There are nearly 4,200 engineering colleges in India that offer BTech courses, out of these nearly 2,100 colleges are private, nearly 450 are government and the rest are public-private colleges. The most common and important question that arises in the minds of JEE or engineering aspirants is ‘Which colleges should I target?’
While IITs remain the most sought-after choice of the students, it may happen that you might not get a seat or your preferred seat in IIT or you want to have more options for choosing the perfect college.
In this article, we have listed the top 10 engineering colleges in India, their admission process and also the names of the students of Pune who made it to these colleges
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IITs- Indian Institute of Technology
The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are autonomous public technical and research institutes located across India. It is under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Education, Government of India. They are governed by the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961, which has declared them as Institutes of National Importance and lays down their powers, duties, and framework for governance. The Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 lists twenty-three institutes. Each IIT is autonomous, linked to the others through a common council (IIT Council), which oversees their administration. The Minister of Education is the ex officio Chairperson of the IIT Council. As of 2021, the total number of seats for undergraduate programs in all IITs is 16,234.
The IITs are best known for offering world-class undergraduate and postgraduate engineering programmes. Some of the popular engineering programmes offered by IITs include Computer Science Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. However, besides engineering, some of the IITs also offer other programmes in Design and Business Management.
Ranked among the top institutions in the world, IITs are considered as Institutes of National Importance by the Parliament of India. Also, with famous alumni like Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet Inc.; N.R. Narayana Murthy, Co-founder of Infosys; Raghuram Rajan, Ex-Governor of RBI; and Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi to name a few, IITs have proved themselves to be the most prestigious
Seats and Courses in BTech Programmes at Top Ranking IITs
All IITs have different seat intake, the number of courses offered, and cut-offs for those courses. The table below shows a consolidated view of IITs in India along with their B.Tech seat intake and the number of B.Tech courses offered.
| Name of IIT | B.Tech Seats | B.Tech Programmes |
| IIT Madras (IITM) | 505 | 9 |
| IIT Delhi (IITD) | 799 | 11 |
| IIT Bombay (IITB) | 778 | 8 |
| IIT Kharagpur (IITKGP) | 690 | 15 |
| IIT Kanpur (IITK) | 713 | 8 |
| IIT Roorkee (IITR) | 879 | 11 |
| IIT Guwahati (IITG) | 702 | 10 |
| IIT Hyderabad (IITH) | 294 | 9 |
| IIT (BHU) Varanasi | 876 | 100 |
| IIT Indore (IITI) | 275 | 5 |
| IIT Dhanbad (IITDHN) | 919 | 13 |
| IIT Bhubaneswar (IITBBS) | 273 | 6 |
| IIT Mandi | 200 | 4 |
| IIT Patna (IITP) | 250 | 5 |
| IIT Gandhinagar (IITGN) | 194 | 6 |
| IIT Ropar (IITRPR) | 297 | 6 |
| IIT Jodhpur (IITJ) | 247 | 4 |
| IIT Tirupati (IITTP) | 180 | 5 |
| IIT Bhilai (IIT C) | 126 | 3 |
| IIT Goa | 97 | 3 |
| IIT Jammu | 154 | 5 |
| IIT Dharwad | 126 | 3 |
| IIT Palakkad | 260 | 6 |
All IITs have different seat intake, the number of courses offered, and cut-offs for those courses. The table below shows a consolidated view of IITs in India along with their B.Tech seat intake and the number of B.Tech courses offered.
Admission Process
The first step for getting into any IIT is the JEE Mains. This year in 2022, you can appear for JEE Mains twice. Also, you can appear in JEE Main in 3 consecutive years from the year of passing your class 12 exam. NTA has not mandated any criteria for age appearing for the JEE Main. There will be no negative marking for optional questions.
The top performers of JEE Main, around 150,000 of the candidates, will be shortlisted for giving JEE Advanced.
Admission to Engineering Course
If you want admission to any Engineering stream, then you will have to appear for the paper for B.E./B.Tech. You will have to take this paper only through CBT (Computer Based Test) mode. This paper consists of objective type Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) and questions for which the answer is a numerical value. This paper is set on 3 subjects – Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics with equal weightage to each subject. Total marks are 300.
