Top 10 Engineering Colleges in India by NIRF Ranking

IIT Madras college is located in Chennai (known as Madras). The college was founded in 1959. It is the third IIT to be established in India. In 2021 by NIRF ranking IIT Madras has secured 1st rank in Engineering colleges. The total score provided by NIRF to IIT Madras is 90.19. The total campus area that occupies is 2.5 square kilometers. This institute has nearly 10000 students, 600 faculties, and 1200 supporting staff. For pursuing undergraduate courses the exam held is Joint Entrance Examination-Advanced (JEE Advanced) to take admission in B.Tech and dual degree programs.

IIT Madras offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and research programs include 16 in Engineering, Humanities, Management, and Science. The courses include Applied Mechanics, Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, Civil Engineering, Engineering Design, and many more. Some of the best Alumni from IIT Madras are Kris Gopalakrishnan, Anand Rajaraman, Prem Watsa, Ramanathan V. Guha, Venky Harinarayan, etc. IIT Madras was ranked 271st position in QS World University Rankings of 2020. And in Asia, the College was ranked 50th position.

IIT Delhi is one of the oldest Indian institutes of Technology in India. The college was established in 1961 by Professor Humayun Kabir. The total campus area of IIT Delhi is 1.3 square kilometers. The primary campus of IIT Delhi is located in Hauz Khas, South Delhi. IIT Delhi offers various programs in Bachelor of Technology as well as Dual degree in B.Tech + M.Tech course. The total score provided by NIRF to IIT Delhi is 88.96. IIT Delhi was ranked 43rd position in Asia. Some of the best Alumni from IIT Delhi are Sachin Bansal, Chetan Bhagat, Raghuram Rajan, Kiran Bedi, Vidit Aatrey, etc.

To enroll in these courses the candidates need to qualify JEE Advanced Exam. IIT Delhi also offers postgraduate programs such as M.Tech, M.S., M.Sc., Master of Design (M.Des), and many more. To take admission into M.Tech courses the candidates need to qualify Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering Exam. To take admission into the Master of Design course the candidates need to score best marks in Common Entrance Exam for Design (CEED). To enroll in the M.Sc. course the candidates should qualify Joint Admission Test for Admissions (JAM). And those who want to pursue MBA courses should qualify Common Admission Test (CAT).

IIT Bombay was established in 1958. IIT Bombay has a total of 15 academic departments, 20 centers, and four interdisciplinary courses including a Management program. IIT Bombay offers courses are Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, and many more. IIT Bombay is known for its 4-years, 5-years, and 2-years program course. The total campus area of IIT Bombay is 2.2 square kilometers with more than 584 major buildings.

The total score provided by NIRF to IIT Bombay is 85.16. To enroll in the B.Tech courses the candidates need to qualify JEE Advanced Exam. To take admission into M.Tech courses the candidates need to qualify Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering Exam. IIT Bombay has ranked 34th position among the top 200 Universities in Asia by QS ranking Asia 2020. Some of the best Alumni from IIT Bombay are Parag Agarwal, Manohar Parrikar, Bhavish Agarwal, Romesh Wadhwani, Vipul Goyal, Sarita Adve, etc.

IIT Kanpur is established in 1959. IIT Kanpur College is located on the Grand Trunk Road, 15 kilometers west of Kanpur. The land was donated by the Government of Uttar Pradesh in 1960. The total area of the IIT Kanpur is 1000 acres. IIT Kanpur offers B.Tech programs in the Engineering field. The admission to the Engineering course is taken by JEE Advanced. IIT Kanpur courses offered are Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Engineering, etc. The IIT Kanpur computer center is one of the most advanced centers among academic institutions of India.

In the year of 2011, IIT Kanpur has started offering B.S. programs in Science. IIT Kanpur also offers postgraduate courses in M.Tech, M.S., M.B.A., MSc, M.Des, and Ph.D. degrees. To take admission into M.Tech courses the candidates need to qualify Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering Exam. The total score provided by NIRF to IIT Kanpur is 83.22. IIT Kanpur has ranked 65th position among the top 200 Universities in Asia by QS ranking Asia 2020. Some of the best Alumni from IIT Kanpur are N.r. Narayan Murthy, Nitin Saxena, Duvvuri Subbarao, Rajeev Motwani, Prem Das Rai, etc.

IIT Kharagpur is established by The Government of India in 1951. IIT Kharagpur is located 120 km west of Kolkata. IIT Kharagpur has 19 academic departments, 25 central research, and development, 8 multi-disciplinary centers/ schools. IIT Kharagpur offers some of the best courses are Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Biotechnology, Aerospace Engineering, etc. IIT Kharagpur offers Undergraduate and postgraduate courses in different fields.

The total area of IIT Kharagpur is 2,150 acres. The total score provided by NIRF to IIT Kharagpur is 82.03. Some of the best Alumni from IIT Kharagpur are Sundar Pichai, Arvind Kejriwal, Jitendra Kumar, Vinod Gupta, Arjun Malhotra, etc.

