Top 10 Engineering Colleges in India

Top 10 Engineering Colleges in India
IIT Roorkee

India is one of the largest producers of engineers in the world. There has been a massive rise in the number of private engineering colleges, here are the top engineering colleges of India.

1. Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Website – iitm.ac.in

Indian Institute of Technology Madras is a public engineering and research institute located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, and is one of India’s most prestigious universities. IIT Madras offers undergraduate, postgraduate and research degrees across 16 disciplines in Engineering, Sciences, Humanities, and Management.

2. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Website –iitb.ac.in

A public engineering and research institution located in Powai, Mumbai, India. In the QS World University Rankings 2014, IIT Bombay was ranked as India’s top university. It is the second-oldest (after the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur) institute of the Indian Institutes of Technology system. IIT Bombay offers a wide variety of courses of study in engineering, pure sciences, design, management, and humanities with a primary focus on engineering.

3. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Website – iitd.ac.in

A public research university located in Delhi, India. It was declared to be the Institute of National Importance by the Government of India under the Institutes of Technology Act. IIT Delhi is one of the two educational institutes in India which have been listed in Quacquarelli Symonds’ (QS) list of top 200 universities globally in 2015.

IIT Delhi offers a Bachelor of Technology in nine areas Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Mathematics and Computing, Mechanical Engineering, Production and Industrial Engineering, Textile Technology. IIT Delhi offers many Undergraduate-cum-postgraduate dual programs, postgraduate programs (M.Tech(by coursework), M.S.(by Research), M.Sc., M. Des., MBA under various departments and centers.

4. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Website – iitkgp.ac.in

It is the first of the IITs to be established and is recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India.IIT Kharagpur offers degrees as part of its undergraduate programs. They include Bachelor of Technology (BTech.Hons), Bachelor of Architecture (BArch), and the 5-year integrated Master of Science. It also provides postgraduate programs including Master of Technology (MTech), Master of Business Administration (MBA), and Master of Sciences (MSc).

5. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Website – iitk.ac.in

A public research university located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, IIT Kanpur offers four-year B.Tech programs in Aerospace Engineering, Biological Sciences and Bio-engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. From 2011, IIT Kanpur has started offering a four-year BS program in sciences and has kept its B.Tech Program intact. Entry to the five-year M.Tech/MBA programs and Dual degree program will be done based on the CPI of students instead of the JEE rank it also provides postgraduate courses in Engineering offer Master of Technology (M.Tech), MS (R), and Ph.D. degrees.

6. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Website – iitr.ac.in

Formerly the University of Roorkee (1948–2001) and the Thomason College of Civil Engineering (1853–1948), is a public university located in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India. IIT Roorkee has 21 academic departments covering Engineering, Applied Sciences, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Management programs with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research. IIT Roorkee offers academic programs in Engineering, Technology, Applied Sciences, and Management. It runs eleven undergraduate (UG), five integrated dual degrees, three integrated M.Tech., three integrated M.Sc., sixty-one postgraduate (PG), and several doctoral programs.

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7. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

Website – iith.ac.in

A public university located in Sangareddy district, Telangana, India. IIT Hyderabad offers Undergraduate B.Tech degrees in eight disciplines of Engineering, M.Tech degrees in eight disciplines of Engineering, postgraduate and research degrees across all disciplines in Engineering, Sciences, and Liberal Arts.

8. Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar

Website – iitgn.ac.in

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (also known as IIT Gandhinagar and IITGN), located in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. IIT Gandhinagar offers Bachelor of Technology programs in Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering. The institute also offers Masters’s and Ph.D. studies in various fields in engineering, sciences and humanities, and social sciences.

9. Indian Institute of Technology Ropar

Website – iitrpr.ac.in

The Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (IIT Ropar) or IIT-RPR, is an engineering and technology higher education institute located in Rupnagar, Punjab, India. It provides a Bachelor’s Degree in Technology in Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Civil Engineering. It also provides a Master’s degree M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, M.S. in Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, and Linguistics, and Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Philosophy.

10. Indian Institute of Technology Patna

Website –iitp.ac.in

The Indian Institute of Technology Patna (abbreviated IIT Patna or IITP) is an autonomous institute of education and research in science, engineering, and technology located in Patna, India.  IIT Patna awards Bachelor of Technology degrees in Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Chemical Engineering. It also provides Ph.D. and M.Tech programs in Mathematics and Computing, Nanotechnology, Mechatronics, Computer Science and Engineering, Communication Systems Engineering.

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