Admission to Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) Course
If you want admission to Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) course, then you will have to appear for the entrance in 3 parts. Part I (Mathematics) and Part II (Aptitude Test) will be conducted through CBT (Computer Based Test) mode. While Part I has objective type Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) and questions for which the answer is a numerical value, Part II has Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) only. Total marks in Part I and II are 400. But, Part III will be conducted through pen & paper mode on drawing sheets. Part III has questions to test drawing aptitude.
The top performers of JEE Main, around 150,000 of the candidates, will be shortlisted for giving JEE Advanced.
After appearing for JEE Advanced, the next step is to appear for Joint Seat Allocation Authority ( JoSAA) counselling. The authority manages and regulates the joint seat allocation for admissions to 23 IITs, 31 National Institutes of Technology (NITs), 23 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) and 23 Other-Government Funded Technical Institutes (Other-GFTIs). Admissions to all the BTech programmes offered at IITs are done through this single-counselling platform.
Eligibility Criteria
- At least 75% aggregate marks in Class XII (or equivalent) Board examination or equivalent grades.
- Be within the category-wise top 20 percentile of successful candidates in the respective Class 12th Board examination of a particular year. These category-wise top-20 percentile cut-off score lists are obviously announced every year after the JEE Advanced exam is over and all Board results are out.
The marks scored in the following 5 subjects will be considered for calculating both the Class 12th aggregate marks as well as the cut-off marks of top 20 percentile
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Mathematics
- A language (if you have taken more than 1 language, then the language in which you have scored higher will be considered)
- Any subject besides the above 4 (the subject in which you have scored the highest marks will be considered)
Admission Criteria for admission to B.Arch. programs
- Only available at IIT (BHU) Varanasi, IIT Kharagpur, and IIT Roorkee
- You will have to pass in the Architecture Aptitude Test.
- There is no separate ranking in the AAT.
- Allotment of seats will be solely based on the category-wise All India Rank in the JEE (Advanced) 2020 and B. Arch. program will be offered only to those candidates declared PASS in the AAT.
Pune Results
Every year a good number of students from Pune make their way into the top IITs making Pune proud. Last year Soham Joshi who secured the Pune Rank 1 and AIR 46 grabbed a seat at IIT Bombay. He was a student of Bakliwal Tutorials. Total 255 students got selected in IITs in 2021.
In 2020, Vedang Asgaonkar made us proud by securing a single digit AIR of 7. He too secured a seat in IIT Bombay and was a BT student.
80 students from M Prakash cleared JEE Advanced 2021.
Prime Academy- the number of full time students who cleared JEE Advanced 2021 in general category is 36.
IITPK has 38 students while Allen Pune had 81 students who cleared JEE Adv 2021.
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NITs
National Institutes of Technology (NIT) are autonomous engineering institutes that offer various undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral degree programs in Engineering and other fields. There are a total of 31 NITs in India and admission to BTech Programmes is managed through the JoSAA counselling process, based on AIR rank secured in JEE Main. NIT offers admission to MTech programmes based on the score obtained in the GATE exam while seat allotment is managed through CCMT (Centralized Counseling for MTech/MArch/MPlan/MDes).
NIT Trichy, NIT Karnataka, NIT Rourkela, NIT Warangal, NIT Calicut are some of the popular NITs across India. In the MHRD-NIRF ranking of 2021, NIT Trichy has been ranked 09 in India. Out of the total, 26 NITs are among the top 100 list. The NIT Council is the regulatory body for all the NITs. Most of the NITs in India offer degree courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in various branches of Engineering, Architecture, Management and Science.
List of NITs in India
MHRD has assigned ranking to almost all the NITs. However, NIT Delhi, NIT Mizoram (NITMZ), NIT Nagaland, NIT Andhra Pradesh and NIT Sikkim have failed to make it to the MHRD-NIRF ranking list. NIT Calicut had the highest seat intake for BTech programmes with 909 seats while NIT Goa, Manipur, Mizoram contains the lowest seats of 150.