IIT Roorkee was established in 1847. The college was established by Britishers by the lieutenant governor, Sir James Thomason. IIT Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in Asia. IIT Roorkee was given University status in 1949 and was converted into IIT in 2001. The college has 22 academic departments covering Humanities, Applied Sciences, Engineering, Management, and many courses with a research-based syllabus.IIT Roorkee has 25 alumni who have won the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology and 10 alumni who have won the Padma awards. The college has produced seven chairmen of the Indian Railway Board.

IIT Roorkee ranked 387 in the QS World University Ranking list of 2021. The college Library started in 1848 with a few hundred donated books. The total campus area of IIT Roorkee is 365 acres. The library contains many rare manuscripts books. The library building is Wifi enabled. The total score provided by NIRF to IIT Roorkee is 78.06. Some of the best Alumni from IIT Roorkee are Naveen Jain, Pradip Baijal, Ajit Gupta, Amit Singhal, Navniet Sekera, etc.

IIT Guwahati was established in 1994 and it is the sixth Indian Institute of Technology established in India. IIT Guwahati has been ranked 7th in the Engineering category and 8th in the Overall category by NIRF Ranking 2021. IIT Guwahati has around 406 faculty members and 510 support staff. To take admission in Undergraduate courses is done through JEE Advanced for Engineering and in Designing entrance exam is UCEED. And To take admission in Postgraduate courses is done through GATE score for Engineering and in Designing entrance exam is CEED. The total score provided by NIRF to IIT Guwahati is 73.84.

IIT Guwahati has ranked 117th position in Asia 2021. The campus area of IIT Guwahati is 703.95 acres. The total score provided by NIRF to IIT Guwahati is 73.84. Some of the best Alumni from IIT Guwahati are Amaresh Dalal, Santu Das, Kuladhar Saikia, Anirudha Poira, Himanshu Goyal, etc.

IIT Hyderabad was founded in 2008. IIT Hyderabad is known for its research and innovation. It is one of the young Indian Institute of Technology (IITs). The institute is located in the Sangareddy district, Telangana. The institute has 1,155 Undergraduate, 635 Masters, and 1085 Ph.D. students with 222 full-time faculty members. The total area of the IIT Hyderabad campus is 576 acres. The total score provided by NIRF to IIT Hyderabad is 68.69. The institute has over 110 laboratories on the campus out of which 50 are exclusive research-based. IIT Hyderabad has also been involved in India’s first 5G patent.

The Institute has been highly successful in the past few years. And the research-based projects get more support. So any student who wants to perform all the research work in these institutes is best in India. IIT Hyderabad is among the youngest IITs started by the Government of India. IIT Hyderabad has been ranked 8th in the Engineering category by NIRF Ranking 2021. IIT Hyderabad offers 11 B.Tech courses, 18 M.Tech courses, 3 M.Sc. courses, B.Des course, M.Des course, M.A. course, and 15 Ph.D. courses in all branches of engineering, design, and liberal arts. Some of the best Alumni from IIT Hyderabad are Surjeet Kaushik, Violin Vasu, etc.

NIT Trichy is a public technical and research university near the city of Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, India. The college was founded in 1964 as Regional Engineering College. NIT Tiruchirappalli is also known as NIT Trichy. NIT Trichy focuses on Management, Engineering, Architecture, Science, and Technology. The institute offers 10 Bachelor’s courses, 17 doctoral courses, and 40 master’s courses. The institute secured 1st position among all NITs for six years in a row from 2016 to 2021. The institute also received National level awards from ASSOCHAM for the best institute tools in education and FICCI for social responsibility.

NIT Trichy has a Central Library with more than 2.50 lakhs of documents consisting of reports, technical books, journals, etc. NIT Trichy receives 200 Crore every year from the Government of India which is usually spent for research, improving infrastructure, to bring international students and top companies for placement. The institute ranks 9th for Engineering, 7th for architecture, 48th for management, and 23rd overall in India 2021. The total score provided by NIRF to NIT Tiruchirappalli is 66.08. The total area of the campus is 800 acres. Some of the best Alumni from NIT Trichy are Ramesh R Rao, Baba C. Vemuri, Krishna Palem, Nagi Naganathan, Suresh Sitaraman, etc.

NIT Karnataka was established in 1960. NIT Karnataka is also known as NIT Surathkal. Previously, the college is known as Karnataka Regional Engineering College (KREC). NIT Karnataka offers Undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Management, Science, and Engineering. The college has 14 departments and 11 support centers with around 200 faculty members. Research work in the college is mainly sponsored by the state and central government.

NIT Karnataka was ranked 16th among engineering colleges in India by India Today 2020. Some of the best Alumni from NIT Karnataka are Thomas Zacharia, Rajeev Madhavan, K.V. Kamath, Sunil Kumar, Ashok Kheny, etc. The total score provided by NIRF to NIT Karnataka is 64.19.