The list of top engineering colleges in India 2024 includes IIT Madras, IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur, IIT Roorkee, IIT Kharagpur, etc. Out of the total engineering colleges in India 95 colleges are privately owned and 92 colleges are administered by the government. The best engineering colleges in India 2024 include a total of 23 IITs, 31 NITs and 25 IIITs. JEE Main and Advanced being the major entrance exams accepted to these best engineering institutes is conducted every year for enrolling students in the B.Tech courses. 
JEE Main 2024 schedule has been released for admission to the top engineering colleges in India. JEE Main 2024 session 2 will be held from April 4 to April 15, 2024. In addition to JEE scores, some other entrances accepted by the best engineering colleges in India are EAPCET, MHT CET, SRMJEEE, VITEEE, WBJEE and many more. Let’s take a look at the top engineering colleges in India 2024.
As per the previous year NIRF Ranking, the top 5 engineering colleges in India include IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur and IIT Roorkee. Seeing the previous year's trends, it is expected that these IITs will once again secure the top positions amongst the top engineering colleges in India in the NIRF Ranking 2024 as well.   

Must have passed class 12 with PCM and minimum of 75% marks

• IIT Madras has been successfully maintaining its stellar position of rank 1 for three consecutive years - 2021, 2022 and 2023.
• Similarly IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay and IIT Kanpur have consistently ranked 2nd, 3rd and 4th for three consecutive years respectively.
• Amongst the top engineering colleges in India, there was a cut throat competition between IIT Roorkee and IIT Kharagpur for the 5th spot and IIT Roorkee bagged the 5th position in 2023, exchanging its position of rank 6 with IIT Kharagpur.
• Out of the top 9 engineering colleges in India, 8 positions are secured by IITs whereas 1 position has been secured by NIT Tiruchirapalli.
• Jadavpur University in West Bengal has shown an upward movement in the NIRF Ranking 2023 and has positioned itself at the 10th spot.

Top Engineering Colleges in India - Region-wise

We are providing you with a list of top engineering colleges in the four regions/zones of India - North India, South India, West India, and East India.

Top Engineering Colleges in North India

College Name	NIRF Ranking 2023
IIT Delhi	2
IIT Kanpur	4
BITS Pilani	25
IIIT Allahabad	89

Top Engineering Colleges in South India

College Name	NIRF Ranking 2023
IIT Madras	1
IIT Hyderabad	8
NIT Trichy	9
VIT Vellore	11

Top Engineering Colleges in East India

College Name	NIRF Ranking 2023
IIT Kharagpur	6
IIT Guwahati	7
IIT Indore	14
ISM Dhanbad	17

Top Engineering Colleges in West India

College Name	NIRF Ranking 2023
IIT Gandhinagar	18
ICT Mumbai	24
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur	41
Defence Institute of Advanced Technology	57

Apart from knowing the list of top engineering colleges in India 2024, it is very important for the engineering aspirants to know the important dates for the entrance exams accepted for admission. Here are the dates listed in a table.

Top Engineering Colleges in India 2024 - Dates for Important Entrance Exam

Name of the entrance exam	Date of exam
JEE Main session 2	April 4 to April 15, 2024
TS EAPCET	May 9 to 12, 2024
MHT CET	April 16 to 30, 2024

Top 10 Government Engineering Colleges in India

Mentioned below in the table are the top 10 government engineering colleges in India.

College Name	NIRF Rank	Total Fees	Eligibility criteria	Entrance exam
IIT Madras	1	Rs 8,00,000	Candidates must have passed class 12 or an equivalent with a minimum of 75% marks	JEE Advanced
IIT Delhi	2	Rs 8,00,000	Passed class 12 from recognised board with 75% marks	JEE Advanced
IIT Bombay	3	Rs 8,00,000 - Rs 20,00,000	Class 12 with Physics, Chemistry and Maths with at least 75% marks	JEE Advanced
IIT Kanpur	4	Rs 8,00,000	Must have passed class 12 with PCM and minimum of 75% marks	JEE Advanced
IIT Roorkee	5	Rs 11,66,400	Candidates should have passed class 12 with 75% marks	JEE Advanced

IIT Madras

IIT Madras is a public technical institute which is situated in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It is an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and one of the eight public Institutes of Eminence of India. It was ranked 53 in Asia and 250 overall in the QS World University Rankings for 2023. There are a total of 8 courses offered in different specialisations by the institute.

• Year of establishment: 1959
• Average Placement Package: Rs 10 to 15 LPA
• Top recruiters: Apple, Amazon, Deloitte, Google, Intel, Flipkart, etc.
• Top courses: B.Tech CSE, B.Tech Aerospace Engineering, B.Tech Chemical Engineering, B.Tech in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, M.Tech Biomedical Engineering, M.Tech in Bioprocess Engineering, M.Tech CSE, B.Tech+M.Tech, MBA and more
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IIT Delhi

IIT Delhi was established in 1961 as the College of Engineering in Delhi. Later, it was recognised as an “Institution of National Importance”. The institute has a campus of 325 acres with a student intake of 7784 and 750+ faculty members. There are a total of 12 courses offered in different specialisations to the candidates. IIT Delhi admission to different courses is offered through various entrance examinations like GATE and JEE Advanced.   

• Year of establishment: 1961
• Average Placement Package: Rs 17.60 lakh per annum
• Top recruiters: Microsoft, Accenture, Amazon, ICICI Bank, Dell, Barclays. etc.
• Top courses: B.Tech Manufacturing Engineering, B.Tech CSE, B.Tech Mechanical Engineering, B.Tech Electrical Engineering, M.Tech Applied Optics, M.Tech Chemical Engineering, and more.
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IIT Kanpur

There are nearly 4,500 students enrolled in UG programmes at IIT Kanpur, while 2,000 students in PG programmes. There are 2,100 students registered in the institute for the PhD programmes. In addition, there are 555 permanent faculty members and 47 visiting faculty members at IIT Kanpur. In 2022, the institute filed 884 patents and published 2,021 research publications. IIT Kanpur has one of the largest campuses in India. It is spread over an area of 1055 acres. The main degree is the BTech programme.

• Year of establishment: 1959
• Average Placement Package: Rs 18.14 Lakhs per annum
• Top recruiters: Microsoft, Texas Instruments, Navi, Qualcomm, Deutsche Bank, Amazon and more
• Top courses: B.Tech Applied Mechanics, B.tech in Biological Sciences and Bio-Engineering, B.Tech CSE, B.Tech Metallurgical Engineering, B.Tech in Chemical Engineering, B.Tech Civil Engineering, B.Tech. + M.Tech. in Chemical Engineering, B.Tech. + M.Tech. in Aerospace Engineering, M.Tech in Biological Sciences and Bio-Engineering, M.Tech CSE and more.
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