Among all the 31 NITs in India, NIT Patna, established in 1886, is the oldest while NIT Goa, NIT Manipur, NIT Meghalaya, NIT Mizoram, NIT Nagaland, NIT Puducherry, NIT Sikkim, NIT Uttarakhand, NIT Andhra Pradesh are recently formed institutions.
| Name of NIT | NIT Ranking 2021 (MHRD) | B.Tech Programmes |
| NIT Trichy (NITT), 1964 | 9 | 9 |
| NIT Karnataka (NITK), 1960 | 10 | 8 |
| NIT Rourkela (NITRKL), 1961 | 20 | 14 |
| NIT Warangal (NITW), 1959 | 23 | 8 |
| NIT Calicut (NITC), 1961 | 25 | 11 |
| NIT Durgapur (NITDGP), 1960 | 29 | 8 |
| NIT Nagpur (VNIT), 1960 | 30 | 8 |
| NIT Jaipur (MNIT), 1963 | 37 | 8 |
| NIT Allahabad (MNNIT), 1961 | 42 | 9 |
| NIT Kurukshetra (NITKKR), 1963 | 44 | 7 |
| NIT Surat (SVNIT), 1961 | 47 | 6 |
| NIT Silchar (NITS), 1967 | 48 | 6 |
| NIT Jalandhar (NITJ), 1987 | 49 | 11 |
| NIT Meghalaya (NITM), 2010 | 59 | 5 |
| NIT Bhopal (MANIT), 1960 | 60 | 8 |
| NIT Raipur (NITRR), 1956 | 64 | 11 |
| NIT Srinagar (NITSRI), 1960 | 69 | 9 |
| NIT Patna (NITP), 1886 | 72 | 5 |
| NIT Goa (NITG), 2010 | 85 | 8 |
| NIT Jamshedpur (NITJSR), 1960 | 86 | 7 |
| NIT Agartala (NITA), 1965 | 92 | 10 |
| NIT Hamirpur (NITH), 1986 | 99 | 7 |
| NIT Manipur (NITMN), 2010 | 114 | 5 |
| NIT Puducherry (NITPY), 2010 | 144 | 5 |
| NIT Arunachal Pradesh (NITAP), 2010 | 160 | 7 |
| NIT Uttarakhand (NITUK), 2010 | 186 | 5 |
| NIT Delhi (NITD), 2010 | Not Ranked | 3 |
| NIT Mizoram (NITMZ), 2010 | Not Ranked | 5 |
| NIT Nagaland (NITN), 2010 | Not Ranked | 6 |
| NIT Sikkim (NITSKM), 2010 | Not Ranked | 5 |
| NIT Andhra Pradesh (NITANP), 2015 | Not Ranked | 8 |
Most Popular NIT Courses
NITs across India offer traditional engineering programmes such as BTech and MTech. Besides, NITs also offer 5-year dual degree programmes in various fields. There are three NITs in India, NIT Trichy, NIT Allahabad and NIT Rourkela that also offer MBA or BBA. Few NITs also provide 5=year BArch and 4-year BSc degrees. Here is a list of popular BTech programmes offered at NITs:
- Civil Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Computer Science & Engineering
- Electrical & Electronics Engineering
- Electronics & Communication Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Metallurgical Engineering
- Production Engineering
Admission Process
For admission in NITs, candidates have to qualify the entrance tests for various UG and PG level programmes. For BTech courses, candidates are admitted through JEE Main exam.
JoSAA releases releasing category-wise and round-wise opening and closing cutoffs/ranks for admission to B.Tech, M.Tech and dual degree programmes in NITs. Candidates have to register and participate in the JoSAA counselling cum seat allotment process. JoSAA conducts joint counselling session for candidates qualifying JEE Main and JEE Advanced exam.
JEE Main Cut off depends on several factors including a number of candidates appearing in the entrance exam, total candidates applied for admission in NITs, total seat intake and difficulty level of the examination.
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IIITs
Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) are a group of 25 interdisciplinary technology-based-engineering research institutions in India which are focused on information technology.
Of all 25 IIITs in India, five of them are established, funded and managed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). The rest IITs have been set up on the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model.
The List of IIITs in India
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior is the first IIIT in India, established in 1997 and has been monitored by MHRD. The second IIIT in India was established in Allahabad in 1999. In the NIRF 2019 ranking, IIIT Allahabad was awarded 82nd position. Pandit Dwarka Prasad Mishra Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM) Jabalpur bagged 75th rank. IIITM Gwalior secured 81st position in the NIRF ranking 2019.
Here is the list of IIITs in India
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur
Indian Institute of Information Tehnology, Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM), Kurnool
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram
IIITs in PPP mode
Indian Institute of Information Tehnology, Chittoor
Indian Institute of Information Tehnology, Guwahati
Indian Institute of Information Tehnology, Kalyani
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Una
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Vadodara
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kota
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Tiruchirappalli
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sonepat
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Manipur
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Lucknow
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kottayam
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Dharward
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Pune
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhopal
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Agartala
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Nagpur
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Ranchi
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Surat
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhagalpur
Courses at IIITs
IIITs are more popular for their Engineering courses such as B.Tech, M.Tech and Dual Degree (B.Tech and M.Tech). Besides these programmes, IIITs also offer courses such as Bachelor of Design (B.Des), Master of Design (M.Des.), MBA (Masters of Business Administration) and PhD (Doctorate of Philosophy).
