Engineering Admission 2025-26: Top Colleges, Process, Fees, Exam Many More

Engineering Admission 2025-26: If your ambition is to become an engineer, studying Engineering courses is the best option in modern India.

Why Engineering Admissions?

Undergraduate (UG) & Postgraduate (PG) Degree Program for Engineering Admission

Diploma Engineering Admission Education Consultancy

B.E/B.Tech Admission

2nd Year Lateral Entry Admission

M.Tech Admission

Engineering Admission Eligibility Criteria

To study Engineering for undergraduate courses, you must pass higher secondary exams with at least 40% marks in Physics, Chemistry, and Maths.

To study Engineering for postgraduate courses, you must pass a bachelor’s engineering degree from any branch of engineering.

Admission In Best Engineering Colleges

To get admission in some of the top engineering colleges, there are two options available.

Through Engineering Entrance Exams

Direct Admissions through Management Quota

Many engineering colleges allow admission on the basis of class 12th marks or JEE Mains score.

Top 50 Engineering Colleges in India for the Year 2025

The National Test Agency (NTA) has announced the results of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains. Now, successful students are racing to secure a seat in a higher-ranked institute.

As students and parents fill out forms at engineering schools across the country, here is a list of the top 50 colleges. This list is based on recent rankings from the Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry. It may help them choose a better-ranked college.

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) prepares the ranking broadly on five parameters

1) Teaching, Learning & Resources

2) Research and Professional Practice

3) Graduation Outcomes

4) Outreach and Inclusivity

5) Perception

Name	City	State	Score	Rank 2024
Indian Institute of Technology Madras	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	89.46	1
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	New Delhi	Delhi	86.66	2
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	Mumbai	Maharashtra	83.09	3
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh	82.79	4
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Kharagpur	West Bengal	76.88	5
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	Roorkee	Uttarakhand	76.00	6
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati	Guwahati	Assam	71.86	7
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Telangana	71.55	8
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli	Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu	66.88	9
Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi	Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh	66.69	10
Vellore Institute of Technology	Vellore	Tamil Nadu	66.22	11
Jadavpur University	Kolkata	West Bengal	65.62	12
S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	65.41	13
Anna University	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	65.34	14
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad	Dhanbad	Jharkhand	64.83	15
Indian Institute of Technology Indore	Indore	Madhya Pradesh	64.72	16
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal	Surathkal	Karnataka	64.27	17
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar	Gandhinagar	Gujarat	63.42	18
National Institute of Technology Rourkela	Rourkela	Odisha	63.38	19
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani	Pilani	Rajasthan	63.04	20
National Institute of Technology Warangal	Warangal	Telangana	61.72	21
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar	Rupnagar	Punjab	61.56	22
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu	61.29	23
Jamia Millia Islamia	New Delhi	Delhi	61.28	24
National Institute of Technology Calicut	Kozhikode	Kerala	61.19	25
Siksha `O` Anusandhan	Bhubaneswar	Odisha	60.97	26
Delhi Technological University	New Delhi	Delhi	60.78	27
Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur	Jodhpur	Rajasthan	60.61	28
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Deemed-to-be-university)	Patiala	Punjab	60.35	29
Amity University	Gautam Budh Nagar	Uttar Pradesh	59.91	30
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi	Mandi	Himachal Pradesh	59.86	31
Chandigarh University	Mohali	Punjab	59.82	32
Aligarh Muslim University	Aligarh	Uttar Pradesh	59.16	33
Indian Institute of Technology Patna	Patna	Bihar	58.40	34
Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University (K L College of Engineering)	Vaddeswaram	Andhra Pradesh	58.24	35
Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education	Srivilliputhur	Tamil Nadu	58.20	36
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology	Bhubaneswar	Odisha	58.00	37
Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology and Research Academy	Thanjavur	Tamil Nadu	57.97	38
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur	Nagpur	Maharashtra	57.89	39
National Institute of Technology Silchar	Silchar	Assam	57.60	40
Institute of Chemical Technology	Mumbai	Maharashtra	56.93	41
UPES	Dehradun	Uttarakhand	56.65	42
Malaviya National Institute of Technology	Jaipur	Rajasthan	56.35	43
National Institute of Technology Durgapur	Durgapur	West Bengal	56.26	44
National Institute of Technology Delhi  |	Delhi	Delhi	55.67	45
Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering	Kalavakkam	Tamil Nadu	55.01	46
International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Telangana	54.29	47
Birla Institute of Technology	Ranchi	Jharkhand	54.18	48
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur	Howrah	West Bengal	54.17	49
Lovely Professional University	Phagwara	Punjab	54.16	50

