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16 Faculty of Engineering, PES University, Bengaluru
17 ICFAI Tech (ICFAI University), Hyderabad
18 Sri Jayachamarajendra Engineering College (JSS Science &
1 Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) Technology University), Mysuru
2 Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani 18 Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad
2 School of Technology, Dhirubhai Ambani University, 19 Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai
Gandhinagar 19 Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai
3 Manipal Institute of Technology (Kar) 20 Coimbatore Institute of Technology
4 PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore 20 CMR Institute of Technology, Bengaluru
5 Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala 21 Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Sardar Patel College of
5 RV College of Engineering, Bengaluru Engineering, Mumbai
6 International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), 21 KJ Somaiya School of Engineering, Somaiya Vidyavihar
Hyderabad University, Mumbai
7 School of Engineering, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida 21 GITAM, Visakhapatnam
7 Hindustan Institute of Technology & Science, Chennai 22 RNS Institute of Technology, Bengaluru
8 SASTRA University, Thanjavur 22 Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
9 Mahindra University — École Centrale School of 23 New Horizon College of Engineering, Bengaluru
Engineering, Hyderabad 23 JSS Mahavidyapeetha JSS Academy of Technical Education,
10 SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Chennai Noida
10 Amrita School of Engineering (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham), 24 Dr. NGP Institute of Technology, Coimbatore
Coimbatore 24 RNG Patel Institute of Technology, Bardoli (Guj)
11 Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra 25 The National Institute of Engineering, Mysuru
12 SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRM Deemed 25 Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata
University), Chennai 25 Mukesh Patel School of Technology, Management and
13 The LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur Engineering (NMIMS Deemed University), Mumbai
14 BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru 25 Hindusthan College of Engineering and Technology (HICET),
15 Alagappa College of Engineering (Anna University), Chennai Coimbatore

leges, some of whom are closing the IITs/NITs versus rest
gap.
To compile the 2026-27 EW league table of India’s best
private engineering institutions, the well-known market
research company AZ Research Partners Pvt. Ltd, Bengalu-
ru, interviewed 2,175 sample respondents including higher
ed faculty, college students and industry representatives
countrywide. The sample respondents were persuaded to
rate engineering institutes/colleges (of whom they had
sufficient knowledge) on nine parameters of excellence --
faculty competence, career readiness/placement, research
and innovation, industry interface, value for money, in-
frastructure, faculty welfare, leadership and governance,
and curriculum and pedagogy. The scores awarded by re-
spondents under each parameter were totalled to rank the Vellore Institute of Technology students: free publicity loss
country’s Top 250 private engineering colleges/institutes
inter se. ranked #1 for three consecutive years (2023-25), obliged to
This year’s top table of India’s best private engineering share #2 rank with the School of Technology, Dhirub-
institutes has undergone a change in seating order. The hai Ambani University, Gandhinagar (2).
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Tamil Nadu Established in 1984 by former politician-turned-
ranked #2 in 2025-26 is promoted to #1 with the Birla philanthropist G. Viswanathan, and conferred deemed
Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani, university status in 2001, VIT operates five campuses in

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