Top Private Engineering Colleges in India 2023
Engineering means the creative and innovative application of Science, Technology and Mathematics to design, create and maintain machines, structures, apparatus, or manufacturing processes. It offers numerous career opportunities across all industries, making it one of the most sought after course pursued by students after Class 12, especially those from the Science stream. The BTech programme is your gateway to a career in engineering with a duration of four years followed by an MTech programme of two years duration. Students interested to study further have an option to pursue PhD which is of two years duration.
India is home to some of the top-rated Private Engineering institutes to pursue Engineering courses. These include VIT University (Vellore), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Coimbatore, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Patiala), Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS Pilani), Amity University (Noida), Siksha ’O’ Anusandhan (SOA) University (Bhubaneswar), SASTRA (Deemed to be University) (Thanjavur), Birla Institute of Technology (Ranchi), SRM Institute of Science and Technology (Chennai), Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar, etc. An engineering degree is offered across various specialisations. Some of the most prominent ones are as follows:
Computer Science and Engineering
Food Technology
Aerospace Engineering
Computer Engineering
Data Science
Civil Engineering
There are a total of over 2,000 Private Engineering colleges in India that offer a full-time, part-time, distance-learning and online mode of study. These colleges provide degree courses. Out of these, the top 20 Private Engineering colleges in India ranked by NIRF offer degree courses in a full-time mode of study. Some of these colleges offer dual degree specialisations and integrated (5-year duration) programmes. IIIT Bangalore offers an integrated programme titles Integrated BTech + MTech in Computer Science and Engineering. Below listed colleges offer dual specialisation in Computer Science and Engineering:
Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore
SSNCE, Chennai
IIIT Hyderabad
Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai
TCE Madurai
SASTRA (Deemed to be University), Thanjavur
VIT University, Vellore
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai
IIIT Guwahati
SOA University, Bhubaneswar
Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Hyderabad
Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi
Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal
BITS Pilani
Private Engineering Courses Admission Eligibility Criteria
Private Engineering courses can be pursued at UG, PG, Diploma and PhD levels. The eligibility criteria differs as per the course and branch selected by the candidate. However, mentioned below is a broad eligibility criteria for UG, PG, Diploma and PhD Engineering courses for the reference of candidates:
BE/BTech: Candidates must have passed Class 12 from a recognised board with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics as core subjects. They must have also secured a minimum of 60 per cent aggregate score
BTech Lateral Entry: Candidates must have passed a three-year Diploma granted by the Board of Technical Examination of a State Government, with a minimum 45 per cent aggregate or equivalent
ME/MTech: Candidates who have completed their BE/BTech degree with a valid score in GATE are eligible for ME/MTech degree course
Diploma: Aspirants must have passed Class 10/equivalent examination, with at least 35 per cent in Science and Maths subjects
PhD: Aspirants must have secured a minimum of 55 per cent aggregate or 5.5 CPI in BTech/MTech or equivalent degree in relevant streams
Apart from merit-based admission, many top-ranked Private Engineering colleges in India also accept scores of national- and state-level entrance exams, including JEE Main, KCET, TS EAMCET, TNEA, MHT CET, JEE Advanced, WBJEE, etc.
Although there are plenty of Private Engineering colleges in India, there a few top ones that have been listed by NIRF.
Following is a list of top 10 Private Engineering colleges in India ranked by NIRF:
Name of the College
NIRF’20 Ranking
VIT University, Vellore
15
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
20
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala
29
BITS Pilani
30
Amity University, Noida
32
SOA University, Bhubaneswar
34
SASTRA (Deemed to be University), Thanjavur
37
Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi
38
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai
41
KIIT, Bhubaneswar
42
Following is a list of top 10 Private Engineering colleges in India ranked by India Today:
College
India Today’20 Ranking
BITS Pilani
1
Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi
2
VIT University, Vellore
3
Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal
4
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala
5
BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore
6
Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore
7
SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST), Chennai
8
PSG College of Technology (PSGCT), Coimbatore
9
Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai
10
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