Previous Year Ranking 2023 vs 2022 vs 2021 vs 2020

College Name	2020 Rank	2021 Rank	2022 Rank	2023 Rank	Location
Indian Institute of Technology Madras	1	1	1	1	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	2	2	2	2	New Delhi, Delhi
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	3	3	3	3	Mumbai, Maharashtra
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	4	4	4	4	Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	5	5	5	6	Kharagpur, West Bengal
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	6	6	6	5	Roorkee, Uttarakhand
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati	7	7	7	7	Guwahati, Assam
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad	8	8	9	8	Hyderabad, Telangana
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli	9	9	8	9	Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
National Institute of Technology Surathkal	13	10	10	12	Surathkal, Karnataka
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad	12	11	14	17	Dhanbad, Jharkhand
Vellore Institute of Technology	15	12	12	11	Vellore, Tamil Nadu
Indian Institute of Technology Indore	10	13	16	14	Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi	11	14	13	15	Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Institute of Chemical Technology	18	15	18	24	Mumbai, Maharashtra
Amrita School of Engineering	20	16	19	19	Amritapuri, Kerala
Jadavpur University	17	17	11	10	Kolkata, West Bengal
Anna University	14	18	17	13	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar	25	19	22	22	Rupnagar, Punjab
National Institute of Technology Rourkela	16	20	15	16	Rourkela, Odisha
Indian Institute of Technology Patna	26	21	33	41	Patna, Bihar
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar	24	22	23	18	Gandhinagar, Gujarat
National Institute of Technology Warangal	19	23	21	21	Warangal, Telangana
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology	29	24	28	20	Patiala, Punjab
National Institute of Technology Calicut	23	25	31	23	Kozhikode, Kerala
Birla Institute of Technology & Science	30	26	29	25	Pilani, Rajasthan
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology	21	27	40	35	Shibpur, Howrah, West Bengal
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar	22	28	36	47	Bhubaneswar, Odisha
National Institute of Technology Durgapur	47	29	34	43	Durgapur, West Bengal
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology	31	30	32	41	Nagpur, Maharashtra
Amity University	35	31	25	31	Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh
Siksha `O` Anusandhan	32	32	27	27	Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Jamia Millia Islamia	28	33	26	26	New Delhi
SRM Institute of Science and Technology	41	34	24	28	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Aligarh Muslim University	35	35	37	32	Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Delhi Technological University	36	36	35	29	New Delhi, Delhi
Malaviya National Institute of Technology	35	37	46	37	Jaipur, Rajasthan
Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy	37	38	41	34	Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology	42	39	42	39	Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology	33	40	43	48	Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi	31	41	20	33	Mandi, Himachal Pradesh
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology	48	42	47	49	Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur	52	43	30	30	Jodhpur, Rajasthan
National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra	40	44	50	58	Kurukshetra, Haryana
Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering	44	45	48	45	Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu
Birla Institute of Technology	38	46	53	53	Ranchi, Jharkhand
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology	53	47	58	65	Surat, Gujarat
National Institute of Technology Silchar	51	48	38	40	Silchar, Assam
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology	52	49	52	46	Jalandhar, Punjab
Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University (K L College of Engineering)		50	44	44	Vaddeswaram, Andhra Pradesh
Manipal Institute of Technology	45	51	55	61	Manipal, Karnataka
College of Engineering	50	52		73	Pune, Maharashtra
PSG College of Technology	49	53	57	63	Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
International Institute of Information Technology	38	54	62	55	Hyderabad, Telangana
Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology	51	55	54	66	Chennai, Tamil Nadu

The complete ranking of top engineering institutes, colleges and universities is available on the website of the Ministry of Human Resource Development. Here is the link: