Top Engineering colleges in Punjab: NIRF ranking 2021
Explore Punjab Engineering colleges ranked in the official NIRF 2021 list, including rank, score, city and private/government labels.
Punjab Engineering ranking list
Avg score 43.1119 IIT Ropar 58.09 6
- 2017: rank 21
- 2018: rank 22
- 2019: rank 29
- 2020: rank 25
- 2021: rank 19
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 2 places from #21 in 2017 to #19 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
23 Thapar Patiala 56.76 6
- 2017: rank 26
- 2018: rank 20
- 2019: rank 23
- 2020: rank 29
- 2021: rank 23
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 3 places from #26 in 2017 to #23 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
49 NIT Jalandhar 49.01 3
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 74
- 2019: rank 113
- 2020: rank 52
- 2021: rank 49
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 25 places from #74 in 2018 to #49 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
61 Chandigarh University 45.01 23
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 117
- 2020: rank 84
- 2021: rank 61
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 56 places from #117 in 2019 to #61 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
66 LPU 43.69 21
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 125
- 2020: rank 87
- 2021: rank 66
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 59 places from #125 in 2019 to #66 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
113 Chitkara University 37.50 68
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 181
- 2021: rank 113
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 68 places from #181 in 2020 to #113 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
120 Punjab Technical University 37.15 16
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 96
- 2020: rank 104
- 2021: rank 120
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 24 places from #96 in 2019 to #120 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
147 Chandigarh Engineering College 35.42 NEW
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: rank 147
Lower rank is better.
Ranked #147 in both 2021 and 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
161 SLIET Longowal 34.52 24
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 133
- 2020: rank 137
- 2021: rank 161
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 28 places from #133 in 2019 to #161 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top engineering institutions.
172 Guru Nanak Dev University 33.98 NEW
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: rank 172
Lower rank is better.
Ranked #172 in both 2021 and 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.
Punjab ranking questions
Which is the top Engineering college in Punjab as per NIRF 2021?
IIT Ropar is the top Punjab entry, ranked #19 with a score of 58.09.
Does this include private colleges?
Yes. Private and government labels appear when the institution is resolved in NIRFRank's curated registry.
How many Punjab colleges are in the NIRF 2021 list?
10 ranked colleges are shown across 10 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.