashtra

4

4

IIT Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh

5

5

IIT Kharagpur

West Bengal

6

6

IIT Roorkee

Uttarakhand

7

8

IIT Hyderabad

Telangana

8

7

IIT Guwahati

Assam

9

9

NIT Tiruchirapalli

Tamil Nadu

10

10

IIT BHU, Varanasi

Uttar Pradesh

These rankings clearly depict a strong dominance of IITs in technical education, with NIT Tiruchirapalli breaking the monotony. The ranking is pretty much the same as last year; however, there is a minor shift, with IIT Hyderabad securing 7th in NIRF 2025 and IIT Guwahati bagging the 8th position. 

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UPASANA PRADHAN
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Upasana has more than six years of experience in the education industry, especially in engineering and medical content articles. She’s an electronics and communication engineering graduate from DTU and covers engine Read Full Bio