National Engineering College NIRF ranking 2022
Explore National Engineering College NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Engineering #169 in NIRF 2022.
National Engineering College
Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu · NIRF ID IR-E-C-27089
At a glance
National Engineering College is a private institution in Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu. Its best current NIRF result is #169 in Engineering (2022). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 80.1% and a ₹3.6L median annual salary for the 2020-21 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 2,565 students.
2020-21
551 / 688
NIRF 2022
full + part-time
NIRF Engineering journey & 2022 category scoreboard
Rank in every category published for this edition. Open any category to understand its result and movement.
EngineeringNIRF 2022 Rank#169 Score35.58
NIRF Engineering journey
Rank #166 → #169 since 2019; score 31.85 → 35.58.
The rank line is National Engineering College's all-India position in NIRF Engineering: #166 in 2019 to #169 in 2022. Lower is better.
Engineering 2022 summary
- Current rank
- #169
- Score (out of 100)
- 35.58
- Last year rank
- #191
- Movement vs previous
- 22
- Best rank
- #166
- Ranking trend
- Improving
Placements — official numbers
UG placement rate 67.3% → 80.1%; latest median salary ₹3.6L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.
- 551 placed — 80.1% of the batch
- 51 chose higher studies
- 86 reported another outcome
Half of the 551 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.
- Seven-year high
- ₹3.6L
- Placement rate
- 80.1%
Salary and placement rate, year by year
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 67.3% to 80.1%. The reported median salary moved from ₹1.2L in 2015-16 to ₹3.6L in 2020-21.
PG (two-year) placements
Latest three graduating batches.
Who studies here
Student strength from the NIRF 2022 submission.
Research & PhD
Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.
Where the institution spends its money
Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹14.95 Cr → ₹13.97 Cr. Latest library expenditure is below the first reported year.
Year by year, 2016-17–2020-21
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: ₹14.95 Cr in 2016-17 to ₹13.97 Cr in 2020-21. Latest reported library spending is ₹0.03 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹0.81 Cr.
Official sources
Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.
The five NIRF pillars
Graduation Outcomes (GO) improved most: 43.6 → 51.3. Perception (PR) 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. National Engineering College improved most in Graduation Outcomes (GO) (43.6 → 51.3). Its latest strongest pillar is Teaching & Resources (TLR) at 55.5, while Perception (PR) is lowest at 2.6.
Questions about National Engineering College
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
National Engineering College ranking questions
What is National Engineering College NIRF ranking 2022?
National Engineering College's best listed NIRF 2022 result on NIRFRank is Engineering rank #169 with a score of 35.58.
Which NIRF categories include National Engineering College in 2022?
National Engineering College appears in the NIRF 2022 Engineering ranking categories on this profile.
Is National Engineering College private or government?
National Engineering College is marked as a private institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is National Engineering College located?
National Engineering College is listed in Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu.
Students also ask
What is the median placement salary of National Engineering College graduates?
The official submission reports a ₹3.6L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2020-21, with 551 of 688 graduates placed (80.1%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹3.2L.
What is National Engineering College's best NIRF category?
Engineering is its best current result at #169 in NIRF 2022, with a score of 35.58.
How many students does National Engineering College have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 2,565 students, including 8 from outside the state and 0 international students.
Is National Engineering College improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 6.1 in 2019 to 12.1 in 2022. The latest disclosure also reports 55 PhD scholars.
How much does National Engineering College spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹13.97 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹0.81 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹0.03 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 2022 edition.