Engineering without a doubt is one of the most common higher education and career choices in India and significantly high number of students taking admissions in the different streams of engineering is a clear indication of the same. The number of colleges offering engineering degree in India is also very high in ratio comparing with colleges of other courses.
The popularity of course and college is also very significant from the number of registration taking place every year in the national level engineering entrance exams like JEE Main, JEE Advanced, BITSAT, VITEEE, WBJEE, and others.
Interesting facts about Engineering in India
- As per the studies were done in the past few years, the result shows that every year India produces 1.5 million engineers from approx. 4000 institutes and surprisingly it is more than the engineers of USA and China combined.
- Every year around 1.2 to 1.5 million candidates appear for the JEE Main, scores of which are valid for taking admissions in all other Engineering Colleges of India.
- 2, 20,000 candidates in the year 2017 qualified JEE Main to appear for the JEE Advanced.
Top 10 Engineering Colleges of India 2019 by NIRF Ranking:
Before we go ahead to check the list of top engineering colleges in 2018 it is important to know what is NIRF and the parameters on which the colleges are ranked for better clarification on why a particular college is allotted the respective rank.
What is NIRF?
NIRF is abbreviated for The National Institutional Ranking Framework which came in existence from September 29, 2015, approved by Minister of Human Resource Development. The NIRF give rankings to the colleges under various categories like top 100 engineering colleges in India or top MBA colleges in India, the ranking is done on basis of some pre underlined parameters which we are going to discuss in details further.
NIRF Ranking Parameters:
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NIRF Parameters |
Areas Covered |
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Teaching, Learning & Resources |
• Student Strength including students enrolled for Doctoral |
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Research and Professional Practices |
• Combined metric for Publications (PU) |
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Graduation Outcomes |
• Combined percentage for Placement, Higher Studies, and Entrepreneurship (GPHE) |
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Outreach and Inclusivity |
• Percent Students enrolled from other states and countries (Region Diversity) |
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Perception |
• Peer Perception: Employers and Research Investors (PREMP) |
List of Top Engineering Colleges of India:
On basis of the above-mentioned parameters of ranking, every year since 2015 NIRF releases a list of top engineering colleges of India to help students self-analyze everything and choose the best college for themselves. The higher the ranks the better the college is. For example, in the year 2017, the engineering college topped the list was IIT Madras followed by IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi. Similarly, a list is released for 2018 also after evaluating and analyzing the colleges on the said parameters.
Here are the top 10 engineering colleges in India for 2019:
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Indian Institute of Technology Madras:
IIT Madras like last year again standing strong in the 1st position with an overall score of 88.95. Established in the year 1959, IIT Madras is the best Engineering college of India in all category and officially is “Institute of National Importance”. Talking about the parameters particularly IIT Madras have 606 faculty members who are qualified Ph.D. degree holder, which is probably the highest in any of the IIT or public engineering college. Under the parameter of Graduation outcome, the average salary offered to an undergraduate student, as per the placement report released by the Institute for the year 2017-18 was Rs 11, 00,000. Similarly, for post-graduate students, the average salary offered was Rs. 8, 87,500. The institute also focuses on outreach and inclusivity for maintaining the maximum diversity and distribution of opportunities.
Reservation Policy of IIT Madras and other IITs in the list:
Category
Percentage Of Seats Reserved
General
47.5
OBC(Non-creamy layer)
27
ST
7.5
SC
15
A person with Physical Disability (PWD)
3
Student details of IIT Madras:
Parameter
Program Level
Undergraduate (4 Years)
Postgraduate (2 Years)
Approve Intake of students in all the years
1824
776
No. of Male students in all years of all programs
1740
660
No. of Female students in all year of all programs studying
242
173
Total no. of students in all years of all programs Studying
1982
833
No. of students from the same State
256
184
No. of students from a different State
1726
649
No. of students from different Country
0
0
No. of students from Economically Backward Class
139
85
No. of students from Socially Challenged or Reserved Category (SC, ST & OBC)
1054
214
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Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
With a total score of 84.82, IIT Bombay is also fixed in its previous year rank of 2nd position. Established in 1958 was the 2nd IIT to be established in the country and 1st one to be established with foreign assistance. IIT Bombay has a total of 527 faculty members in different streams who have a Ph.D. degree which helped the institute score well in the parameter of teaching, learning, and resources. Talking about the parameter for graduation outcome the average salary offered to undergraduate students is Rs. 9, 78,000 whereas the average salary offered to postgraduate students reached to Rs. 8, 14, 116.
