27 Best universities for Industrial Engineering in India

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in India ranked based on their research performance in Industrial Engineering. A graph of 63.2K citations received by 4.03K academic papers made by 27 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 Technology Kharagpur

West Bengal | Kharagpur

For Industrial Engineering

#52 in Asia

#185 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1951

2. Jadavpur University

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Industrial Engineering

#55 in Asia

#204 in the World

Founded: 1955

3. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Uttarakhand | Roorkee

For Industrial Engineering

#59 in Asia

#229 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1847

4. Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Industrial Engineering

#60 in Asia

#235 in the World

Founded: 1959

5. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Industrial Engineering

#65 in Asia

#246 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

6. Birla Institute of Technology and Science

Rajasthan | Pilani

For Industrial Engineering

#70 in Asia

#253 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1964

7. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Industrial Engineering

#73 in Asia

#263 in the World

Founded: 1958

8. Indian Institute of Science

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Industrial Engineering

#74 in Asia

#267 in the World

Enrollment: 4,695
Founded: 1909

9. VIT University

Tamil Nadu | Vellore

For Industrial Engineering

#81 in Asia

#293 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1984

10. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur

For Industrial Engineering

#82 in Asia

#298 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1959

11. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli

For Industrial Engineering

#84 in Asia

#303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1964

12. YMCA University of Science and Technology

Haryana | Faridabad

For Industrial Engineering

#107 in Asia

#397 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1969

13. National Institute of Technology, Calicut

Kerala | Kozhikode

For Industrial Engineering

#109 in Asia

#410 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1961

14. Anna University

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Industrial Engineering

#126 in Asia

#470 in the World

Founded: 1978

15. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Assam | Guwahati

For Industrial Engineering

#127 in Asia

#471 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1994

16. National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra

Haryana | Kurukshetra

For Industrial Engineering

#130 in Asia

#477 in the World

Founded: 1963

17. National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

Odisha | Rourkela

For Industrial Engineering

#148 in Asia

#552 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

18. Birla Institute of Technology

Jharkhand | Ranchi

For Industrial Engineering

#153 in Asia

#560 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1955

19. K L University

Andhra Pradesh | Vaddeswaram

For Industrial Engineering

#154 in Asia

#564 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Founded: 1980

20. Indian Institute of Technology Indore

Madhya Pradesh | Indore

For Industrial Engineering

#182 in Asia

#647 in the World

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

21. Indian Statistical Institute

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Industrial Engineering

#187 in Asia

#655 in the World

Founded: 1931

22. Amrita University

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

For Industrial Engineering

#195 in Asia

#688 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Enrollment: 24,500
Male:Female: 53:47

23. SRM Institute of Science and Technology

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Industrial Engineering

#201 in Asia

#711 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Founded: 1985

24. Delhi Technological University

Haryana | Delhi

For Industrial Engineering

#206 in Asia

#727 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1941

25. National Islamic University

Haryana | Delhi

For Industrial Engineering

#209 in Asia

#736 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 22,893

26. Saveetha University

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Industrial Engineering

#217 in Asia

#750 in the World

Founded: 2005

27. Amity University

Uttar Pradesh | Noida

For Industrial Engineering

#236 in Asia

#803 in the World

Founded: 2005

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