It is a big decision to choose an engineering college in India, but it can get quite confusing to find the right options. There are IITs, NITs, state-funded institutes, private universities, as well as several other colleges that are competing to get your attention. So, how do you compare all of them on one platform? The NIRF Engineering ranking is what gives you a useful starting point.
The NIRF ranking 2026 Engineering colleges list is released by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. This can help you get a broader picture of where different institutes stand at the national level.
In this article, we have listed the top Engineering colleges NIRF along with their rank, score, location, institution type, etc. With this, you will be able to compare the colleges as well as shortlist the ones that you wish to explore further.
NIRF Engineering Colleges List
In the table mentioned below, we have given details about the NIRF top 100 Engineering colleges that you can go through for easy comparison.
Rank | Name | City & State | Score | More Details | Type |
1 | Chennai (Tamil Nadu) | 88.72 | TLR: 95.70 RPC: 90.74 GO: 82.29 OI: 63.25 Perception: 100.00 | Govt. | |
2 | New Delhi (Delhi) | 85.74 | TLR: 85.89 RPC: 93.47 GO: 81.67 OI: 62.01 Perception: 93.97 | Govt. | |
3 | Mumbai (Maharashtra) | 83.65 | TLR: 87.97 RPC: 84.81 GO: 87.06 OI: 59.13 Perception: 85.04 | Govt. | |
4 | Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) | 81.82 | TLR: 91.77 RPC: 76.34 GO: 88.08 OI: 59.18 Perception: 78.49 | Govt. | |
5 | Kharagpur (West Bengal) | 78.69 | TLR: 85.26 RPC: 77.56 GO: 79.82 OI: 64.24 Perception: 74.57 | Govt. | |
6 | Roorkee (Uttarakhand) | 75.44 | TLR: 76.06 RPC: 76.57 GO: 85.82 OI: 63.92 Perception: 60.98 | Govt. | |
7 | Hyderabad (Telangana) | 72.31 | TLR: 88.02 RPC: 61.39 GO: 79.20 OI: 54.39 Perception: 61.98 | Govt. | |
8 | Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati | Guwahati (Assam) | 72.24 | TLR: 73.60 RPC: 72.89 GO: 84.68 OI: 61.40 Perception: 52.06 | Govt. |
9 | National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli | Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu) | 68.14 | TLR: 73.26 RPC: 57.64 GO: 78.69 OI: 64.76 Perception: 66.54 | Govt. |
10 | Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi | Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) | 67.24 | TLR: 66.39 RPC: 61.68 GO: 86.03 OI: 60.51 Perception: 55.64 | Govt |
11 | Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani | Pilani (Rajasthan) | 67.02 | TLR: 82.07 RPC: 56.41 GO: 81.04 OI: 60.41 Perception: 32.29 | Private |
12 | Indian Institute of Technology, Indore | Indore (Madhya Pradesh) | 66.65 | TLR: 81.25 RPC: 59.55 GO: 76.52 OI: 63.77 Perception: 27.15 | Govt. |
13 | National Institute of Technology, Rourkela | Rourkela (Odisha) | 66.62 | TLR: 83.55 RPC: 59.25 GO: 76.89 OI: 61.74 Perception: 22.37 | |
14 | S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology | Chennai (Tamil Nadu) | 65.83 | TLR: 78.69 RPC: 68.93 GO: 65.43 OI: 67.09 Perception: 17.45 | Private |
15 | Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) | Dhanbad (Jharkhand) | 65.37 | TLR: 72.84 RPC: 62.49 GO: 77.02 OI: 61.36 Perception: 32.29 | Govt. |
16 | Vellore Institute of Technology | Vellore (Tamil Nadu) | 65.25 | TLR: 66.77 RPC: 67.60 GO: 72.22 OI: 61.01 Perception: 43.97 | Private |