Admission Process
Although the IIITs are autonomous, they are linked to each other through a common admission process. Candidates who want to get admission to UG programmes and Dual Degree (B.Tech and M.Tech) programmes need to qualify the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains exam. National Testing Agency (NTA) conducts JEE Main twice a year for admission to various programmes in IITs, IIITs, NITs, and CFTI.
As the central government has announced extension of the lockdown, sources in the Ministry of Human Resource Development told TOI that the National Testing Agency (NTA) may be able to conduct the entrance tests for engineering/ architecture and medical courses only by second or third week of June as school education Boards will also have to first hold the pending papers. However, NTA will announce the JEE Main date on the official website. Candidates are advised to visit the website regularly to get latest updates on the exam.
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Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani (popularly known as BITS Pilani), is located in Rajasthan and was established in 1964. The other three campuses of BITS are located in Goa, Hyderabad and Dubai.
BITS Pilani is accredited by the NAAC with an ‘A’ Grade and is the only private university from India to be ranked among the top 200 universities by QS Asia University Rankings 2022. It is also ranked 17, 26 and 29 under ‘University’, ‘Engineering’ and ‘Overall’ by the NIRF 2021.
BITS Pilani is a deemed university with the right to conduct its own examination, namely BITSAT (for integrated first degree admissions), BITS HD (for higher degree admissions) and BITS DOMBITS (for PhD admissions). The deemed university has also been granted the status of ‘Institute of Eminence’ by MHRD, Government of India.
Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani has nine centres that are involved in varied activities ranging from Software Development and Robotics to Women’s studies and Desert Development Technologies. The deemed university offers around 35 courses under the categories of integrated first degree, higher degree and doctoral degree. BITS Pilani has an International Programmes and Collaboration Division (IPCD) to promote relations with renowned institutions abroad
Admission Process
Birla Institute of Technology and Science offers admission after class 12 through three different modes which are listed below
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science Admission Test (BITSAT)
- Direct Admission of Board Toppers
- Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT)- [For citizens of a country other than India]
The BITSAT exam is an online test conducted in online mode for shortlisting candidates for admission in various first degree programmes offered by the institution. The test comprises multiple choice questions from Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics/Biology, English and Logical Reasoning.
Students seeking admission in BITS Pilani need to have passed or appeared in class 12 exam and must secure at least 75% overall aggregate of marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics with at least 60% marks in each subject.
Pune Results
21 students from Bakliwal Tutorials and around 14 students from IITPK joined BITS Pilani in 2021.
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VIT
Vellore Institute of Technology (also known as VIT Vellore) is a private deemed University, located in Vellore, Tamil Nadu. Established as Vellore Engineering College in 1984, VIT Vellore is recognised as an Institution of Eminence and No. 1 private university for innovation as recognised by the Govt of India. Vellore Institute of Technology comprises three other campuses located in Bhopal, Chennai and Amaravati, and is run and managed by the VIT Group of Institutes. It is ranked 12, 13 and 21 under the category of ‘Engineering’, ‘University’ and ‘Overall’, respectively, by the NIRF 2021 rankings. Globally, VIT Vellore was ranked among the top 801 – 1000 universities in The Times Higher Education World Ranking 2022. The university also started VIT Online Learning Institute (VITOL) in 2019 with the objective to offer online education to aspiring learners around the globe.
The most popular and most opted program at VIT Vellore is its 4 years B.Tech degree at the UG level which is offered across 24 different specializations along with minor specializations.
Admission Process
Admission to the B.Tech program is done via the VITEEE entrance test and in order to be eligible for admission into the B.Tech program, a candidate requires to have passed their 10+2 level board examination with 60% marks.
For appearing VITEEE entrance exam, candidates must fulfil the below requirements
- Candidate must have passed the Qualifying Examination (10+2 examination) with Physics and Mathematics along with any one of Chemistry / Biotechnology / Biology / Computer Science / Computer Application / Technical Vocational Subject as compulsory subjects.
