NIRF 2025

Kongu Engineering College NIRF ranking 2025

Explore Kongu Engineering College NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends.

Kongu Engineering College

Perundurai, Tamil Nadu · NIRF ID IR-E-C-37065

Private institution 0 categories in 2025 6,836 students
Ranking edition · Profile data year NIRF 2025 snapshot
Official-data brief

At a glance

Kongu Engineering College is a private institution in Perundurai, Tamil Nadu. Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 81.4% and a ₹3.5L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 6,836 students.

₹3.5LUG median salary
2023-24
81.4% UG placed
1,066 / 1,310
#—Overall rank
NIRF 2025
221PhD scholars
full + part-time

NIRF Engineering journey & 2025 category scoreboard

Rank in every category published for this edition. Open any category to understand its result and movement.

Placements — official numbers

UG placement rate 67.2% → 81.4%; latest median salary ₹3.5L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.

What happened to the UG batch? 1,310 graduates
81.4%
  • 1,066 placed — 81.4% of the batch
  • 48 chose higher studies
  • 196 reported another outcome
Median salary · 2023-24 ₹3.5L

Half of the 1,066 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.

Seven-year high
₹3.5L
Placement rate
81.4%

Salary and placement rate, year by year

Median salary (₹L)Placement rate %

What this means: These are graduate outcomes, not staff pay. Median salary means half of placed graduates earned more and half earned less, so one unusually large offer cannot distort it like an average. The placement rate rose from 67.2% to 81.4%. The reported median salary moved from ₹2.92L in 2017-18 to ₹3.5L in 2023-24.

PG (two-year) placements

Latest three graduating batches.

BatchPlacedRateMedian
2021-22 26 / 55 47.3% ₹4L
2022-23 29 / 41 70.7% ₹4L
2023-24 22 / 40 55.0% ₹3L

Who studies here

Student strength from the NIRF 2025 submission.

Total students6,836All reported programmes
From outside the state1.2%85 students
International0Students from outside India
Women31.3%2,143 students
Full fee reimbursement340Funded by the institution
Largest programme group6,766UG [4 Years Program(s)]

Research & PhD

Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.

PhD scholars22138 full-time · 183 part-time
PhDs awarded 2023-242426 in 2021-22 → 24 in 2023-24
Sponsored projects53Peak reported year 2022-23
RPC pillar score14.5Was 8.0 in 2021

Where the institution spends its money

Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹39.65 Cr → ₹48.08 Cr.

Faculty & staff salaries₹48.08 Cr₹39.65 Cr in 2017-18 → +21%
Academic maintenance₹33.71 CrConsumables and infrastructure upkeep
Lab equipment₹3.71 CrNew equipment in the latest reported year
Library₹1.76 CrBooks, journals and databases

Year by year, 2017-18–2023-24

Library (₹Cr)Lab equipment (₹Cr)Faculty & staff salaries (₹Cr)

Keep these charts separate: This chart is what the institution spends, while the placement chart is what graduates earn. The salary line is the faculty and staff pay bill: ₹39.65 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹48.08 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹1.76 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹3.71 Cr.

Official sources

Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.

The five NIRF pillars

Research (RPC) improved most: 8.0 → 14.5. Research (RPC) is the lowest latest pillar.

What the lines mean: Each line is a score out of 100: TLR covers teaching and resources, RPC research, GO graduation outcomes, OI outreach and inclusion, and PR peer perception. Kongu Engineering College improved most in Research (RPC) (8.0 → 14.5). Its latest strongest pillar is Teaching & Resources (TLR) at 58.8, while Research (RPC) is lowest at 14.5.

Questions about Kongu Engineering College

Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.

Kongu Engineering College ranking questions

Is Kongu Engineering College private or government?

Kongu Engineering College is marked as a private institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.

Where is Kongu Engineering College located?

Kongu Engineering College is listed in Perundurai, Tamil Nadu.

Students also ask

What is the median placement salary of Kongu Engineering College graduates?

The official submission reports a ₹3.5L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 1,066 of 1,310 graduates placed (81.4%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹3L.

How many students does Kongu Engineering College have?

The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 6,836 students, including 85 from outside the state and 0 international students.

Is Kongu Engineering College improving in research?

Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 8.0 in 2021 to 14.5 in 2022. The latest disclosure also reports 221 PhD scholars.

How much does Kongu Engineering College spend on faculty, labs and its library?

Latest reported expenditure includes ₹48.08 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹3.71 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹1.76 Cr for the library. These are institution expenses, not graduate placement salaries.

Data source: NIRF, Ministry of Education, Government of India. Ranking cards and deep-profile facts are limited to official data published through the selected 2025 edition.