17 | National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, Surathkal | Surathkal (Karnataka) | 64.59 | TLR: 75.38 RPC: 51.80 GO: 78.11 OI: 62.49 Perception: 45.70 | Govt. |
18 | Jadavpur University | Kolkata (West Bengal) | 64.54 | TLR: 79.56 RPC: 59.41 GO: 71.46 OI: 48.60 Perception: 37.00 | Govt. |
19 | Indian Institute of Technology, Patna | Patna (Bihar) | 64.52 | TLR: 79.24 RPC: 55.04 GO: 78.40 OI: 63.95 Perception: 21.73 | Govt |
20 | Anna University | Chennai (Tamil Nadu) | 63.51 | TLR: 69.43 RPC: 62.80 GO: 63.28 OI: 51.12 Perception: 60.73 | Govt |
21 | National Institute of Technology, Calicut | Kozhikode (Kerala) | 63.05 | TLR: 83.65 RPC: 40.00 GO: 79.12 OI: 66.66 Perception: 34.71 | Govt |
22 | Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan | Bhubaneswar (Odisha) | 62.58 | TLR: 85.34 RPC: 43.83 GO: 70.48 OI: 73.26 Perception: 24.03 | Private |
23 | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) | 62.46 | TLR: 80.74 RPC: 51.78 GO: 67.71 OI: 64.19 Perception: 27.53 | Private |
24 | Jamia Millia Islamia | New Delhi (Delhi) | 62.42 | TLR: 67.50 RPC: 59.18 GO: 78.28 OI: 67.19 Perception: 20.43 | Govt. |
25 | Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar | Gandhinagar (Gujarat) | 62.31 | TLR: 85.82 RPC: 41.07 GO: 74.62 OI: 63.82 Perception: 29.36 | Govt. |
26 | Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi | Mandi (Himachal Pradesh) | 62.08 | TLR: 81.90 RPC: 42.61 GO: 78.29 OI: 68.77 Perception: 21.95 | Govt. |
27 | Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur | Jodhpur (Rajasthan) | 61.31 | TLR: 86.92 RPC: 44.03 GO: 70.43 OI: 66.41 Perception: 12.93 | Govt. |
28 | National Institute of Technology, Warangal | Warangal (Telangana) | 61.05 | TLR: 74.94 RPC: 49.23 GO: 73.64 OI: 57.32 Perception: 33.44 | Govt. |
29 | Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Deemed-to-be University) | Patiala (Punjab) | 60.97 | TLR: 75.12 RPC: 50.86 GO: 73.27 OI: 65.68 Perception: 19.53 | Private |
30 | Delhi Technological University | New Delhi (Delhi) | 60.85 | TLR: 73.01 RPC: 46.71 GO: 79.17 OI: 54.82 Perception: 36.25 | Govt. |
31 | Chandigarh University | Mohali (Punjab) | 60.46 | TLR: 73.26 RPC: 57.93 GO: 59.17 OI: 74.33 Perception: 18.39 | Private |
32 | Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar | Rupnagar (Punjab) | 59.66 | TLR: 72.46 RPC: 47.74 GO: 75.18 OI: 60.41 Perception: 25.23 | Govt. |
33 | Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education | Krishnan Koil (Tamil Nadu) | 59.03 | TLR: 78.03 RPC: 42.46 GO: 72.16 OI: 77.18 Perception: 7.27 | Private |
34 | Aligarh Muslim University | Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) | 59.01 | TLR: 76.86 RPC: 55.65 GO: 64.17 OI: 41.19 Perception: 23.00 | Govt. |
35 | Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University (K L College of Engineering) | Vaddeswaram (Andhra Pradesh) | 58.95 | TLR: 77.55 RPC: 48.67 GO: 69.94 OI: 66.84 Perception: 4.12 | Private |
36 | Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology | Bhubaneswar (Odisha) | 58.79 | TLR: 78.64 RPC: 47.76 GO: 60.32 OI: 77.29 Perception: 10.76 | Private |
37 | Amity University | Gautam Budh Nagar (Uttar Pradesh) | 58.53 | TLR: 66.68 RPC: 65.39 GO: 62.04 OI: 59.02 Perception: 6.04 | Private |
38 | International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad | Hyderabad (Telangana) | 58.45 | TLR: 75.84 RPC: 43.22 GO: 70.72 OI: 63.32 Perception: 22.58 | Private |
