31 Best universities for Marine 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 Marine Engineering. A graph of 68.3K citations received by 7.58K academic papers made by 31 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 Madras

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Marine Engineering

#15 in Asia

#31 in the World

Founded: 1959

2. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

West Bengal | Kharagpur

For Marine Engineering

#61 in Asia

#192 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1951

3. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Marine Engineering

#74 in Asia

#231 in the World

Founded: 1958

4. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Uttarakhand | Roorkee

For Marine Engineering

#75 in Asia

#232 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1847

5. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Marine Engineering

#78 in Asia

#245 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

6. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Assam | Guwahati

For Marine Engineering

#107 in Asia

#340 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1994

7. Amrita University

Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore

For Marine Engineering

#134 in Asia

#445 in the World

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

8. VIT University

Tamil Nadu | Vellore

For Marine Engineering

#142 in Asia

#474 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1984

9. Anna University

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Marine Engineering

#149 in Asia

#497 in the World

Founded: 1978

10. Indian Institute of Science

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Marine Engineering

#150 in Asia

#498 in the World

Enrollment: 4,695
Founded: 1909

11. National Institute of Technology, Silchar

Assam | Silchar

For Marine Engineering

#163 in Asia

#530 in the World

Founded: 1967

12. National Institute of Technology, Karnataka

Karnataka | Mangalore

For Marine Engineering

#173 in Asia

#556 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1960

13. Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology

Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal

For Marine Engineering

#196 in Asia

#606 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 62%
Founded: 1960

14. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli

For Marine Engineering

#212 in Asia

#651 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1964

15. Indian School of Mines

Jharkhand | Dhanbad

For Marine Engineering

#214 in Asia

#657 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1926

16. Delhi Technological University

Haryana | Delhi

For Marine Engineering

#224 in Asia

#686 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1941

17. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur

For Marine Engineering

#226 in Asia

#694 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1959

18. Indian Institute of Technology Indore

Madhya Pradesh | Indore

For Marine Engineering

#263 in Asia

#775 in the World

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

19. SRM Institute of Science and Technology

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Marine Engineering

#277 in Asia

#808 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Founded: 1985

20. Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Karnataka | Manipal

For Marine Engineering

#282 in Asia

#824 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1993

21. Cochin University of Science and Technology

For Marine Engineering

#285 in Asia

#831 in the World

Founded: 1971

22. Savitribai Phule Pune University

Maharashtra | Pune

For Marine Engineering

#301 in Asia

#858 in the World

Founded: 1948

23. Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Marine Engineering

#311 in Asia

#875 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Founded: 1985

24. Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat

Gujarat | Surat

For Marine Engineering

#316 in Asia

#884 in the World

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

25. Jadavpur University

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Marine Engineering

#319 in Asia

#891 in the World

Founded: 1955

26. Christ University

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Marine Engineering

#348 in Asia

#949 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1969

27. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies

Uttarakhand | Dehradun

For Marine Engineering

#352 in Asia

#953 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 2003

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

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Marine Engineering

#354 in Asia

#955 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1997

29. Banaras Hindu University

Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi

For Marine Engineering

#371 in Asia

#985 in the World

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

30. Andhra University

Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam

For Marine Engineering

#385 in Asia

#1005 in the World

Founded: 1926

31. Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Marine Engineering

#401 in Asia

#1028 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 2001

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

Engineering subfields in India

Acoustical Engineering351

Aerospace Engineering329

Agricultural Engineering128

Applied/Engineering Physics104

Architectural Engineering72

Automation and Control engineering122

Automotive Engineering151

Biochemical Engineering143

Biomedical Engineering103

Biotechnology332

Chemical Engineering407

Civil Engineering267

Computer Engineering178

Computer Networking370

Construction Management44

Electrical Engineering411

Electronic Engineering310

Engineering Management22

Environmental Engineering248

Firefighting and Fire Science36

Geotechnical Engineering295

Human-Computer Interaction138

Industrial Engineering35

Landscape Architecture4

Materials Science469

Mechanical Engineering433

Metallurgical Engineering435

Mining Engineering41

Nanotechnology398

Nuclear Engineering54

Operations Research133

Optical Engineering432

Petroleum Engineering37

Polymer science and Plastics engineering42

Product and Industrial Design28

Reliability and Quality Engineering144

Remote Sensing155

Renewable Energy Engineering198

Structural Engineering297

Systems Engineering229

Technical Drawing46

Telecommunications387

Transportation Engineering86