Student details of IIT Bombay:
Parameter
Program Level
Undergraduate (4 Years)
Postgraduate (2 Years)
Approve Intake of students in all the years
2799
1500
No. of Male students in all years of all programs
2723
1394
No. of Female students in all year of all programs studying
229
236
Total no.of students in all years of all programs Studying
2952
1630
No. of students from the same State
605
221
No. of students from a different State
2347
1375
No. of students from different Country
0
34
No. of students from Economically Backward Class
1011
0
No. of students from Socially Challenged or Reserved Category (SC, ST & OBC)
1416
606
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Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
IIT Delhi in comparison to last year has ranked up to 3rd position with an overall score of 82.18, previous year the institute ranked 4th. IIT Delhi was established in the year 1961 to the capital city of the country as part of the extension and establishing more IITs in various parts of the nation. The institute is also decreed in the category of “Institutes of National Importance” under the Amendment Act, 1963 of Institutes of Technology and awarded the status of a full University. IIT Delhi has a total number of 481 faculties out of which 476 faculty members have Ph.D. Degree and 73 are woman faculty members. The average salary offered to undergraduate students is Rs. 11, 00, 000 and combined average salary for postgraduate students is 8, 75,000. IIT Delhi also offers a scholarship to its meticulous students and in the previous academic year, 357 undergraduate students received the scholarship.
Student details of IIT Delhi:
Parameter
Program Level
Undergraduate (4 Years)
Postgraduate (2 Years)
Approve Intake of students in all the years
2918
2070
No. of Male students in all years of all programs
2597
1250
No. of Female students in all year of all programs studying
275
369
Total no. of students in all years of all programs Studying
2872
1619
No. of students from the same State
177
94
No. of students from a different State
2695
1500
No. of students from different Country
0
25
No. of students from Economically Backward Class
577
136
No. of students from Socially Challenged or Reserved Category (SC, ST & OBC)
1383
578
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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur:
The very first IIT to be established in India was IIT Kharagpur in the year 1951 and since then the institute is catering to the needs of qualified engineers in India and abroad. IIT Kharagpur was in top 3 by NIRF ranking of best engineering colleges in India 2017, however, it slipped down to one position in the year 2018 with a total score of 77.78. At present, IIT Kharagpur has 644 full-time faculty members out of which 641 faculty members are Ph.D. Degree holder. The institute also tries to maintain equilibrium with the opportunities and have 66 female faculty members in their panel. Talking about placement and higher studies IIT Kharagpur always had good placement records and following the same legacy the average package offered to undergraduate students is Rs. 12, 00,000 and the average salary offered to postgraduate students are 9, 37,000. As per the IIT scholarship plan, a total of 1468 postgraduate students from academic session 2016-2017 were awarded scholarship along with 1005 undergraduate students.
Student details of IIT Kharagpur:
Parameter
Program Level
Undergraduate (4 Years)
Postgraduate (2 Years)
Approve Intake of students in all the years
2621
3211
No. of Male students in all years of all programs
2261
3184
No. of Female students in all year of all programs studying
191
326
Total no. of students in all years of all programs Studying
2452
3510
No. of students from the same State
245
305
No. of students from a different State
2204
3202
No. of students from different Country
3
3
No. of students from Economically Backward Class
261
302
No. of students from Socially Challenged or Reserved Category (SC, ST & OBC)
1265
1798
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Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Constantly remaining on the 5th position on the NIRF list of top Engineering colleges in India, IIT Kanpur even in the year 2018 is in the same position with a total score of 75.24. However, the score has dropped this year from the overall score of last year that was 76.83. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur was established in the year 1959 and was the first IIT to be established as part of the Kanpur Indo-American Programme (KIAP) with the assistance of a consortium of nine US research universities. The institute has a total number of 418 faculty members and all of them have a Ph.D. degree and 34 faculty members are female. IIT Kanpur also scored well in the graduation outcome parameter with a median salary offered to undergraduate students is Rs. 13, 00,000 and the average salary offered to the students of postgraduate programme is Rs. 11, 40,000. The institute also offered scholarships to its 416 postgraduate students.
Student details of IIT Kanpur:
Parameter
Program Level
Undergraduate (4 Years)
Postgraduate (2 Years)
Approve Intake of students in all the years
3308
2186
No. of Male students in all years of all programs
3145
1266
No. of Female students in all year of all programs studying
263
248
Total no. of students in all years of all programs Studying
3408
1514
No. of students from the same State
1124
279
No. of students from a different State
2284
1232
No. of students from different Country
0
3
No. of students from Economically Backward Class
159
359
No. of students from Socially Challenged or Reserved Category (SC, ST & OBC)
1673
514
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Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
IIT Roorkee which was formerly known as University of Roorkee was established in the year 1847 much before the independence by British Government, later in the year 2001 the institute was awarded the status of “national importance and converted into IIT Roorkee and became the 7th milestone of IIT extension in the country. IIT Roorkee made it to the list of top 10 engineering colleges of India by NIRF and scored a 6th position with an overall score of 72.57. The institute has 419 faculty members out of 423 total faculty members having a Ph.D. degree. The total number of a female faculty member is 51. The average salary commanded by the undergraduate students is 9, 80,000 on the other hand average salary offered to the students of postgraduate programme is Rs. 6, 62,00.
