30 Best universities for Industrial 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 Industrial Engineering. A graph of 69.3K citations received by 4.14K academic papers made by 30 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

#53 in Asia

#184 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1951

2. Jadavpur University

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Industrial Engineering

#55 in Asia

#209 in the World

Founded: 1955

3. Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Industrial Engineering

#62 in Asia

#239 in the World

Founded: 1959

4. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Uttarakhand | Roorkee

For Industrial Engineering

#64 in Asia

#241 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1847

5. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Industrial Engineering

#66 in Asia

#246 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

6. Birla Institute of Technology and Science

Rajasthan | Pilani

For Industrial Engineering

#68 in Asia

#250 in the World

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

7. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Industrial Engineering

#74 in Asia

#264 in the World

Founded: 1958

8. VIT University

Tamil Nadu | Vellore

For Industrial Engineering

#77 in Asia

#275 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1984

9. Indian Institute of Science

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Industrial Engineering

#83 in Asia

#286 in the World

Enrollment: 4,695
Founded: 1909

10. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli

For Industrial Engineering

#88 in Asia

#306 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1964

11. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur

For Industrial Engineering

#95 in Asia

#321 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1959

12. YMCA University of Science and Technology

Haryana | Faridabad

For Industrial Engineering

#109 in Asia

#394 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1969

13. National Institute of Technology, Calicut

Kerala | Kozhikode

For Industrial Engineering

#115 in Asia

#421 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1961

14. Anna University

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Industrial Engineering

#119 in Asia

#429 in the World

Founded: 1978

15. National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra

Haryana | Kurukshetra

For Industrial Engineering

#128 in Asia

#475 in the World

Founded: 1963

16. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Assam | Guwahati

For Industrial Engineering

#130 in Asia

#480 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1994

17. K L University

Andhra Pradesh | Vaddeswaram

For Industrial Engineering

#156 in Asia

#558 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Founded: 1980

18. National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

Odisha | Rourkela

For Industrial Engineering

#157 in Asia

#560 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

19. Birla Institute of Technology

Jharkhand | Ranchi

For Industrial Engineering

#159 in Asia

#572 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1955

20. SRM Institute of Science and Technology

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Industrial Engineering

#179 in Asia

#631 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Founded: 1985

21. Indian Statistical Institute

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Industrial Engineering

#186 in Asia

#650 in the World

Founded: 1931

22. Indian Institute of Technology Indore

Madhya Pradesh | Indore

For Industrial Engineering

#189 in Asia

#663 in the World

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

23. Amrita University

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

For Industrial Engineering

#190 in Asia

#664 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Enrollment: 24,500

24. Saveetha University

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Industrial Engineering

#209 in Asia

#719 in the World

Founded: 2005

25. National Islamic University

Haryana | Delhi

For Industrial Engineering

#210 in Asia

#720 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 22,893

26. Delhi Technological University

Haryana | Delhi

For Industrial Engineering

#220 in Asia

#744 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1941

27. Amity University

Uttar Pradesh | Noida

For Industrial Engineering

#232 in Asia

#780 in the World

Founded: 2005

28. Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur

Rajasthan | Jaipur

For Industrial Engineering

#242 in Asia

#807 in the World

Founded: 1963

29. KIIT University

Odisha | Bhubaneswar

For Industrial Engineering

#251 in Asia

#828 in the World

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

30. University of Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Industrial Engineering

#258 in Asia

#843 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Founded: 1922

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