100 Best universities for Engineering in India

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in India ranked based on their research performance in Engineering. A graph of 34.4M citations received by 2.11M academic papers made by 492 universities in India was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Indian Institute of Science

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Engineering

#54 in Asia

#174 in the World

Enrollment: 4,695
Founded: 1909

2. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

West Bengal | Kharagpur

For Engineering

#63 in Asia

#200 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1951

3. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Engineering

#71 in Asia

#228 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

4. Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Engineering

#80 in Asia

#248 in the World

Founded: 1959

5. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Engineering

#92 in Asia

#289 in the World

Founded: 1958

6. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Uttarakhand | Roorkee

For Engineering

#97 in Asia

#313 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1847

7. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur

For Engineering

#100 in Asia

#322 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1959

8. VIT University

Tamil Nadu | Vellore

For Engineering

#109 in Asia

#366 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1984

9. Banaras Hindu University

Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi

For Engineering

#120 in Asia

#403 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 32,000
Founded: 1915

10. Anna University

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Engineering

#125 in Asia

#429 in the World

Founded: 1978

11. Jadavpur University

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Engineering

#137 in Asia

#477 in the World

Founded: 1955

12. University of Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Engineering

#143 in Asia

#502 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Founded: 1922

13. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Assam | Guwahati

For Engineering

#151 in Asia

#524 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1994

14. National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

Odisha | Rourkela

For Engineering

#202 in Asia

#670 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

15. Indian Institute of Technology Indore

Madhya Pradesh | Indore

For Engineering

#204 in Asia

#675 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 1,915
Male:Female: 76:24
Founded: 2009

