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Special: 1.01 million engineering seats across India!

Special: 1.01 million engineering seats across India!

Edited By Team Careers360 | Updated on Mar 18, 2013 05:59 PM IST

FROM close to 1,500 institutes and 5 lakh seats in 2005-06 to 3,000 colleges & 10 lakh+ seats in 2009-10, the options for an aspiring engineer has  simply doubled in the last four years. From the problem of “too few” to the problem of plenty, zeroing in on a right college and right branch is a difficult task for both, students and parents.

Special: 1.01 million engineering seats across India!
Special: 1.01 million engineering seats across India!

To help you skillfully navigate this plethora of options, Careers360 presents, the engineering pie, sliced discipline-wise and region-wise. From the most popular disciplines like Computer Science and Electronics & Communication to sunrise branches like Biomedical and Mechatronics, from 77 institutes in Bangalore city to the lone  institute in Arunachal Pradesh, we have it all here. 

Get all the information related to engineering education in your zone/ state by clicking on the name of your respective state in listing below. Get information on exams, disciplines, seats and more.

DISCIPLINE CODES

AERO: Aeronautical

   AUT: Automobile

ARCH: Architecture

 AGRI: Agriculture

 AE&I: Applied Electronics & Instrumentation

      BI: Bio Informatics

    BM: Bio Medical

     BT: Biotechnology

  CHE: Chemical

     CE: Civil

  CSE: Computer Science

  ECE: Electronics & Communication

 EEE:  Electrical & Electronics

  E&I:  Electronics &     Instrumentation

    EL:  Electrical

  ELE:  Electronics

     FT:  Food Technology

      IT:  Information Technology

    ME:  Mechanical

    MT:  Metallurgy

   MIN:  Mining

    IPE:  Industrial & Production

PROD: Production

   TEX:  Textile

 

Break-up of 1.01 million Engineering seats in India

INSTITUTE

SEATS

IIT-JEE

15 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), ISM Dhanbad, IT-BHU

8,384

5 Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs)

386

AIEEE

20 National Institutes of Technology (NITs)

13,248

5 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs, IIITDM)

698

24 Self-Financed Deemed Universities/Universities/Other Institutions

10,316

 

11 Other Central/State Government Funded Institutions

1,313

Total

25,575

Institutes admitting through ENAT/others

Manipal Institute of Technology, Karnataka

1025

Manav Rachna International University, Haryana

1600

Subharti University, UP

360

Sharda University, UP

1080

Shri JJ Tibrewala University, Rajasthan

300

Mahatma Jyoti Rao Phoole University, Rajasthan

540

St. Peter’s University, Tamil Nadu

1120

Shridhar University, Rajasthan

600

Total

6625

Institutes admitting through own exams

BITS, Pilani (BITSAT)

837

BITS, Goa (BITSAT)

599

BITS, Hyderabad (BITSAT)

534

VIT, Vellore (VITEEE)

2043

SRM, Chennai (SRMEEE)

4965

Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore (AEEE)

1240

Zakir Husain College of Engg. & Technology, AMU Aligarh (ZHCETE)

380

Karunya Institute of Technology & Sciences, Coimbatore (KEE)

1386

Total

11,984

All states State Entrance Exams (see details in State-wise write-ups)

910,418

Net Total

963,372

Intake for which details are not available

108,524

Grand Total (as per AICTE 2009-10)

1,071,896

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