39 | Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar | Bhubaneswar (Odisha) | 58.22 | TLR: 74.57 RPC: 39.14 GO: 75.07 OI: 62.69 Perception: 28.27 | Govt. |
40 | Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy | Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu) | 58.02 | TLR: 80.47 RPC: 35.94 GO: 73.70 OI: 72.80 Perception: 10.76 | Private |
41 | Institute of Chemical Technology | Mumbai (Maharashtra) | 57.96 | TLR: 76.35 RPC: 50.35 GO: 64.94 OI: 53.35 Perception: 16.24 | Govt. |
42 | Malaviya National Institute of Technology | Jaipur (Rajasthan) | 57.45 | TLR: 69.29 RPC: 51.84 GO: 70.23 OI: 60.14 Perception: 10.48 | Govt. |
43 | UPES | Dehradun (Uttarakhand) | 56.99 | TLR: 71.34 RPC: 55.50 GO: 54.26 OI: 62.65 Perception: 18.16 | Private |
44 | Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur | Nagpur (Maharashtra) | 56.58 | TLR: 71.55 RPC: 44.33 GO: 71.94 OI: 56.04 Perception: 18.16 | Govt. |
45 | Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences | Chennai (Tamil Nadu) | 56.55 | TLR: 75.77 RPC: 61.58 GO: 40.58 OI: 71.22 Perception: 1.07 | Private |
46 | Symbiosis International | Pune (Maharashtra) | 56.22 | TLR: 69.68 RPC: 51.85 GO: 65.38 OI: 54.68 Perception: 12.13 | Private |
47 | Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering | Kalavakkam (Tamil Nadu) | 56.08 | TLR: 71.29 RPC: 43.96 GO: 70.01 OI: 57.78 Perception: 17.21 | Private |
48 | Lovely Professional University | Phagwara (Punjab) | 55.99 | TLR: 63.04 RPC: 52.88 GO: 62.53 OI: 66.88 Perception: 20.21 | Private |
49 | National Institute of Technology, Durgapur | Durgapur (West Bengal) | 55.94 | TLR: 71.25 RPC: 38.14 GO: 77.92 OI: 58.39 Perception: 16.97 | Govt. |
50 | National Institute of Technology, Silchar | Silchar (Assam) | 55.91 | TLR: 66.60 RPC: 51.48 GO: 70.15 OI: 54.71 Perception: 9.92 | Govt. |
51 | Birla Institute of Technology | Ranchi (Jharkhand) | 55.28 | TLR: 76.22 RPC: 40.21 GO: 66.03 OI: 52.07 Perception: 19.31 | Private |
52 | Graphic Era University | Dehradun (Uttarakhand) | 55.26 | TLR: 68.63 RPC: 55.33 GO: 47.50 OI: 58.38 Perception: 27.34 | Private |
53 | National Institute of Technology, Patna | Patna (Bihar) | 53.89 | TLR: 58.95 RPC: 51.69 GO: 73.81 OI: 53.01 Perception: 6.35 | Govt. |
54 | Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur | Howrah (West Bengal) | 53.63 | TLR: 66.32 RPC: 37.75 GO: 70.93 OI: 52.44 Perception: 29.71 | Govt. |
55 | Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar | Jalandhar (Punjab) | 53.38 | TLR: 71.26 RPC: 40.49 GO: 61.88 OI: 62.76 Perception: 11.86 | Govt. |
56 | Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu | Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) | 53.08 | TLR: 80.73 RPC: 31.90 GO: 60.05 OI: 57.78 Perception: 15.00 | Govt. |
57 | Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati | Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) | 52.73 | TLR: 81.96 RPC: 22.84 GO: 66.17 OI: 54.00 Perception: 26.59 | Govt. |
58 | Manipal University, Jaipur | Jaipur (Rajasthan) | 52.69 | TLR: 71.67 RPC: 40.11 GO: 58.63 OI: 69.16 Perception: 5.09 | Private |
59 | Manipal Institute of Technology | Manipal (Karnataka) | 52.55 | TLR: 68.27 RPC: 41.71 GO: 60.77 OI: 58.59 Perception: 15.50 | Private |
60 | Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology | Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) | 52.45 | TLR: 76.52 RPC: 24.75 GO: 68.59 OI: 71.41 Perception: 12.13 | Govt. |
