27 Best universities for Mining 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 Mining Engineering. A graph of 72.6K citations received by 5.51K 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 School of Mines

Jharkhand | Dhanbad

For Mining Engineering

#8 in Asia

#9 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1926

2. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

West Bengal | Kharagpur

For Mining Engineering

#29 in Asia

#60 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1951

3. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Uttarakhand | Roorkee

For Mining Engineering

#30 in Asia

#62 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1847

4. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Mining Engineering

#35 in Asia

#73 in the World

Founded: 1958

5. Banaras Hindu University

Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi

For Mining Engineering

#37 in Asia

#75 in the World

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

6. National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

Odisha | Rourkela

For Mining Engineering

#70 in Asia

#176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

7. National Institute of Technology, Karnataka

Karnataka | Mangalore

For Mining Engineering

#92 in Asia

#242 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1960

8. Indian Institute of Science

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Mining Engineering

#97 in Asia

#256 in the World

Enrollment: 4,695
Founded: 1909

9. University of Hyderabad

Telangana | Hyderabad

For Mining Engineering

#103 in Asia

#277 in the World

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

10. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Mining Engineering

#107 in Asia

#284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

11. Aligarh Muslim University

Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh

For Mining Engineering

#125 in Asia

#341 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1920

12. Indian Institute of Technology, BHU

Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi

For Mining Engineering

#131 in Asia

#372 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1919

13. Jadavpur University

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Mining Engineering

#139 in Asia

#391 in the World

Founded: 1955

14. National Institute of Technology, Raipur

Chhattisgarh | Raipur

For Mining Engineering

#152 in Asia

#419 in the World

Founded: 1956

15. Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology

Rajasthan | Udaipur

For Mining Engineering

#155 in Asia

#433 in the World

Founded: 1999

16. Andhra University

Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam

For Mining Engineering

#156 in Asia

#437 in the World

Founded: 1926

17. Christ University

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Mining Engineering

#165 in Asia

#459 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1969

18. University of Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Mining Engineering

#174 in Asia

#484 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Founded: 1922

19. Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Mining Engineering

#187 in Asia

#517 in the World

Founded: 1959

20. Birla Institute of Technology

Jharkhand | Ranchi

For Mining Engineering

#190 in Asia

#528 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1955

21. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur

For Mining Engineering

#196 in Asia

#540 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1959

22. Anna University

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Mining Engineering

#204 in Asia

#562 in the World

Founded: 1978

23. Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology

Maharashtra | Nagpur

For Mining Engineering

#206 in Asia

#564 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1960

24. University of Jammu

Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu

For Mining Engineering

#215 in Asia

#585 in the World

Founded: 1969

25. Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

West Bengal | Howrah

For Mining Engineering

#221 in Asia

#620 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1856

26. University of Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow

For Mining Engineering

#243 in Asia

#684 in the World

Founded: 1921

27. Osmania University

Telangana | Hyderabad

For Mining Engineering

#246 in Asia

#690 in the World

Founded: 1918

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

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

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