The first engineering college started in India was the University of Roorkee (the Year 1847, before designated as IIT). Coming to 2022, there are thousands of engineering colleges all over India. Students and Parents like to know about the rankings of engineering colleges in India so that they can target and get admission to one of the top engineering colleges in India.

We have prepared a list of the top 10 Engineering Colleges in India.

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The criteria for selecting the best engineering colleges depends on many factors. Some of these are:

• Academics and the quality of education
• Placements and average package offered to students
• Infrastructure and Practical knowledge
• Faculty qualifications and students’ demand
• Research, Productivity, Leadership, and Personality development of students

Note: This list is applicable for the year 2022 and is subject to change with each passing year.

List of top 10 Engineering Colleges in India

• 1. IIT Bombay
  IIT Bombay tops our list of Best Engineering Colleges in India. IIT Bombay is worldwide recognized for its research and innovations.
• 2. IIT Delhi
  IIT Delhi is number 2 on our list. The college has an excellent academic environment and infrastructure for undergraduate programs like B.Tech.
• 3. IIT Madras
  With 550 faculty members, 3000+ MS and Ph.D. research scholars, and more than 800 project staff, IIT Madras has a huge research park, creating a bridge between innovations created in the classroom and industry. IIT Madras is number 3 on our list.
• 4. IIT Kharagpur
  The first IIT to be established, IIT Kharagpur, has the largest campus and the most departments. IIT Kharagpur is number 4 on our list. IIT Kharagpur has become the country’s first institution to provide a course on ‘Industrial relations and Make in India: emerging trends’, a vision initiated by PM Modi and supported by the Indian Govt.
• 5. IIT Kanpur
  The first institute in India to offer Computer Science education, IIT Kanpur, bags the number 5 position on the list of best engineering colleges in India.
• 6. IIT-BHU
  IIT-BHU was designated an Indian Institute of Technology in 2012. IIT-BHU is on our list at number 6 because of the academic and quality education that the institute provides.
• 7. IIT Roorkee
  IIT Roorkee is number 7 on our list of top 10 engineering colleges in India. IIT Roorkee has a strong entrepreneurial culture, with many alumni who have moved on to found technological and social ventures in India and abroad.
• 8. IIIT Hyderabad
  Considered one of the top Computer Science institutes in the country, IIIT Hyderabad is the first non-IIT institute on our list. IIIT Hyderabad is an autonomous private university in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. IIIT Hyderabad has provided excellent placements to students in recent times.
• 9. BITS Pilani
  At number 9 on our list is BITS Pilani, also the best Private College for Engineering in India. BITS also has centers in Goa, Hyderabad, and Dubai. BITS conducts its own entrance exam, BITSAT, for admission to various programs at BITS centers.
• 10. NIT Trichy
  NIT Trichy is number 10 on our list. The institute is located on an 800-acre campus on the outskirts of Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. NIT Trichy is ranked as one of the top NIT for the last few years.

Disclaimer: This is not any government-approved list or based on an independent survey, but the work of the StudyRate internal research team which interacted with faculties, alumni, and present students of various colleges. Our list is not manipulative and favorable to any specific college or institute and we have kept in mind the above-mentioned factors as a criterion for choosing the best engineering colleges in India.

Related Page: NIRF list of Top 300 Engineering Colleges in the country.