Top 100 engineering colleges in India (NIRF 2025)
The 100 engineering institutes ranked highest in NIRF India Rankings 2025, the Ministry of Education’s official ranking, in rank order. For each one: city and state, the entrance exam, and the annual B.Tech fee.
- Colleges ranked
- 100
- Rank 1
- IIT Madras
- IITs and NITs in the list
- 22 IITs · 23 NITs
- In Maharashtra
- 6
NIRF 2025 engineering ranking
1 of 100 colleges| Rank | College |
|---|---|
| 96 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management GwaliorGwalior, Madhya Pradesh · IIITJEE Main · ₹2,10,000 a year |
The order is the official one: NIRF India Rankings 2025, Engineering. We do not rank colleges ourselves. Fees are one year of B.Tech tuition and compulsory institute fees for a general-category student, without hostel and mess, from each institute’s own fee notice. “–” means we have not confirmed the figure yet.
FAQs
Which is the top ranked engineering college in India in 2025?
Indian Institute of Technology Madras is ranked 1 in NIRF India Rankings 2025 (Engineering), with a score of 88.72. The first five are IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur and IIT Kharagpur.
How many IITs and NITs are in the top 100?
Of the 100 ranked colleges, 22 are IITs, 23 are NITs, 1 is an IIIT and 3 are GFTIs. The other 51 are universities and colleges outside these groups, 36 of them private.
Which Maharashtra colleges are in the NIRF top 100 for engineering?
6 colleges in Maharashtra are in the list: IIT Bombay (rank 3), ICT Mumbai (rank 41), VNIT (rank 44), SIT Pune (rank 46), COEP (rank 90) and DIAT (rank 92).
Which states have the most colleges in the top 100?
Tamil Nadu (14), Karnataka (7), Punjab (7), Uttar Pradesh (7) and Delhi (6) have the most. In all, the 100 colleges are in 25 states and union territories.
What is NIRF and how does it rank engineering colleges?
NIRF is the National Institutional Ranking Framework of the Ministry of Education, Government of India. It scores each institute on five groups of parameters: teaching, learning and resources; research and professional practice; graduation outcomes; outreach and inclusivity; and perception. The engineering list is published once a year, and the first 100 institutes get an exact rank.
Does a higher NIRF rank mean a better college for me?
Not always. The rank describes the whole institute, not your branch. Your branch, fees, location and the closing rank or percentile for your category matter as much. Use the rank as one input, then check the cut-offs and placements on each college page.