NIT

The table below shows the top NIT colleges in India along with their India Today rankings for 2025:

Disclaimer: This NIT ranking info. has the updated rankings as of 2025.

As per NIRF ranking 2025, NIT Trichy emerged as the No. 1 followed by other NITs in India. Listed below are some of the other NIT colleges in India along with their NIRF rankings 2025:

Disclaimer: This information is sourced from the official website of the ranking body listed and may vary.

There are a total of 20+ top NITs in India. Of these,  20 colleges are owned by public/government organisations. JEE Main and DASA UG are the main accepting entrance exams for top NITs in India. 

MNIT Jaipur, VNIT Nagpur, NIT Delhi, NIT Hamirpur, NIT Silchar, NIT Srinagar, NIT Uttarakhand, and many others are some of the popular NIT colleges in India.

In the MHRD-NIRF ranking of 2025,  NIT Trichy has been ranked 09 in India. The National Institutes of Technology are centrally funded technical institutes under the ownership of the Ministry of Education, Government of India.

Basically, it depends upon the category like general, ST, SC, and OBC mostly you can get 

NIt Jalandhar

Nit Mirozam 

Nit Meghalaya

Nit Manipur 

Nit Srinagar

And other also

Clearly, JEE main score is completely different from CRL i.e. common rank list.Cut-off for admission to NIT for obc category students varies for every NIT .

With 97 percentile in JEE Main  (AIR ~25,000-30,000), you have a fair chance for CSE, Data Science, or AI at NITs like:

• NIT Jalandhar
• NIT Durgapur
• NIT Hamirpur
• NIT Patna
• NIT Raipur

Cutoffs vary yearly, so consider newer NITs for better chances. Participate in JoSAA counseling and use college predictors for precise options.

Admission to National Institutes of Technology depends entirely on your JEE Main rank and score results. Candidates classified as General category must achieve high marks for admission into leading NITs. Students need to earn scores above 180 marks to achieve good results while students targeting NIT Trichy or IIIT Hyderabad must obtain marks exceeding 200. The acceptable range for General category students to qualify stands between 85 marks to 100 marks. The expected percentile ranges for admission to NITs include NIT Trichy (98 percentile) and NIT Warangal (96 percentile) as well as NIT Puducherry (75 percentile).

Yes, even if you have less than 60% in your B.Tech, you can still get admission to an M.Tech programme in IITs or NITs by qualifying the GATE exam, as the primary selection criteria for M.Tech admissions in these institutes is your GATE score, not just your B.Tech percentage; however, some institutes might have a minimum percentage requirement which you should check before applying.

GATE is the deciding factor:Your GATE score will be the most important factor in determining your admission to an M.Tech programme in IITs and NITs.