Top Engineering Colleges in India with NIRF Rank Change

Top Engineering Colleges in India with NIRF Rank Change

K Guna SahitiUpdated on 04 Sep 2025, 02:24 PM IST

Top Engineering Colleges in India with NIRF Rank Change- MoE has uploaded NIRF ranking 2025 on September 4. Students can know which institutions see an improvement and which will lose their ranking after the official release. IIT Hyderabad is ranked 7 and IIT Guwahati is placed in 8th position. As a topmost private institution, BITS Pilani has secured 11th place. Last year, 41 colleges out of the top 100 showed improvement in their NIRF engineering ranks. A few institutes like SRM University, IIT BHU, UPES Dehradun, IIIT Hyderabad, Manipal University and Graphic Era University had shown commendable performance. MMMUT Gorakhpur has also made an excellent comeback with a leap of over a hundred places in 2024. On the other hand, some of the top colleges have lost their ranking by a large margin are ICT Mumbai, IIEST Shibpur, NIT Kurukshetra and VTU Belagavi.

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The last three years’ closing ranks of all NITs for CSE courses are given below.

NIT JEE Mains cut-off

2025

2024

2023

Institute

Opening Rank

Closing Rank

Opening Rank

Closing Rank

Opening Rank

Closing Rank

NIT Tiruchirappalli

659

1449

299

1224

176

1509

NIT Karnataka, Surathkal

1191

1827

14

1615

966

1984

NIT Warangal

1521

2409

1043

2186

889

2413

NIT Rourkela

2442

3431

591

2940

2529

3786

Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

2730

4594

2417

4191

2758

4777

NIT Calicut

3651

5222

2614

4482

2483

5256

Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

3027

5601

1501

4711

2684

4909

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur

4442

6359

4555

5795

4920

7087

NIT Kurukshetra

5180

7037

4472

6000

NIT Delhi

2363

7651

2438

8018

4278

9930

Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat

6343

8130

5587

7113

5052

7741

NIT Jamshedpur

6378

8902

4935

7944

3260

9204

Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal

5942

9249

6217

8830

6409

9370

NIT Durgapur

6565

9836

5973

8765

6848

10070

Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar

7991

11262

6330

10957

9028

11017

NIT Hamirpur

9637

12586

8376

12236

9929

12426

NIT Silchar

8010

12665

5736

11930

8606

12818

NIT Raipur

8140

13559

10323

13177

10110

12773

NIT Goa

10279

13640

7914

12511

8584

12604

NIT Patna

10529

14996

9288

14442

8125

13964

Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

13917

16765

6068

14635

8043

13711

NIT Andhra Pradesh

11739

18183

10309

18548

11839

17272

NIT Uttarakhand

16359

18491

14598

18039

14432

18447

NIT Puducherry

11429

19758

6318

18515

12546

17305

NIT Agartala

13104

22013

8121

20298

14010

20102

NIT Meghalaya

20712

24074

14656

20039

15911

19175

NIT Srinagar

15080

26171

12751

21839

12931

22814

NIT Sikkim

15389

26616

23245

28284

19566

24093

NIT Arunachal Pradesh

27500

30607

22046

28514

25273

29087

NIT Manipur

26617

33098

15616

30611

17658

29644

NIT Mizoram

35504

37751

31598

33181

28938

31336

NIT Nagaland

32717

39594

22429

31391

24324


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  1. Top Engineering Colleges With Change in NIRF Ranking 2025
  2. Top 20 Engineering Colleges with Improved NIRF Ranking 2024
  3. Top 20 Engineering Colleges with Declined NIRF Ranking 2024
  4. Top 20 Engineering Colleges in India with NIRF Rank- Year-wise Comparison
  5. Why choose colleges based on their NIRF ranking?
  6. Why is NIRF Ranking Important?
Top Engineering Colleges in India with NIRF Rank Change
Top Engineering Colleges in India with NIRF Rank Change

Moreover, MoE had also introduced a new rank band of 201-300. Many of the colleges were added to the list for the first time. For more in-depth information about the NIRF ranking 2025 and its significance, read this article.

Top Engineering Colleges With Change in NIRF Ranking 2025

MoE will upload the list of colleges and their NIRF Rankings 2025 on September 5. Those who are eagerly awaiting to know whether their dream college still holds the fort will find the list here. The following table will be updated with the latest information soon after its release.

