List of Best Engineering schools in India ranked by Government of India (NIRF).

Many websites have published various rankings, but this is the official ranking by NIRF (the most reliable and authentic system based on the data provided by colleges; all the data and parameters/methodology are available on the MHRD / nirfindia.org website).

College	2021 Rank	2022 Rank	2023 Rank	2024 Rank	Location
Indian Institute of Technology Madras	1	1	1	1	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	2	2	2	2	New Delhi, Delhi
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	3	3	3	3	Mumbai, Maharashtra
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	4	4	4	4	Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	5	5	6	5	Kharagpur, West Bengal
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	6	6	5	6	Roorkee, Uttarakhand
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati	7	7	7	7	Guwahati, Assam
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad	8	9	8	8	Hyderabad, Telangana
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli	9	8	9	9	Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi	14	13	15	10	Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Vellore Institute of Technology	12	12	11	11	Vellore, Tamil Nadu
Jadavpur University	17	11	10	12	Kolkata, West Bengal
SRM Institute of Science and Technology	34	24	13		Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Anna University	17	17	13	14	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad	14	14	17	15	Dhanbad, Jharkhand
Indian Institute of Technology Indore	13	16	14	16	Indore, Madhya Pradesh
National Institute of Technology Surathkal	10	10	12	17	Surathkal, Karnataka
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar	22	23	18	18	Gandhinagar, Gujarat
National Institute of Technology Rourkela	20	15	16	19	Rourkela, Odisha
Birla Institute of Technology & Science	26	29	25	20	Pilani, Rajasthan
National Institute of Technology Warangal	23	21	21	21	Warangal, Telangana
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar	19	22	22	22	Rupnagar, Punjab
Amrita School of Engineering	16	19	19	23	Amritapuri, Kerala
Jamia Millia Islamia	33	26	26	24	New Delhi
National Institute of Technology Calicut	25	31	23	25	Kozhikode, Kerla
Siksha `O` Anusandhan	32	27	27	26	Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Delhi Technological University	36	35	29	27	New Delhi, Delhi
Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur	43	30	30	28	Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology	24	28	20	29	Patiala, Punjab
Amity University	31	25	31	30	Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi	41	20	33	31	Mandi, Himachal Pradesh
Chandigarh University		45	38	32	Chandigarh
Aligarh Muslim University	35	37	32	33	Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Indian Institute of Technology Patna	21	33	41	34	Patna, Bihar
Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University (K L College of Engineering)	50	44	44	35	Vaddeswaram, Andhra Pradesh
Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education		39	36	36	Srivilliputtur, Tamil Nadu
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology	39	42	39	37	Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy	38	41	34	38	Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology	30	32	41	39	Nagpur, Maharashtra
National Institute of Technology Silchar	48	38	40	40	Silchar, Assam
Institute of Chemical Technology	15	18	24	41	Mumbai, Maharashtra
UPES				42	Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Malaviya National Institute of Technology	37	46	37	43	Jaipur, Rajasthan
National Institute of Technology Durgapur	29	34	43	44	Durgapur, West Bengal
National Institute of Technology Delhi			51	45	Delhi
Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering	45	48	45	46	Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu
International Institute of Information Technology	54	62		47	Hyderabad, Telangana
Birla Institute of Technology	46	53	53	48	Ranchi, Jharkhand
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology	27	40	35	49	Shibpur , Howrah, West Bengal
Lovely Professional University		51	50	50	Phagwara, Punjab
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology	40	43	48	51	Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology	49	52	46		Jalandhar, Punjab
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar	28	36	47		Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology	42	47	49		Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Visvesvaraya Technological University		49	52		Belgaum, Karnataka
National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra	44	50			Kurukshetra, Haryana
Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology	55	54			Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Manipal Institute of Technology	51	55			Manipal, Karnataka
PSG College of Technology	53	57			Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology	47	58			Surat, Gujrat
College of Engineering	52	72			Pune, Maharashtra

Overall, some Universities and colleges that have consistently performed well (in other areas, too) in QS Ratings, US News, India Today, and NIRF are IITs, Indian Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Jadavpur University, Jamia Millia Islamia, Aligarh Muslim University, NIT Trichy, Anna University, University of Delhi, BITS Pilani.