61 | Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology | Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) | 52.44 | TLR: 75.88 RPC: 25.19 GO: 66.94 OI: 60.04 Perception: 27.34 | Govt. |
62 | Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology | Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) | 52.15 | TLR: 63.15 RPC: 37.51 GO: 74.36 OI: 55.38 Perception: 15.50 | Govt. |
63 | Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology | New Delhi (Delhi) | 51.33 | TLR: 66.46 RPC: 30.17 GO: 73.74 OI: 52.74 Perception: 23.21 | Govt. |
64 | Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad | Palakkad (Kerala) | 51.20 | TLR: 74.28 RPC: 26.02 GO: 62.17 OI: 65.91 Perception: 20.87 | Govt. |
65 | National Institute of Technology, Delhi | Delhi (Delhi) | 50.79 | TLR: 62.76 RPC: 29.35 GO: 71.26 OI: 69.51 Perception: 19.53 | Govt. |
66 | Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology | Surat (Gujarat) | 50.77 | TLR: 62.42 RPC: 42.99 GO: 62.65 OI: 54.21 Perception: 11.86 | Govt. |
67 | PSG College of Technology | Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) | 50.64 | TLR: 70.17 RPC: 26.31 GO: 60.36 OI: 47.52 Perception: 48.83 | Private |
67 | Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology | Chennai (Tamil Nadu) | 50.64 | TLR: 70.44 RPC: 36.38 GO: 51.69 OI: 71.85 Perception: 10.76 | Private |
69 | International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore | Bengaluru (Karnataka) | 50.46 | TLR: 68.33 RPC: 24.19 GO: 71.27 OI: 59.94 Perception: 24.63 | Private |
70 | Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT) | Delhi (Delhi) | 50.43 | TLR: 68.09 RPC: 27.14 GO: 73.77 OI: 51.97 Perception: 19.08 | Govt. |
71 | Banasthali Vidyapith | Banasthali (Rajasthan) | 50.38 | TLR: 70.41 RPC: 24.74 GO: 71.47 OI: 71.39 Perception: 4.12 | Private |
72 | Indian Institute of Technology, Bhilai | Durg (Chhattisgarh) | 50.37 | TLR: 76.99 RPC: 24.97 GO: 65.13 OI: 59.02 Perception: 8.47 | Govt. |
73 | National Institute of Technology, Srinagar | Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) | 50.23 | TLR: 62.39 RPC: 35.08 GO: 69.97 OI: 64.33 Perception: 5.73 | Govt. |
74 | University of Hyderabad | Hyderabad (Telangana) | 49.36 | TLR: 66.49 RPC: 50.21 GO: 43.44 OI: 48.99 Perception: 7.57 | Govt. |
75 | M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology | Bengaluru (Karnataka) | 49.26 | TLR: 70.38 RPC: 28.02 GO: 62.77 OI: 56.51 Perception: 15.50 | Private |
76 | Christ University | Bengaluru (Karnataka) | 49.03 | TLR: 65.63 RPC: 47.28 GO: 34.52 OI: 63.03 Perception: 19.53 | Private |
77 | Indian Institute of Technology, Dharwad | Dharwad (Karnataka) | 48.61 | TLR: 74.99 RPC: 17.71 GO: 63.79 OI: 57.85 Perception: 22.58 | Govt. |
78 | Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology | Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) | 48.52 | TLR: 77.78 RPC: 20.12 GO: 67.42 OI: 55.98 Perception: 0.72 | Govt. |
79 | Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology | Longowal (Punjab) | 48.42 | TLR: 78.11 RPC: 26.83 GO: 51.16 OI: 66.44 Perception: 0.72 | Govt. |
80 | Vignan’s Foundation of Science, Technology and Research | Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) | 48.27 | TLR: 71.70 RPC: 21.52 GO: 58.20 OI: 69.39 Perception: 17.21 | Private |