NIRF Rank Change of Top Engineering Colleges 2025

College Name

NIRF Ranking 2025

IIT Madras1
IIT Delhi2
IIT Bombay3
IIT Kanpur4
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur5
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee6
IIT Hyderabad7
IIT Guwahati (IITG)8
NIT Trichy9
Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University Varanasi10
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani11
Indian Institute of Technology Indore12
National Institute of Technology Rourkela13
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai14
Indian Institute of Technology Indian School of Mines Dhanbad15
VIT Vellore16
National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal17
Jadavpur University, Kolkata18
IIT Patna19
Anna University, Chennai20

Top 20 Engineering Colleges with Improved NIRF Ranking 2024

IIT BHU, SRM University and UPES Dehradun are among the top 41 engineering colleges that have shown improvement in NIRF parameters during the 2023-24 year. Check this table to know the NIRF Ranking of the top 20 colleges in India with better achievement in the engineering domain.

NIRF Ranking 2024- Top Engineering Colleges in India

Top 20 Engineering Colleges with Declined NIRF Ranking 2024

Although the following institutions are among the top 100 engineering colleges in India, their NIRF ranking has seen a decline this year. A few unexpected names include ICT Mumbai, IIEST Shibpur, NIT Kurukshetra and VTU Belagavi.

NIRF Ranking 2024- Top Engineering Colleges in India

Top 20 Engineering Colleges in India with NIRF Rank- Year-wise Comparison

Given in the table below are the names of top engineering colleges in India based on the NIRF Ranking 2024. Also, learn about the change in the NIRF engineering ranks of the best colleges here. Candidates can check this table to know what is the position of the top 20 engineering colleges in India over the period of 5 years.

5 Years NIRF Ranking of Top Engineering Colleges in India

College NameRank 24'Rank 23'Rank 22'Rank 21'Rank 20'

IIT Madras

1

1

1

1

1

IIT Delhi

2

2

2

2

2

IIT Bombay

3

3

3

3

3

IIT Kanpur

4

4

4

4

4

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

5

6

5

5

5

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

6

5

6

6

6

IIT Guwahati (IITG)

7

7

7

7

7

IIT Hyderabad

8

8

9

8

8

NIT Trichy

9

9

8

9

9

Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University Varanasi

10

15

13

14

11

VIT Vellore

11

11

12

12

15

Jadavpur University, Kolkata

12

10

11

17

17

SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai

13

28

24

34

41

Anna University, Chennai

14

13

17

18

14

Indian Institute of Technology Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

15

17

14

11

12

Indian Institute of Technology Indore

16

14

16

13

10

National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal

17

12

10

10

13

IIT Gandhinagar

18

18

23

22

24

National Institute of Technology Rourkela

19

16

15

20

16

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

20

25

29

26

30

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Why choose colleges based on their NIRF ranking?

The NIRF ranks are devised to compare the performance of different colleges. The parameters are carefully formulated to judge the educational excellence, scientific approach to the curriculum, teaching expertise, quality of infrastructure and much more. Not only does it measure the placement performance, but also the number of students who opt for higher studies, which shows the actual impact of education.

Why is NIRF Ranking Important?

Students generally choose a college based on certain preconceived notions. For instance, most of the JEE Advanced Toppers choose IIT Bombay for BTech CSE whereas IIT Madras has been the top engineering college in India for the past five years and has fared well in all the NIRF categories. Therefore, one should keep in mind the several attributes of a college education. Students are advised to choose an institution based on year wise comparison of the NIRF ranking, because, it acts as an indicator of high education standards.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: How many top colleges have the same NIRF ranking in 2025 as in 2024?
A:

IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur, NIT Tiruchirappalli, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Roorkee and IIT BHU rank among the top 10 engineering colleges in India, based on NIRF ranking 2025. Their ranking has not changed in 2025.

Q: Has the NIRF ranking for SRM University changed in 2025?
A:

SRM University’s rank has declined to 14th position in 2025.

Q: What is the NIRF rank of BITS Pilani from 2025 to 2019?
A:

BITS Pilani’s NIRF rank is - 11 (2025), 20 (2024), 25 (2023), 29 (2022), 26 (2021), 30 (2020).

Q: Is the NIRF ranking 2025 released?
A:

Yes, the NIRF 2025 ranking has been released on September 4, 2025.

Q: What is the importance of NIRF ranking 2025?
A:

Students are advised to choose an institution based on year wise comparison of the NIRF ranking, because, it acts as an indicator of high education standards. 

Q: Name a few colleges whose NIRF ranking has improved in 2024.
A:

The top colleges with considerable improvement in the NIRF ranking in 2024 are SRM University, IIT BHU, UPES Dehradun, IIIT Hyderabad, Manipal University and Graphic Era University.

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