16. Indian School of Mines

Jharkhand | Dhanbad

For Engineering

#208 in Asia

#680 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1926

17. Aligarh Muslim University

Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh

For Engineering

#216 in Asia

#703 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1920

18. SRM Institute of Science and Technology

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Engineering

#222 in Asia

#718 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Founded: 1985

19. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli

For Engineering

#244 in Asia

#759 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1964

20. Amrita University

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

For Engineering

#248 in Asia

#769 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Enrollment: 24,500

21. Savitribai Phule Pune University

Maharashtra | Pune

For Engineering

#251 in Asia

#775 in the World

Founded: 1948

22. University of Calcutta

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Engineering

#266 in Asia

#820 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1857

23. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Engineering

#267 in Asia

#821 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1945

24. Institute of Chemical Technology

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Engineering

#273 in Asia

#840 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1936

25. University of Rajasthan

Rajasthan | Jaipur

For Engineering

#281 in Asia

#860 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1947

26. Panjab University

Punjab | Chandigarh

For Engineering

#285 in Asia

#869 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 16,358
Founded: 1882

27. University of Hyderabad

Telangana | Hyderabad

For Engineering

#292 in Asia

#881 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 5,061
Founded: 1974

28. All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Engineering

#302 in Asia

#899 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1956

29. Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

Punjab | Patiala

For Engineering

#304 in Asia

#901 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1956

30. Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Karnataka | Manipal

For Engineering

#306 in Asia

#904 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1993

31. Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur

Rajasthan | Jaipur

For Engineering

#307 in Asia

#905 in the World

Founded: 1963

32. National Islamic University

Haryana | Delhi

For Engineering

#309 in Asia

#911 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 22,893

33. Annamalai University

Tamil Nadu | Chidambaram

For Engineering

#313 in Asia

#917 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 37,444
Founded: 1929

34. Birla Institute of Technology and Science

Rajasthan | Pilani

For Engineering

#326 in Asia

#944 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 22,000
Founded: 1964

35. National Institute of Technology, Karnataka

Karnataka | Mangalore

For Engineering

#332 in Asia

#961 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1960

36. University of Mumbai

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Engineering

#354 in Asia

#1005 in the World

Founded: 1857

37. Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Engineering

#355 in Asia

#1008 in the World

Founded: 2002

38. Delhi Technological University

Haryana | Delhi

For Engineering

#360 in Asia

#1030 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1941

39. Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat

Gujarat | Surat

For Engineering

#366 in Asia

#1040 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 4,500
Founded: 1961

40. Saveetha University

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Engineering

#370 in Asia

#1045 in the World

Founded: 2005

41. Guru Nanak Dev University

Punjab | Amritsar

For Engineering

#371 in Asia

#1046 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1969

42. National Institute of Technology, Warangal

Telangana | Warangal

For Engineering

#383 in Asia

#1072 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1959

43. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

Telangana | Eddumailaram

For Engineering

#387 in Asia

#1085 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 2008

44. Pondicherry University

Puducherry | Pondicherry

For Engineering

#390 in Asia

#1091 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Founded: 1985

45. Sri Venkateswara University

Andhra Pradesh | Tirupati

For Engineering

#392 in Asia

#1095 in the World

Founded: 1954

46. Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

West Bengal | Howrah

For Engineering

#398 in Asia

#1110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1856

47. Shivaji University

Maharashtra | Kolhapur

For Engineering

#404 in Asia

#1121 in the World

Founded: 1962

48. Indian Institute of Technology, BHU

Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi

For Engineering

#413 in Asia

#1137 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1919

49. Lovely Professional University

Punjab | Phagwara

For Engineering

#420 in Asia

#1153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2005

50. Jawaharlal Nehru University

Haryana | Delhi

For Engineering

#421 in Asia

#1155 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1969

51. Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology

Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal

For Engineering

#426 in Asia

#1164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 62%
Founded: 1960

52. Cochin University of Science and Technology

For Engineering

#435 in Asia

#1180 in the World

Founded: 1971

53. Bharathiar University

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

For Engineering

#437 in Asia

#1183 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1982

54. Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad

Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad

For Engineering

#439 in Asia

#1185 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1961

55. Indian Statistical Institute

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Engineering

#443 in Asia

#1198 in the World

Founded: 1931

56. University of Madras

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Engineering

#445 in Asia

#1204 in the World

Founded: 1857

57. National Institute of Technology, Silchar

Assam | Silchar

For Engineering

#449 in Asia

#1215 in the World

Founded: 1967

58. National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra

Haryana | Kurukshetra

For Engineering

#450 in Asia

#1216 in the World

Founded: 1963

59. Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Engineering

#452 in Asia

#1219 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 2001

60. National Institute of Technology, Durgapur

West Bengal | Durgapur

For Engineering

#457 in Asia

#1226 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1960

61. Osmania University

Telangana | Hyderabad

For Engineering

#465 in Asia

