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Cover Story EW India Private Engineering Colleges Rankings 2026-27

Top 250 Private Engineering Colleges league table

Competence of faculty Curriculum & pedagogy Research and innovation Leadership/ governance TOTAL SCORE (2300)

Rank Faculty welfare & development (200) Industry interface (300) Infrastructure (300) Career readiness & placement (200) Value for money (200) NIRF 2025* Rank
2023 2024 2025 2026 (350) (250) (300) quality (200)

3 3 2 1 Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) 342 179 239 281 264 290 180 183 168 2126 16
1 1 1 2 Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani 340 180 243 282 275 280 178 185 154 2117 11
3 4 2 2 School of Technology, Dhirubhai Ambani University,
Gandhinagar 342 183 243 281 256 284 178 183 167 2117 201-300
6 5 5 3 Manipal Institute of Technology (Kar) 340 184 239 277 271 287 173 181 160 2112 59
4 5 4 4 PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore 336 181 242 280 268 286 171 181 163 2108 67
5 6 6 5 Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala 338 182 237 279 261 288 173 182 166 2106 29
6 6 5 5 RV College of Engineering, Bengaluru 335 182 241 276 269 286 171 182 164 2106 101-150
2 2 3 6 International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT),
Hyderabad 337 177 246 283 240 287 174 181 160 2085 38
8 9 8 7 School of Engineering, Shiv Nadar University,
Greater Noida 335 175 240 280 265 281 173 178 156 2083 NR
9 8 8 7 Hindustan Institute of Technology & Science, Chennai 331 173 236 281 268 279 172 179 164 2083 101-150
9 11 10 8 SASTRA University, Thanjavur 323 172 238 275 274 287 170 178 162 2079 40
5 7 6 9 Mahindra University - École Centrale School of
Engineering, Hyderabad 337 173 235 274 268 282 165 180 161 2075 101-150
7 7 7 10 SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Chennai 332 179 242 281 256 281 161 176 155 2063 NR
10 10 11 10 Amrita School of Engineering (Amrita Vishwa
Vidyapeetham), Coimbatore 330 173 235 279 271 279 164 177 155 2063 23
8 10 12 11 Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra 315 174 237 277 269 287 162 175 160 2056 51
11 13 14 12 SRM Institute of Science and Technology
(SRM Deemed University), Chennai 331 173 236 273 264 274 159 175 164 2049 14
15 17 17 13 The LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur 321 167 234 269 261 287 166 175 161 2041 201-300
7 8 9 14 BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru 315 174 232 271 267 286 158 171 160 2034 151-200
15 17 18 15 Alagappa College of Engineering (Anna University),
Chennai 330 172 234 263 266 279 154 177 155 2030 NR
10 12 13 16 Faculty of Engineering, PES University, Bengaluru 320 172 225 260 262 281 161 171 154 2006 101-150
16 18 21 17 ICFAI Tech (ICFAI University), Hyderabad 317 169 212 266 267 279 159 167 144 1980 NR
13 15 15 18 Sri Jayachamarajendra Engineering College
(JSS Science & Technology University), Mysuru 315 167 217 268 258 271 153 173 150 1972 201-300
23 27 45 18 Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad 314 165 216 261 267 274 151 175 149 1972 101-150
12 14 16 19 Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai 312 171 211 267 253 278 153 171 147 1963 101-150
18 19 26 19 Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology,
Chennai 315 169 219 255 257 277 152 170 149 1963 67
14 16 19 20 Coimbatore Institute of Technology 312 163 217 257 257 278 148 165 151 1948 101-150
19 21 34 20 CMR Institute of Technology, Bengaluru 321 161 228 265 245 275 144 166 143 1948 151-200
16 18 20 21 Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Sardar Patel College of
Engineering, Mumbai 332 169 225 268 187 278 150 169 155 1933 NR
19 21 32 21 KJ Somaiya School of Engineering, Somaiya
Vidyavihar University, Mumbai 325 166 233 263 207 278 145 164 152 1933 NR
23 28 43 21 GITAM, Visakhapatnam 315 164 228 255 239 269 149 165 149 1933 101-150
NR NR 22 22 RNS Institute of Technology, Bengaluru 309 172 205 257 247 278 143 180 124 1915 NR

NB: NR= Not Ranked; NIRF= National Institutional Ranking Framework, 2025 of the Union education ministry

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