81 | Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology | Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) | 48.26 | TLR: 54.74 RPC: 36.36 GO: 73.26 OI: 52.93 Perception: 9.92 | Govt. |
82 | National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur | Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) | 48.25 | TLR: 59.72 RPC: 28.90 GO: 75.79 OI: 58.58 Perception: 6.35 | Govt. |
83 | National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya | Shillong (Meghalaya) | 48.21 | TLR: 66.48 RPC: 30.77 GO: 62.31 OI: 58.46 Perception: 7.27 | Govt. |
84 | Jain University, Bangalore | Bengaluru (Karnataka) | 48.01 | TLR: 68.49 RPC: 40.87 GO: 42.99 OI: 62.18 Perception: 3.79 | Private |
85 | National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra | Kurukshetra (Haryana) | 47.98 | TLR: 53.75 RPC: 37.48 GO: 66.64 OI: 55.43 Perception: 17.45 | Govt. |
86 | National Institute of Technology, Raipur | Raipur (Chhattisgarh) | 47.59 | TLR: 54.86 RPC: 39.87 GO: 66.26 OI: 54.45 Perception: 4.77 | Govt. |
87 | Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology | Chennai (Tamil Nadu) | 47.43 | TLR: 66.71 RPC: 35.76 GO: 46.01 OI: 67.33 Perception: 7.57 | Private |
88 | AU College of Engineering | Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) | 47.37 | TLR: 76.16 RPC: 13.15 GO: 61.81 OI: 78.27 Perception: 3.79 | Govt. |
89 | Chitkara University | Rajpura (Punjab) | 47.34 | TLR: 50.97 RPC: 49.46 GO: 51.93 OI: 62.79 Perception: 5.41 | Private |
90 | COEP Technological University | Pune (Maharashtra) | 47.31 | TLR: 61.16 RPC: 24.82 GO: 67.69 OI: 50.90 Perception: 28.82 | Govt. |
91 | SR University | Warangal (Telangana) | 47.16 | TLR: 73.64 RPC: 21.78 GO: 55.79 OI: 64.97 Perception: 8.76 | Private |
92 | Defence Institute of Advanced Technology | Pune (Maharashtra) | 46.98 | TLR: 68.70 RPC: 36.01 GO: 52.12 OI: 47.02 Perception: 4.45 | Govt. |
93 | Panjab University | Chandigarh (Chandigarh) | 46.90 | TLR: 47.57 RPC: 44.46 GO: 56.80 OI: 63.47 Perception: 15.75 | Govt. |
94 | Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University | Hyderabad (Telangana) | 46.74 | TLR: 75.17 RPC: 22.40 GO: 49.61 OI: 67.59 Perception: 7.87 | Govt. |
95 | C.V. Raman Global University, Odisha | Bhubaneswar (Odisha) | 46.62 | TLR: 77.56 RPC: 10.31 GO: 59.54 OI: 71.59 Perception: 11.86 | Private |
96 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management | Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) | 46.25 | TLR: 60.53 RPC: 19.76 GO: 77.19 OI: 58.72 Perception: 8.47 | Govt. |
97 | National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur | Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh) | 46.10 | TLR: 55.31 RPC: 32.51 GO: 65.33 OI: 57.57 Perception: 9.34 | Govt. |
98 | Pandit Deendayal Energy University | Gandhinagar (Gujarat) | 45.97 | TLR: 61.15 RPC: 38.82 GO: 58.40 OI: 38.87 Perception: 4.12 | Private |
99 | National Institute of Technology, Puducherry | Karaikal (Puducherry) | 45.83 | TLR: 60.59 RPC: 25.67 GO: 61.86 OI: 63.73 Perception: 12.13 | Govt. |
100 | Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology | Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) | 45.55 | TLR: 68.47 RPC: 22.35 GO: 63.40 OI: 49.25 Perception: 6.97 | Private |
Note: The abbreviations that are used in this table mean as follows:
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