Top Engineering colleges in Karnataka: NIRF ranking 2021
Explore Karnataka Engineering colleges ranked in the official NIRF 2021 list, including rank, score, city and private/government labels.
Karnataka Engineering ranking list
Avg score 39.3310 NITK Surathkal 64.19 3
- 2017: rank 22
- 2018: rank 21
- 2019: rank 21
- 2020: rank 13
- 2021: rank 10
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 12 places from #22 in 2017 to #10 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
51 Manipal Institute of Technology 48.17 6
- 2017: rank 43
- 2018: rank 39
- 2019: rank 43
- 2020: rank 45
- 2021: rank 51
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 8 places from #43 in 2017 to #51 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
57 Visvesvaraya Technological University 45.63 2
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 55
- 2021: rank 57
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 2 places from #55 in 2020 to #57 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
65 M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology 43.74 6
- 2017: rank 45
- 2018: rank 60
- 2019: rank 64
- 2020: rank 59
- 2021: rank 65
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 20 places from #45 in 2017 to #65 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
76 IIIT Bangalore 41.64 14
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 56
- 2019: rank 65
- 2020: rank 62
- 2021: rank 76
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 20 places from #56 in 2018 to #76 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
77 R.V. College of Engineering 41.52 7
- 2017: rank 49
- 2018: rank 58
- 2019: rank 63
- 2020: rank 70
- 2021: rank 77
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 28 places from #49 in 2017 to #77 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
83 PES University Bengaluru 41.06 10
- 2017: rank 86
- 2018: rank 87
- 2019: rank 149
- 2020: rank 93
- 2021: rank 83
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 3 places from #86 in 2017 to #83 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
98 B.M.S. College of Engineering 39.13 25
- 2017: rank 52
- 2018: rank 67
- 2019: rank 69
- 2020: rank 73
- 2021: rank 98
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 46 places from #52 in 2017 to #98 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
101 Siddaganga Institute of Technology 38.81 10
- 2017: rank 72
- 2018: rank 78
- 2019: rank 79
- 2020: rank 91
- 2021: rank 101
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 29 places from #72 in 2017 to #101 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
138 NMAM Institute of Technology 35.93 5
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 128
- 2020: rank 133
- 2021: rank 138
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 10 places from #128 in 2019 to #138 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
139 P E S College of Engineering 35.89 8
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 161
- 2020: rank 147
- 2021: rank 139
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 22 places from #161 in 2019 to #139 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
141 New Horizon College of Engineering 35.87 27
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 99
- 2019: rank 106
- 2020: rank 114
- 2021: rank 141
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 42 places from #99 in 2018 to #141 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
152 BMS Institute of Technology & Management 35.10 17
- 2017: rank 95
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 157
- 2020: rank 169
- 2021: rank 152
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 57 places from #95 in 2017 to #152 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
157 Jain university 34.72 40
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 115
- 2020: rank 117
- 2021: rank 157
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 42 places from #115 in 2019 to #157 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
168 Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology 34.14 40
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 100
- 2019: rank 142
- 2020: rank 128
- 2021: rank 168
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 68 places from #100 in 2018 to #168 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
180 KLE Technological University 33.58 44
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 159
- 2020: rank 136
- 2021: rank 180
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 21 places from #159 in 2019 to #180 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
188 JSS Science and Technology University 33.04 56
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 120
- 2020: rank 132
- 2021: rank 188
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 68 places from #120 in 2019 to #188 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
193 C M R Institute of Technology 32.56 19
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 174
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: rank 193
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 19 places from #174 in 2019 to #193 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
196 The National Institute of Engineering 32.52 21
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 178
- 2020: rank 175
- 2021: rank 196
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 18 places from #178 in 2019 to #196 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
Data source: NIRF, Ministry of Education, Government of India. Ownership labels apply only to institutions classified in the NIRFRank database.
Karnataka ranking questions
Which is the top Engineering college in Karnataka as per NIRF 2021?
NITK Surathkal is the top Karnataka entry, ranked #10 with a score of 64.19.
Does this include private colleges?
Yes. Private and government labels appear when the institution is resolved in NIRFRank's curated registry.
How many Karnataka colleges are in the NIRF 2021 list?
19 ranked colleges are shown across 11 cities in this state.
What does the rank trend inside each row show?
Open any row to see that college's NIRF Engineering rank across the latest available editions.