Best Engineering Colleges in West Bengal (Rank-Wise): Candidates can check the Best Engineering Colleges in West Bengal here. Pursuing engineering from a top-ranked college is a dream that thousands of aspirants want to achieve. There are 100+ top colleges, both government-funded and private institutions. This list consists of some prestigious and renowned colleges of India, such as IIT Kharagpur, Jadhav university kolkata, NIT Durgapur and many more. As the WBJEE 2025 result is out, aspirants can go through thise page and prepare for the counselling process.
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The tuition fee ranges between Rs 35 thousand to Rs 1.76 Crore for a B.Tech, depending upon the college and course type, 4 colleges of West Bengal come under the top 100 NIRF Ranking, which implies best infrastructure, faculty, learning outcomes and placement opportunities.
Total engineering college in West Bengal : 89 private colleges and 27 Government institutions.
Popular entrance examination : WBJEE, JEE Main, JEE Advanced.
Counselling institutions : WBJEE Counselling, JoSSA etc.
For M.Tech courses, entrance exams like GATE and CUET-PG are commonly accepted.
Here is the curated list of top-ranked colleges in West Bengal, several colleges crossed many IITs in terms of overall performance and ranked above them. IIT Kharagpur, Jadavpur university kolkata, NIT Durgapur and IIEST Shibpur are reported as under 50 NIRF Ranking. Refer to the table given below for more details.
Institute Name | NIRF Ranking 2024 | Careers360 rating | Fees Tuition |
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | 5 | AAAAA | 881,300 |
Jadavpur University, Kolkata | 12 | AAAAA | 125,620 |
National Institute of Technology Durgapur | 44 | AAAAA | 624,700 |
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur | 49 | AAAAA | 544,000 |
101-150 | AAAA | 232,300 | |
101-150 | AAA | 1,076,000 | |
151-200 | AAAA+ | 803,500 | |
201-300 | AAAA | 577,700 | |
201-300 | AAAA | 651,900 | |
201-300 | AAAA | 699,900 |
Mentioned below are the names of best engineering colleges in West Bengal and their closing rank. Also find the BTech branch with lowest cutoff in the respective colleges.
Jadavpur university reported the lowest cutoff with Btech. Food Technology and Biochemical Engineering at rank 1603
Institute Name | Entrance Exam | Lowest Closing Cut off | Lowest Cut off Branch |
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | JEE Advanced | 10770 | B.Tech Agricultural and Food Engineering |
Jadavpur University, Kolkata | WBJEE Seats | 1603 | B.Tech Food Technology and Biochemical Engineering |
Jadavpur University, Kolkata | WBJEE Seats | 2687 | B.Tech Food Technology and Biochemical Engineering |
National Institute of Technology Durgapur | JEE Main Paper 1 | 52643 | B.Tech Biotechnology Engineering |
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur | JEE Main Paper 1 | 53757 | B.Tech Mining Engineering |
WBJEE Seats | 7544 | B.Tech Electronics Engineering VLSI Design and Technology | |
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WBJEE Seats | 68436 | B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering Networks | |
JEE(Main) Seats | 1362821 | B.Tech Civil Engineering | |
WBJEE Seats | 110520 | B.Tech Agricultural Engineering | |
JEE(Main) Seats | 1049651 | B.Tech Information Technology | |
WBJEE Seats | 111090 | B.Tech Information Technology | |
JEE(Main) Seats | 1228736 | B.Tech Mechanical Engineering | |
WBJEE Seats | 110314 | B.Tech Electrical Engineering |
On Question asked by student community
Hello,
A non-local student does not get full fee reimbursement through MHT-CET or WBJEE. Full fee reimbursement is usually given only to students who belong to the home state and satisfy the state-specific eligibility rules. In MHT-CET, only Maharashtra domicile candidates under valid categories are eligible for government fee reimbursement.
Hi dear candidate,
WBJEE, NIPER, JEE and GATE all are entrance exams for higher studies.
WBJEE is engineering entrance exam for West Bengal colleges.
NIPER is a PG program for admission in pharmacy masters or PhD programs.
JEE is all over India entrance exam for engineering.
GATE is all over
Hello dear candidate,
You cannot get admission later through WBJEE counselling for that year if you missed the decentralized counselling as it is the official last chance to get admission through WBJEE.
Only chance left is by management quota but the fees are very high.
The Mop Round for WBJEE B.Tech counselling in 2025 would be held in late 2025, after the main counselling and allotment rounds have concluded. You can also refer to the official website of WBJEE for further information or detailed information.
Hello,
With a rank of 10536 in WBJEE 2025, you would have a chance in the government engineering colleges, but you have to choose less popular branches where the competition is less or not crowded. Still, your chances of admission depend on factors like specific colleges, cutoffs, the demand of