28 Best universities for Mining 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 Mining Engineering. A graph of 64K citations received by 5.29K academic papers made by 28 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

#6 in Asia

#7 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1926

2. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Uttarakhand | Roorkee

For Mining Engineering

#28 in Asia

#59 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1847

3. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

West Bengal | Kharagpur

For Mining Engineering

#30 in Asia

#62 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1951

4. Banaras Hindu University

Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi

For Mining Engineering

#33 in Asia

#71 in the World

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

5. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Maharashtra | Mumbai

For Mining Engineering

#35 in Asia

#73 in the World

Founded: 1958

6. National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

Odisha | Rourkela

For Mining Engineering

#70 in Asia

#182 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

7. National Institute of Technology, Karnataka

Karnataka | Mangalore

For Mining Engineering

#90 in Asia

#241 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1960

8. Indian Institute of Science

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Mining Engineering

#92 in Asia

#252 in the World

Enrollment: 4,695
Founded: 1909

9. University of Hyderabad

Telangana | Hyderabad

For Mining Engineering

#98 in Asia

#267 in the World

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

10. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Mining Engineering

#103 in Asia

#277 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1961

11. Aligarh Muslim University

Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh

For Mining Engineering

#125 in Asia

#354 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1920

12. Indian Institute of Technology, BHU

Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi

For Mining Engineering

#129 in Asia

#374 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1919

13. Jadavpur University

West Bengal | Kolkata

For Mining Engineering

#133 in Asia

#379 in the World

Founded: 1955

14. Andhra University

Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam

For Mining Engineering

#149 in Asia

#422 in the World

Founded: 1926

15. Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology

Rajasthan | Udaipur

For Mining Engineering

#153 in Asia

#429 in the World

Founded: 1999

16. National Institute of Technology, Raipur

Chhattisgarh | Raipur

For Mining Engineering

#158 in Asia

#438 in the World

Founded: 1956

17. Christ University

Karnataka | Bangalore

For Mining Engineering

#160 in Asia

#449 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1969

18. University of Delhi

Haryana | Delhi

For Mining Engineering

#172 in Asia

#486 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Founded: 1922

19. Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Mining Engineering

#180 in Asia

#510 in the World

Founded: 1959

20. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur

For Mining Engineering

#196 in Asia

#548 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1959

21. Birla Institute of Technology

Jharkhand | Ranchi

For Mining Engineering

#197 in Asia

#551 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1955

22. Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology

Maharashtra | Nagpur

For Mining Engineering

#213 in Asia

#587 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1960

23. University of Jammu

Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu

For Mining Engineering

#216 in Asia

#598 in the World

Founded: 1969

24. Anna University

Tamil Nadu | Chennai

For Mining Engineering

#217 in Asia

#601 in the World

Founded: 1978

25. Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

West Bengal | Howrah

For Mining Engineering

#229 in Asia

#640 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1856

26. University of Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow

For Mining Engineering

#247 in Asia

#696 in the World

Founded: 1921

27. VIT University

Tamil Nadu | Vellore

For Mining Engineering

#250 in Asia

#701 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1984

28. Osmania University

Telangana | Hyderabad

For Mining Engineering

#251 in Asia

#704 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, Roorkee, Kharagpur, and Varanasi.