Scholarships for Engineering Students 2024 - How to Get 100% Scholarship in Engineering Colleges

Scholarships for Engineering Students 2024 - How to Get 100% Scholarship in Engineering Colleges

Team Careers360Updated on 04 Aug 2025, 07:01 PM IST

How to get 100% scholarship in engineering colleges- Pursuing an engineering degree opens up a myriad of opportunities for the aspirants to gain exciting job prospects within or outside the country as well as to continue higher education, either in India or abroad. However, engineering is a very specialised course that might be beyond the financial reach of some aspirants. Hence, engineering colleges offer financial assistance to students in the form of scholarships to help ease the monetary load and allow meritorious and deserving students to pursue engineering. While universities have their criteria regarding scholarships for engineering students, the general prerequisites to offer a full scholarship include being a state topper or a topper in the entrance exams like IIT JEE 2024 or SRMJEEE 2024 or performing exceptionally well in the 12th standard exams i.e. securing a percentage above 80 to 90.

Scholarships for Engineering Students 2024 - How to Get 100% Scholarship in Engineering Colleges
How to Get 100% Scholarship in Engineering Colleges

Eligibility Criteria to Get 100% scholarship in Engineering Colleges

While each university tends to have its own criteria for 100% scholarships for engineering students, the general criteria include the following

  • Maintain high academic records. This is proof that the candidate is serious about the scholarship they are receiving and will continue to deserve to receive the scholarship.

  • Gain top scores in the entrance tests as a lot of scholarships are based on the score or ranks gained by the candidates in their entrance tests

  • Candidates belonging to certain reservation categories are also eligible to get scholarships.

  • It is also advisable to participate in extracurricular activities during the course years, as many universities emphasize the students' overall development and not just their academic performances.

How to get 100% scholarship in engineering colleges?

Getting a 100% scholarship in engineering colleges is a very rare feat, however, with the right score and by meeting the eligibility criteria, the candidates can gain a 100% scholarship and make their 4 years of engineering degree a financially independent one. The following are some of the engineering universities that offer 100% placement to meritorious students.

100% scholarship: Criteria and Ranks

College

Name of scholarship

Criteria

Ranks

VIT Vellore and other campuses

GV School Development Programme" (GVSDP)


Toppers of Central/ State Board

STARS

Students from rural backgrounds, family income <1.5 LPA

Top score in 12th

SRM University Chennai and other campuses

a) Founder’s Scholarship

SRMJEEE

SRMJEEE Rank 1-100

IIT JEE (Mains)

IIT JEE (Mains) Rank up to 2000

State Toppers

State and CBSE

District Toppers

within Tamil Nadu



Tamil Nadu State Board, CBSE

Early Bird

Extremely Meritorious Students

Sports

State, National, and International

Merit Scholarship

SRMJEE Merit

Scholarship

SRMJEEE Rank 101-500

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore

Amrita Chancellor scholarship

>80% in Grade 12 / UG/ PG


Thapar University - Thapar Institute of Engineering

MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS-I

Aggregate Marks* > 95% at 10+2 level


Amity University, Noida

On Admission Scholarship

95% & above Aggregate in XII (CBSE/ISC Only)


Scholarship based on JEE Score- 2024 and Class XII-2024

97-100% in JEE


Ahmedabad University

Ahmedabad Fellowships

Top rank in JEE, students outside of Gujarat


Apart from the above-mentioned scholarships for engineering students, Candidates belonging to backward castes are eligible for scholarships given by the respective state governments. This information can be gathered by enquiring in the university offices about which scholarship is the candidate eligible for based on different factors.

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With your JEE Main CRL 476199 and OBC rank 173160, admission to Civil Engineering at Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology (IGIT), Sarang under JoSAA counseling is highly unlikely, since even civil branch closing ranks in IGIT usually remain within 50k–80k CRL (general) and much lower for OBC. However, you may try through state counseling (Odisha JEE) where cutoffs are sometimes more flexible, but chances are still very low. You should keep other private/state colleges as backup.

Hey! With a JEE Main rank of around 1 lakh, you still have a good chance to get admission in several engineering colleges that provide quality education at a reasonable fee. For government colleges, you can aim for NITs or GFTIs in branches like Civil, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering, as these usually have slightly higher closing ranks. For example, colleges like NIT Goa, NIT Puducherry, and NIT Srinagar might have seats available in certain branches.


Apart from NITs, state government engineering colleges are also a good option, especially under home state quota. They often have lower tuition fees and good faculty, so you can get a solid education without spending much.


If you are open to private colleges, there are options like VIT Vellore, KIIT Bhubaneswar, or Amity University that provide decent infrastructure and placements. However, the fees may be higher than government colleges.


My advice is to focus on branches that are less competitive, check all counseling rounds, and make use of state quotas if applicable. With proper planning, a rank of 1 lakh can still help you get a good college and start your engineering career success

fully.