Updated On Date: Jan 29, 2019

NIRF Rankings 2018: Top 25 Engineering Colleges in India

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has obtained the first rank in the list of top engineering institutes in India, released by the Human Resource Development (HRD). The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings were announced for various different categories such as engineering, management, medical, law, architecture and others. The other top engineering institutes which figure in the list after IIT Madras are IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi. IIT Kharagpur which ranked third last year, slipped down one rank below. Overall IISc, second time in a row, has been adjudged the best higher educational institute followed by IIT Madras and IIT Bombay.

 

Top 25 engineering colleges in India

Institute Name

Rank

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

1

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

2

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

3

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

4

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

5

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

6

Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati

7

Anna University, Chennai

8

Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad

9

Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai

10

National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

11

Jadavpur University, Kolkata

12

Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad

13

Indian Institute of Technology, Indore

14

National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

15

Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore

16

Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani

17

Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar

18

Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi

19

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala

20

National Institute of Technology, Surathkal

21

Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar

22

Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram

23

Indian Institute of Technology, Patna

24

National Institute of Technology, Warangal

25

 Click here: List of Engineering Colleges in India 

 
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