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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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.
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.
| College Name | NIRF Ranking 2025 |
| IIT Madras | 1 |
| IIT Delhi | 2 |
| IIT Bombay | 3 |
| IIT Kanpur | 4 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | 5 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | 6 |
| IIT Hyderabad | 7 |
| IIT Guwahati (IITG) | 8 |
| NIT Trichy | 9 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University Varanasi | 10 |
| Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani | 11 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Indore | 12 |
| National Institute of Technology Rourkela | 13 |
| SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai | 14 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Indian School of Mines Dhanbad | 15 |
| VIT Vellore | 16 |
| National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal | 17 |
| Jadavpur University, Kolkata | 18 |
| IIT Patna | 19 |
| Anna University, Chennai | 20 |
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.
| College Name | Rank 24' | Rank 23' |
|---|---|---|
5 | 6 | |
10 | 15 | |
13 | 28 | |
15 | 17 | |
20 | 25 | |
24 | 26 | |
26 | 27 | |
27 | 29 | |
28 | 30 | |
30 | 31 | |
31 | 33 | |
32 | 38 | |
34 | 41 | |
35 | 44 | |
37 | 39 | |
39 | 41 | |
42 | 54 | |
45 | 51 | |
47 | 55 | |
48 | 53 |
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.
| College Name | Rank 24' | Rank 23' |
|---|---|---|
6 | 5 | |
12 | 10 | |
14 | 13 | |
16 | 14 | |
17 | 12 | |
19 | 16 | |
23 | 19 | |
25 | 23 | |
29 | 20 | |
33 | 32 | |
38 | 34 | |
41 | 24 | |
43 | 37 | |
44 | 43 | |
46 | 45 | |
49 | 35 | |
51 | 48 | |
54 | 47 | |
58 | 46 | |
60 | 49 |
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.
| College Name | Rank 24' | Rank 23' | Rank 22' | Rank 21' | Rank 20' |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
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 |
7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |
8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | |
9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | |
Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University Varanasi | 10 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 11 |
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 |
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 |
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.
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)
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.
SRM University’s rank has declined to 14th position in 2025.
BITS Pilani’s NIRF rank is - 11 (2025), 20 (2024), 25 (2023), 29 (2022), 26 (2021), 30 (2020).
Yes, the NIRF 2025 ranking has been released on September 4, 2025.
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.
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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