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    Top Engineering Colleges in India With High Faculty Student Ratio

    Top Engineering Colleges in India With High Faculty Student Ratio

    K Guna SahitiUpdated on 12 Aug 2025, 07:00 PM IST

    Top Engineering Colleges In India With High Faculty Student Ratio- As per NIRF ranking 2024, there are 26 top colleges in India with FSR of 30 marks. Each year, MoE devises the NIRF Ranking for various institutions. Faculty student ratio is a subcategory of Teaching, Learning & Resources parameter within the NIRF ranking. It simply means the number of teachers available for a set number of students. An ideal ratio is 1:15 which fetches a maximum score of 30. FSR carries a weightage of 30% in the overall NIRF score.

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    1. Top 20 Engineering Colleges With Faculty-Student Ratio In India
    2. Top 10 Government Engineering Colleges With High Faculty Student Ratio
    3. Top 10 Private Engineering Colleges With High Faculty Student Ratio
    4. Importance of FSR
    Top Engineering Colleges in India With High Faculty Student Ratio
    Top Engineering Colleges In India With High Faculty Student Ratio

    Read the complete article to check the list of top government and private engineering colleges in India based on the faculty-to-student ratio. Also, learn the importance of FSR here.

    Top 20 Engineering Colleges With Faculty-Student Ratio In India

    FSR should be 1:15, which means, there is one regular faculty for every 15 students. Given below are the names of top Engineering colleges in India as per their Faculty-to-student ratio. The colleges mentioned below have an FSR of 9 out of 100. It is the perfect score as per the percentage distribution of NIRF ranking parameters.

    Top Colleges with Highest FSR in India

    Top 10 Government Engineering Colleges With High Faculty Student Ratio

    Check out the list of the best government engineering colleges in India. Each of these institutions has the highest faculty-to-student ratio. They possess a maximum score of 30.

    Top 10 Engineering Colleges with High FSR

    NIRF Ranking

    College Name

    NIRF Score (out of 100)

    1

    Indian Institute of Technology Madras

    89.46

    8

    Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

    71.55

    16

    Indian Institute of Technology Indore

    64.72

    18

    Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar

    63.42

    27

    Delhi Technological University, Delhi

    60.78

    28

    Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur

    60.61

    33

    Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

    59.16

    45

    National Institute of Technology Delhi

    55.67

    51

    Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram

    53.13

    61

    Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati

    50.58

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    Top 10 Private Engineering Colleges With High Faculty Student Ratio

    The table below mentions the list of best private engineering colleges with an FSR of 30 marks.

    Top 10 Engineering Colleges with High FSR

    NIRF Ranking

    College Name

    NIRF Score (out of 100)

    13

    SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai

    65.41

    26

    Siksha 'O' Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar

    60.97

    30

    Amity University, Noida

    59.91

    32

    Chandigarh University, Chandigarh

    59.82

    35

    Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Guntur

    58.24

    36

    Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Virudhunagar

    58.2

    38

    Shanmugha Arts Science Technology Research and Academy, Thanjavur

    57.97

    91

    Vignan's Foundation for Science Technology and Research

    45.43

    96

    CV Raman Global University, Bhubaneswar

    44.55

    98

    SR University, Warangal

    44.29

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    How is the Faculty Student Ratio calculated?

    • Meaning- FSR is the ratio of full time faculty members against total approved student intake and PhD students enrolled.

    • Formula-

      FSR= 30x[15x(F/N)]
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    F: Full time regular faculty in the institution as per previous academic year.

    N: Sum of total sanctioned approved intake in the institution in all UG and PG

    programs and PhD students enrolled till the previous academic year.

    F/N ratio of 1/15 is the benchmark. An F/N ratio of more than 1/50 will be equal to zero marks.

    • Contribution of Student Faculty Ratio to the NIRF Scores

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    Teaching, Learning & Resources parameter (TLR) is one of the five parameters considered for NIRF ranking. Individually FSR makes up 30% of the total NIRF score. Which means, a score of 30 in TLR will equate to a score of 9 overall.

    Teaching, Learning & Resources parameter

    Details

    Overall weightage

    30%

    Total score

    100

    Subcategories with weightage

    • Student Strength including Doctoral Students (SS)= 20 Marks

    • Faculty-student ratio with emphasis on permanent faculty (FSR)= 30 Marks

    • Combined metric for Faculty with PhD (or equivalent) and Experience (FQE)= 20 Marks

    • Financial Resources and their Utilisation (FRU)= 30 Marks

    Importance of FSR

    A higher number of faculty per student means professors will be able to focus more on individual pupils. Invest more time for each student, thereby, increasing the efficiency of the education altogether. It also suggests the institute’s willingness to put more money into providing a good and equitable education to all its students.

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    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: What is the best faculty to student ratio in India?
    A:

    According to NIRF ranking methodology, a faculty to student ratio of 1:15 is considered ideal.

    Q: What are the top three private colleges for engineering in India?
    A:

    VIT Vellore, SRM University and BITS Pilani are the three most popular engineering colleges in India with private ownership. 

    Q: Which college has the highest FSR as per NIRF ranking 2024?
    A:

    There are 26 engineering colleges with the highest faculty-to-student ratio in India. IIT Madras has topped the list in all the different NIRF parameters.

    Q: Is IIT Madras the No 1 college in India for Engineering?
    A:

    Yes. As per NIRF Ranking 2024, IIT Madras is ranked number one. Moreover, the institute has strived to maintain its top position over several years.

    Q: What does the faculty student ratio mean?
    A:

    FSR or faculty student ratio indicates the number of students per teacher within an institution.

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