NIT

While NITs have decades of "engineering-specific" reputation, the JNU brand is globally iconic. In terms of technical infrastructure, JNU's School of Engineering is newer, so it's still building its placement legacy compared to older NITs. However, because JNU is a top-ranked research institution (#2 in India), the quality of faculty and the focus on innovation are very high. If you plan to pursue an MS or MBA later, the JNU name on your resume carries significant weight both in India and abroad, often on par with top-tier institutes.

For top NITs, the safe score in GATE will be roughly around 650 - 750 scores. However, it also depends on other factors, such as category, past year trends, etc.

Many new NITs do accept 500 score in GATE for M.Tech admission. Here are some NITs that accept GATE scores between 400 - 500 -

• National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

• Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur

• National Institute of Technology, Silchar

• National Institute of Technology, Warangal

• NIT Mizoram

• NIT Raipur

• NIT Agartala

• NIT Arunachal Pradesh

Always go for B.Tech at NITs as it is more conventional and has better job opportunities and scope in comparison to that of dual degree from IIMs as they don't have that big alumni network and also these things are being introduced. so these days any time go for B.Tech from NiTs over any IIM dual degree but yes later on after 5-10 years depending upon scenarios and market situation this can be changed.

Leading private engineering colleges of India like BITS Pilani, IIIT Hyderabad, VIT Vellore and Manipal Institute of Technology competes against the top IITs and NITs in placements as well as infrastructure but are usually costly. IITs continue to be the gold standard for reputation.

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No, there is one single counselling for admission to all NITs, IIITs and GFTIs. The counselling in organised by Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA).

In the latest ranking by NIRF, NIT Durgapur has been ranked 49 where as NIT Delhi has been ranked 65. Therefore, NIT Durgapur is the NIRF better ranked college in 2025.

NIT Tiruchirappalli is the best NIRF ranked NIT in 2025 with rank 9. The other NITs which were ranked better than NIT Durgapur are as follows:

The highest GATE cutoff score for NIT M.Tech admission typically ranges from 800 to 850 in the first round. Some of the top NITs include NIT Surathkal, NIT Trichy, and NIT Warangal, accept admissions with GATE score 800 above for branches like EC, CS, ME, and EE.

Qualified candidates have to register at the CCMT portal to participate in the GATE counselling. The counselling process will begin in June/July.