- Candidate must have passed these three subjects individually.
- Candidate must have obtained at least 45% marks (40% for ST, ST, OBC-A, OBC-B, PwD) in these three subjects taken together.
- Candidate must also have passed English in the Qualifying Examination with at least 30% marks.
- Candidates must satisfy additional eligibility requirements for admission to Jadavpur University, read more here.
- For the Marine Engineering course, candidates must secure a minimum of 60% marks in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics taken together and a minimum of 50% marks in English.
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Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Jadavpur University is a public technical university located in Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was established in 1905 as Bengal Technical Institute and was converted into Jadavpur University in 1955.[4][5] In 2020, it was ranked fifth among universities in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF).
Admission Process
The admissions for 4-year B.E./B.Tech. programmes at Jadavpur University, Kolkata are done based on the rank in WBJEE examination through WBJEE counselling.
90% of the General category seats are reserved for West Bengal domicile students and 10% of the General category seats are open for All India students.
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Anna University
Established in 1794, College of Engineering Guindy (CEG) is an open institution that is affiliated to Anna University. It is a public-government college which is also known to be the oldest technical colleges of India. CEG Guindy has been ranked 14 for Engineering Colleges by NIRF 2020. Also, it has been ranked 8 and 12 for Engineering by The Week and Outlook, respectively in 2019. Currently, CEG Guindy comprises six faculty, 33 departments and 12 research centres to offer nine courses at UG, PG and doctoral level.
Admission Process
Admission to full-time BE and BTech programme is based on Class 12 merit, followed by TNEA counselling
TNEA
Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA) is conducted by the Directorate of Technical Education, Tamil Nadu to offer admissions to candidates in various engineering colleges in the state of Tamil Nadu. TNEA counselling 2022 is a single-window process and admissions in Tamil Nadu engineering colleges are offered through such a process because authorities believe that such an initiative facilitates transparency. TNEA rank list is used to offer admissions to candidates in undergraduate programmes like Bachelors of Engineering (BE) and Bachelors of Technology (BTech) in colleges of Tamil Nadu. Candidates must note that TNEA written exam has been scrapped as the counselling is based on Class 12 marks and therefore seats are allotted in the colleges through the TNEA rank list.
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Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
Amrita School of Engineering was established in 1994 in Coimbatore. Amrita Schools of Engineering are private engineering institutes in India affiliated to Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Coimbatore which is spread across its five campuses in Amritapuri, Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore, and Amaravati.
Admission Process
Admission is granted basis a valid score in Amrita Engineering Entrance Exam (AEEE 2020) conducted by the Amrita University, followed by a counselling session; candidates who have already cleared JEE Main 2020 and SAT 2020 can take directly go for the interview round
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SRM
SRM Institute of Science and Technology is a private deemed university located in Kattankulathur, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India, near Chennai. It was founded in 1985 as SRM Engineering College in Kattankulathur. SRM Institute of Science and Technology includes seven campuses, three in Tamil Nadu — Kattankulathur, Ramapuram and Vadapalani, one in NCR Delhi, all 4 of which come under ‘SRM IST, Chennai’. The other 3 campuses include one in Sikkim, one in Sonipat and one in Amaravati. There are about 50,000 students studying in SRM.
Admission Process
SRM Institute of Science and Technology conducts their own admission test known as the SRM Joint Engineering Entrance Examination (SRMJEEE). This exam is held every year in the month of April and can be taken only via the online mode of application.
The general paper pattern consists of four compulsory sections including English, Aptitude, Physics and Chemistry. The optional section consists of either Mathematics or Biology depending upon the course chosen during exam registration.
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COEP
College of Engineering Pune, is an autonomous institute of the Government of Maharashtra, situated in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Established in 1854 it is the 2nd oldest engineering college in India, after IIT Roorkee.
CoEP offers 9 undergraduate, 24 graduate, and doctoral degrees along with 4 PG Diploma courses in Management, Engineering and Technology.
Admission Process
At CoEP, admissions are centralized for B.Tech aspirants enrolling in the first year of the course. Admissions are made through the Maharashtra Entrance Test (MHT-CET), scores of which are mandatory.
Eligibility
- Candidate should be an Indian national.
- Should have passed HSC or equivalent with compulsory subjects- Physics, Mathematics.
- 55% aggregate for General category and 50% for reserved category.
- Must submit scores of MHT-CET for admissions.