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Cover Story EW India Private Engineering Colleges Rankings 2026-27

Competence of faculty Curriculum & pedagogy Industry interface (300) Research and innovation Leadership/ governance TOTAL SCORE (2300)

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

NR 130 163 162 Nutan Maharashtra Institute of Engineering &
Technology, Pune 232 120 141 155 120 221 105 126 121 1341 NR
85 131 165 162 Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil College of Engineering, Satara 218 127 147 154 116 224 111 129 115 1341 NR
NR NR 166 163 SR Institute of Management & Technology, Lucknow 252 117 158 212 172 140 69 140 78 1338 NR
91 140 175 164 IES College of Technology, Bhopal 243 106 166 158 132 216 92 123 101 1337 201-300
NR NR 170 164 Satyug Darshan Institute of Engineering & Technology,
Faridabad 258 104 152 217 179 133 75 145 74 1337 NR
91 143 174 164 JSPM’s Imperial College of Engineering & Research,
Wagholi, Pune 220 118 147 160 121 220 115 106 130 1337 NR
86 132 166 165 RMK College of Engineering & Technology, Tiruvallur 233 99 158 179 130 215 105 117 100 1336 201-300
86 135 169 165 SKP Engineering College, Tiruvannamalai 235 108 161 162 131 221 98 118 102 1336 NR
89 139 173 166 PVG’s College of Engineering, Technology &
Management, Pune 225 125 144 159 124 235 96 127 100 1335 NR
NR NR NR 166 Sharad Institute of Technology College of Engineering,
Kolhapur 230 117 148 167 119 222 105 120 107 1335 NR
90 142 171 167 Rayat-Bahra Institute of Engineering & Nano
Technology, Hoshiarpur 233 114 145 169 121 222 106 118 106 1334 NR
95 147 178 168 Shri Vaishnav Institute of Technology and Science
(Shri Vaishnav Vidyapeeth Vishwavidyalaya), Indore 255 97 155 164 121 215 95 118 103 1323 NR
92 146 179 169 RMD Sinhgad School of Engineering, Pune 220 110 149 159 126 220 110 113 115 1322 NR
NR NR NR 169 CGC College of Engineering, Landran, Mohali 253 97 157 164 124 216 94 117 100 1322 151-200
94 145 178 170 Excel Engineering College (Autonomous), Namakkal 250 99 147 161 132 224 99 116 93 1321 NR
90 141 176 171 ISBM College of Engineering, Pune 221 112 136 160 124 220 114 113 120 1320 NR
NR NR 188 172 Sir Padampat Singhania University, Udaipur 243 129 125 116 131 167 126 144 131 1312 NR
89 138 177 172 AC Patil College of Engineering, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 233 115 140 151 115 214 111 114 119 1312 NR
93 144 179 173 SA Engineering College, Poonamallee, Chennai 241 95 153 154 131 220 98 118 101 1311 NR
97 152 182 173 Laxmi Institute of Technology, Laxmi Vidyapeeth,
Sarigam, Valsad 251 96 145 154 121 221 104 115 104 1311 NR
98 153 185 174 ICFAI Tech School (ICFAI University), Dehradun 245 107 161 153 125 213 95 112 97 1308 NR
94 147 181 174 Kamaraj College of Engineering and Technology,
Vellakulam (TN) 240 115 147 157 128 217 97 110 97 1308 NR
95 149 180 175 Jeppiaar Engineering College, Chennai 250 92 158 152 128 221 93 116 95 1305 NR
NR NR 183 176 Global Institute of Technology and Management,
Gurugram 254 94 148 220 184 134 66 130 71 1301 NR
100 157 186 177 ICFAI Tech (ICFAI University), Jaipur 236 98 153 160 129 216 92 125 91 1300 NR
NR 150 184 177 Poornima College of Engineering
(Poornima University), Jaipur 250 98 150 145 119 225 99 115 99 1300 NR
NR NR 185 178 United Institute of Technology, Coimbatore 251 93 147 218 175 135 73 125 80 1297 NR
96 151 185 179 Gateway Institute of Engineering and Technology,
Sonipat 244 96 156 157 123 212 96 111 98 1293 NR
97 153 184 180 Rajshree Institute of Management and Technology,
Bareilly 249 94 145 152 122 222 95 112 98 1289 NR
100 158 190 180 BN College of Engineering & Technology, Lucknow 236 95 158 161 122 212 92 116 97 1289 NR
NR NR 194 181 Nehru Institute of Engineering & Technology, Coimbatore 238 87 144 220 166 139 75 138 80 1287 NR
103 161 194 182 ICFAI Tech School (ICFAI University), Tripura 238 91 141 147 134 218 99 118 99 1285 NR

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

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