Student details of IIT Roorkee:
Parameter
Program Level
Undergraduate (4 Years)
Postgraduate (2 Years)
Approve Intake of students in all the years
3525
1843
No. of Male students in all years of all programs
3199
1268
No. of Female students in all year of all programs studying
276
343
Total no. of students in all years of all programs Studying
3475
1611
No. of students from the same State
101
107
No. of students from a different State
3374
1414
No. of students from different Country
0
90
No. of students from Economically Backward Class
533
0
No. of students from Socially Challenged or Reserved Category (SC, ST & OBC)
1715
606
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Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
IIT Guwahati was the 6th member of the IIT extension in India and was established in the year 1994. The Institute is on the 7th position just like previous year in the NIRF list of top engineering colleges of India 2018 with an overall score of 69.25. Located in the northeastern part of India the institute has a total number of 401 faculty members and out of which 388 faculty members are the Ph.D. holder and 41 female faculty members. 591 undergraduate students are offered a scholarship in the academic year of 2016-2017. Graduation outreach of the IIT Guwahati was also fairly high with the average salary offered in the undergraduate programme was Rs. 13, 00,000 and for postgraduate students the average salary commanded was Rs. 9, 00,000.
Student details of IIT Guwahati:
Parameter
Program Level
Undergraduate (4 Years)
Postgraduate (2 Years)
Approve Intake of students in all the years
2640
1228
No. of Male students in all years of all programs
2417
952
No. of Female students in all year of all programs studying
209
210
Total no. of students in all years of all programs Studying
2626
1162
No. of students from the same State
182
89
No. of students from a different State
2443
1057
No. of students from different Country
1
16
No. of students from Economically Backward Class
706
305
No. of students from Socially Challenged or Reserved Category (SC, ST & OBC)
54
13
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Anna University
The first non-IIT institute to make it to the list of top engineering colleges of India is Anna University with a total score of 67.04 the university remains on the 8th position just like previous year. The university was established on September 4th 1978. Anna University has a total of 903 faculty members and 581 faculties out of the total. The number of female faculty member is 401 which surprisingly the number of the female faculty member is high in comparison to most of the IITs and other institutes. The average salary offered for undergraduate students was Rs. 45, 00,000 and for the postgraduate student is Rs. 40, 00,000.
Reservation policy of Anna University:
Categories
Percentage of Seats Reserved
Open Competition (OC)
31
Backward Class (BC)
26.5
Backward Class Muslim (BCM)
3.5
Most Backward Class and Denotified Communities (MBC and DNC)
20
Scheduled Caste (SC)
15
Scheduled Caste (Arunthathiyars)
3
Scheduled Tribes (ST)
1
Student details of Anna University:
Parameter
Program Level
Undergraduate (4 Years)
Postgraduate (2 Years)
Approve Intake of students in all the years
10655
3375
No. of Male students in all years of all programs
5643
1294
No. of Female students in all year of all programs studying
3915
1316
Total no. of students in all years of all programs Studying
9558
2610
No. of students from the same State
9191
2517
No. of students from a different State
107
84
No. of students from different Country
260
9
No. of students from Economically Backward Class
1444
400
No. of students from Socially Challenged or Reserved Category (SC, ST & OBC)
7130
1842
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Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
IIT Hyderabad which was earlier in the year 2017 was on the 10th position by NIRF ranking has stepped up to the 9th position in the list of Top 10 engineering colleges of India for the year 2018 with an overall score of 60.87. IIT Hyderabad was established in 2008, is considered the second generation of IITs in India. The total number of the faculty member is 183 out of which 181 are Ph.D. degree holder. The average salary commanded by undergraduate students in the academic year 2016-17 was Rs.9,10,000 on the other hand average salary offered to the postgraduate student was Rs.10,30,000. The reservation policy of IIT Hyderabad is as same as other IITs and already mentioned above.
Student details of Anna University:
Parameter
Program Level
Undergraduate (4 Years)
Postgraduate (2 Years)
Approve Intake of students in all the years
890
367
No. of Male students in all years of all programs
714
311
No. of Female students in all year of all programs studying
139
56
Total no. of students in all years of all programs Studying
853
367
No. of students from the same State
410
66
No. of students from a different State
443
301
No. of students from different Country
0
0
No. of students from Economically Backward Class
55
0
No. of students from Socially Challenged or Reserved Category (SC, ST & OBC)
429
167
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Institute of Chemical Technology
Making a huge progress, this year Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai has ranked up from 14th position to 10th position in the list of top 10 Engineering colleges of India leaving Jadavpur University, NIT Trichy, NIT Rourkela, and VIT Vellore behind. The ICT Mumbai was established on October 1st 1993 as the Department of Chemical Technology by the University of Mumbai. At present, the institute has 116 faculty members out of which 108 are the faculties with a Ph.D. Degree. The average salary commanded to the undergraduate students was 5, 73,000 and 5,12,500 is the average salary offered to postgraduate students. Merit is the only criteria for admission at the institute including the norms of government reservation policy.
Student details of ICT Mumbai:
Parameter
Program Level
Undergraduate (4 Year)
Postgraduate (2 Year)
Approve Intake of students in all the years
844
574
No. of Male students in all years of all programs
624
234
No. of Female students in all year of all programs studying
240
266
Total no. of students in all years of all programs Studying
864
500
No. of students from the same State
791
380
No. of students from a different State
73
114
No. of students from different Country
0
6
No. of students from Economically Backward Class
62
115
No. of students from Socially Challenged or Reserved Category (SC, ST & OBC)
256
100