Top Engineering colleges in Karnataka: NIRF ranking 2023
Explore Karnataka Engineering colleges ranked in the official NIRF 2023 list, including rank, score, city and private/government labels.
Karnataka Engineering ranking list
Avg score 49.0612 NITK Surathkal 65.26 2
- 2019: rank 21
- 2020: rank 13
- 2021: rank 10
- 2022: rank 10
- 2023: rank 12
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 9 places from #21 in 2019 to #12 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
52 Visvesvaraya Technological University 51.38 3
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 55
- 2021: rank 57
- 2022: rank 49
- 2023: rank 52
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 3 places from #55 in 2020 to #52 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
61 Manipal Institute of Technology 49.62 6
- 2019: rank 43
- 2020: rank 45
- 2021: rank 51
- 2022: rank 55
- 2023: rank 61
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 18 places from #43 in 2019 to #61 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
74 IIIT Bangalore 46.58 7
- 2019: rank 65
- 2020: rank 62
- 2021: rank 76
- 2022: rank 81
- 2023: rank 74
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 9 places from #65 in 2019 to #74 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
78 M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology 45.99 11
- 2019: rank 64
- 2020: rank 59
- 2021: rank 65
- 2022: rank 67
- 2023: rank 78
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 14 places from #64 in 2019 to #78 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
93 IIT Dharwad 42.36 NEW
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: not ranked
- 2022: not ranked
- 2023: rank 93
Lower rank is better.
Ranked #93 in both 2023 and 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
96 R.V. College of Engineering 42.22 7
- 2019: rank 63
- 2020: rank 70
- 2021: rank 77
- 2022: rank 89
- 2023: rank 96
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 33 places from #63 in 2019 to #96 in 2023.
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 2023?
NITK Surathkal is the top Karnataka entry, ranked #12 with a score of 65.26.
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 2023 list?
7 ranked colleges are shown across 5 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.