#1245 in the World

Founded: 1918

62. SASTRA University

Tamil Nadu | Thanjavur

For Engineering

#471 in Asia

#1258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1984

63. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

Punjab | Chandigarh

For Engineering

#478 in Asia

#1270 in the World

Founded: 1962

64. National Institute of Technology, Calicut

Kerala | Kozhikode

For Engineering

#479 in Asia

#1271 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1961

65. Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology

Maharashtra | Nagpur

For Engineering

#482 in Asia

#1275 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1960

66. Amity University

Uttar Pradesh | Noida

For Engineering

#485 in Asia

#1281 in the World

Founded: 2005

67. KIIT University

Odisha | Bhubaneswar

For Engineering

#508 in Asia

#1326 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 2004

68. Bharathidasan University

Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli

For Engineering

#511 in Asia

#1330 in the World

Founded: 1982

69. Birla Institute of Technology

Jharkhand | Ranchi

For Engineering

#516 in Asia

#1338 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1955

70. Siksha O Anusandhan University

Odisha | Bhubaneswar

For Engineering

#520 in Asia

#1343 in the World

Enrollment: 4,180

71. Andhra University

Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam

For Engineering

#531 in Asia

#1380 in the World

Founded: 1926

72. Homi Bhabha National Institute

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Engineering

#534 in Asia

#1388 in the World

Founded: 2005

73. Mahatma Gandhi University

Kerala | Kottayam

For Engineering

#535 in Asia

#1389 in the World

Enrollment: 150,000
Founded: 1983

74. Tezpur University

For Engineering

#542 in Asia

#1401 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1994

75. K L University

Andhra Pradesh | Vaddeswaram

For Engineering

#550 in Asia

#1413 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Founded: 1980

76. Bangalore University

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Engineering

#557 in Asia

#1427 in the World

Founded: 1886

77. Dr. Hari Singh Gour University

Madhya Pradesh | Sagar

For Engineering

#564 in Asia

#1438 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 29,000
Founded: 1946

78. University of Allahabad

Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad

For Engineering

#567 in Asia

#1441 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 26,386
Founded: 1887

79. National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur

Himachal Pradesh | Hamirpur

For Engineering

#568 in Asia

#1445 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1986

80. Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar

Punjab | Jalandhar

For Engineering

#574 in Asia

#1456 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1987

81. Alagappa University

Tamil Nadu | Karaikudi

For Engineering

#581 in Asia

#1471 in the World

Founded: 1985

82. Chandigarh University

Punjab | Mohali

For Engineering

#582 in Asia

#1473 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 3,611
Founded: 2012

83. University of Kalyani

West Bengal | Kalyani

For Engineering

#584 in Asia

#1476 in the World

Founded: 1960

84. Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Telangana | Hyderabad

For Engineering

#591 in Asia

#1491 in the World

Founded: 1972

85. Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

Gujarat | Vadodara

For Engineering

#594 in Asia

#1496 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1949

86. Kalasalingam University

Tamil Nadu | Krishnankoil

For Engineering

#608 in Asia

#1524 in the World

Founded: 1984

87. University of Burdwan

West Bengal | Bardhaman

For Engineering

#609 in Asia

#1528 in the World

Enrollment: 24,690
Founded: 1960

88. Indian Institute of Technology Patna

For Engineering

#613 in Asia

#1534 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 2,539
Founded: 2008

89. Indian Agricultural Research Institute

Haryana | Delhi

For Engineering

#619 in Asia

#1543 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1905

90. National Institute of Technology, Raipur

Chhattisgarh | Raipur

For Engineering

#633 in Asia

#1564 in the World

Founded: 1956

91. Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

For Engineering

#636 in Asia

#1572 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1986

92. Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar

Odisha | Bhubaneswar

For Engineering

#638 in Asia

#1577 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 2008

93. University of Kerala

Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram

For Engineering

#652 in Asia

#1605 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1937

94. Madurai Kamaraj University

Tamil Nadu | Madurai

For Engineering

#655 in Asia

#1609 in the World

Founded: 1965

95. Punjab Agricultural University

Punjab | Ludhiana

For Engineering

#656 in Asia

#1611 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 1962

96. Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Engineering

#666 in Asia

#1634 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1997

97. Christ University

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Engineering

#669 in Asia

#1641 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1969

98. Punjabi University Patiala

Punjab | Patiala

For Engineering

#672 in Asia

#1646 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

99. Devi Ahilya University / Indore University

Madhya Pradesh | Indore

For Engineering

#682 in Asia

#1661 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%

100. Karnatak University

Karnataka | Dharwad

For Engineering

#685 in Asia

#1664 in the World

Founded: 1949

The best cities to study Engineering in India based on the number of universities and their ranks are Bangalore, Kharagpur, Delhi, and Chennai.

Engineering subfields in India

Acoustical Engineering354

Aerospace Engineering336

Agricultural Engineering128

Applied/Engineering Physics112

Architectural Engineering76

Automation and Control engineering124

Automotive Engineering163

Biochemical Engineering149

Biomedical Engineering112

Biotechnology342

Chemical Engineering412

Civil Engineering273

Computer Engineering180

Computer Networking377

Construction Management45

Electrical Engineering413

Electronic Engineering314

Engineering Management26

Environmental Engineering252

Firefighting and Fire Science36

Geotechnical Engineering298

Human-Computer Interaction145

Industrial Engineering35

Landscape Architecture4

Marine Engineering35

Materials Science470

Mechanical Engineering438

Metallurgical Engineering439

Mining Engineering43

Nanotechnology401

Nuclear Engineering58

Operations Research137

Optical Engineering433

Petroleum Engineering39

Polymer science and Plastics engineering40

Product and Industrial Design28

Reliability and Quality Engineering148

Remote Sensing166

Renewable Energy Engineering201

Structural Engineering300

Systems Engineering232

Technical Drawing50

Telecommunications390

Transportation Engineering94