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Cover Story EW India Private University Rankings 2025-26

Top-ranked private engineering & technology universities

Competence of faculty Curriculum & pedagogy Industry interface (100) Leadership / governance programmes offered (100) TOTAL SCORE (1300)

Rank Faculty welfare & development (100) Research and innovation (300) Placement (100) Infrastructure (150) Internationalism (100) Range/diversity of NIRF 2024* Rank

2022 2023 2024 2025 (150) (100) quality (100)

1 1 1 1 Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS),
Pilani 148 90 276 88 85 90 146 84 93 75 1175 19
3 2 2 2 Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) University 144 87 274 85 84 88 143 81 89 77 1152 10
2 2 2 3 Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology
(Deemed University), Patiala 145 89 254 87 87 87 144 82 90 79 1144 29
4 3 3 4 International Institute of Information Technology
(IIIT), Hyderabad 145 88 185 88 88 85 141 85 79 66 1050 74
21 8 6 5 Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 140 67 255 70 73 72 138 71 77 71 1034 27
7 6 5 5 BML Munjal University, Gurugram 146 82 191 79 78 76 143 78 85 76 1034 NR
6 4 6 6 SRM Institute of Science and Technology
(Deemed University), Chennai 143 69 262 75 71 76 131 66 71 66 1030 12
5 3 4 7 Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and
Communication Technology, Gandhinagar 143 81 175 82 79 86 144 82 83 73 1028 201-300
8 5 7 8 Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research
Academy (SASTRA Deemed University), Thanjavur 142 81 200 83 80 77 134 72 77 70 1016 28
5 5 7 9 Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (Ranchi) 140 86 196 75 81 79 137 73 77 64 1008 82
9 9 8 10 Hindustan Institute of Technology & Science
(Deemed University), Chennai 130 71 179 68 80 77 133 72 78 77 965 101-150
10 10 8 11 TERI School of Advanced Studies
(Deemed University), Delhi 139 76 191 80 66 73 126 63 73 70 957 NR
11 7 9 12 PES University, Bengaluru 138 74 141 83 79 69 141 74 80 72 951 151-200
10 10 10 13 SRM University, Sonipat 133 73 150 78 75 75 138 75 71 69 937 NR
13 10 11 14 Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (Deemed
University), Noida 138 73 134 79 73 74 132 67 76 68 914 101-150
16 11 12 15 VIT Bhopal University 127 67 184 71 72 71 120 61 65 62 900 NR
17 13 13 16 Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan 126 63 171 73 68 65 115 70 72 62 885 NR
NR NR NR 16 SRM University, Guntur 128 65 172 71 67 64 117 68 69 64 885 NR
10 12 14 17 NIIT University, Neemrana (Raj) 138 74 116 74 73 67 128 74 70 62 876 NR
14 14 15 18 KLE Academy of Higher Education & Research
(Deemed University), Belagavi 136 65 126 66 76 72 126 65 71 62 865 101-150
NR NR 20 19 Plaksha University, Mohali 131 68 142 69 62 55 121 63 60 66 837 NR
18 18 18 20 Dayalbagh Educational Institute
(Deemed University), Agra 134 64 130 65 59 67 118 62 70 67 836 101-150
19 16 17 21 Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education
(Deemed University), Krishnankoil (TN) 123 58 182 62 57 54 118 57 62 61 834 30
26 19 20 22 Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of
Science and Technology (Deemed University), Chennai 119 62 133 67 62 58 119 63 61 69 813 96
23 20 20 23 Sir Padampat Singhania University, Udaipur 131 60 125 67 59 64 120 64 61 61 812 NR
15 17 19 24 KL Deemed University, Guntur 131 69 116 68 62 60 118 63 63 57 807 NR
NR NR NR 24 GH Raisoni International Skill Tech University, Pune 122 59 134 65 59 60 119 61 60 68 807 NR
24 15 16 25 Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences
(Deemed University), Coimbatore 121 66 131 64 56 61 119 64 62 57 801 101-150

NB: NR= Not Ranked; NIRF= National Institutional Ranking Framework, 2024 of the Union education ministry

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