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Top engineering colleges near you
Pick a city or state to see its best NIRF-ranked colleges with rank, course fee, eligibility and NRI quota. Full NIRF ranking · NRI guide
NIRF score of the colleges shown
City regions at a glance
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Tile pictures are illustrations we drew, coloured by type of institution: they are not photographs or logos. “NIRF 151–200” and similar are NIRF bands, used after rank 100.
Eligibility, by kind of college
IITs
A rank in JEE Advanced after qualifying JEE Main, allotted through JoSAA. Class 12 criteria are in the JoSAA rules: Mathematics and Physics with Chemistry, Biology, Biotechnology or Computer Science, and 75% (65% for SC, ST, PwD) or the board’s top 20 percentile.
NITs, IIITs and other centrally funded institutes
A JEE Main rank, allotted through JoSAA and CSAB. Class 12 with Mathematics, Physics and one of Chemistry, Biotechnology, Computer Science or Biology; at least 75% in the best five subjects (65% for SC, ST, PwD) or the board’s top 20 percentile.
State colleges
Through the state’s counselling (for example TNEA, MHT-CET CAP, KEA, TS EAMCET, KEAM, WBJEE). Each state sets its own subject and marks rules: read the current prospectus.
Private and deemed universities
Many run their own entrance (for example VITEEE, SRMJEEE, BITSAT) or accept JEE Main and state ranks. The college publishes the minimum marks and the seats it reserves.
How the NRI quota works
DASA
Direct Admission of Students Abroad fills supernumerary seats (up to 15 percent of an institute’s seats) at NITs, IIEST, IIITs and other centrally funded institutes for NRI, PIO, OCI and foreign students, on a JEE Main rank. IITs are not part of DASA.
College quotas
Private and deemed universities usually run their own NRI or management quota with its own fee, often in US dollars. The size of the quota and the fee are the college’s decision: ask for it in writing.
State colleges
Some states keep a small NRI quota in state colleges, others do not. Ask the state counselling authority for the current notice.
More: the NRI admission guide, the DASA guide and the DASA seat matrix.
Common questions
Q01Why does a city show fewer than ten colleges?
Only institutions in the NIRF Engineering list are shown, so a region with fewer ranked colleges shows fewer. A college outside the list may still be recognised and good: check AICTE approval and the counselling authority.
Q02What does the NIRF band mean?
NIRF ranks the first 100 institutions one by one. After that it groups them in bands (101 to 150, 151 to 200, 201 to 300) without an exact rank.
Q03Why are some fees blank?
Fees change every year and vary by branch and category. We show a fee only when the college or an admission authority publishes it. For a blank, ask the admissions office for the fee head by head, in writing.
Q04Is the NRI quota the same as DASA?
No. DASA is the government route for centrally funded institutes. A college’s own NRI quota is a separate seat category set by that college or its state.
Q05Are the tile pictures photographs?
No. They are illustrations we drew, coloured by type of institution. They carry the college’s initials, not its logo.
Prepared 2 November 2026 with AI assistance from: NIRF Engineering list on the portal’s NIRF page; DASA 2025 seat matrix and DASA 2026 brochure; JoSAA 2026 brochure and business rules; Each college’s own website and fee notices; state counselling notices. Nothing here promises a rank, a seat or an admission.