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NIT Rankings by MHRD NIRF, THE, BW, QS have been released for Engineering courses. Check top ranked Engineering colleges/ institutions with scores below.

NIT Rankings 2022 have been released by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). There are a total of 31 NITs in India for which rankings have been published. The most popular among all the NITs are NIT Tiruchirappalli and NIT Karnataka, as they are the only NITs that have been ranked globally. The NITs have been ranked by various based on various parameters.

NIT Ranking 2022 by NIRF MHRD, Government of India

Parameters of NIRF Ranking for Engineering

The rankings are primarily based on 5 parameters:

  • Teaching and Learning Resources(TLR)
  • Graduation Outcome(GO)
  • Perception(PR)
  • Outreach and Inclusivity(OI)
  • Research and Professional Practice(RP)

Since 2018, participation has been made compulsory for institutes receiving public grants from the government.

Explore colleges based on JEE Main

Mumbai
#3 NIRF
₹8 L - 10 L
Ranked in the top 10 by NIRF
Delhi
#2 NIRF
₹8 L - 10 L
In Top 10 %ile by Average Salary of B.Tech Colleges
Delhi
#27 NIRF
₹6.06 L - 6.87 L
In Top 10 %ile by Average Salary of B.Tech Colleges
Chennai
#1 NIRF
₹5.31 L - 10 L
In Top 10 %ile by Average Salary of B.Tech Colleges

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Kharagpur
#5 NIRF
₹8 L - 10 L
Ranked in the top 10 by NIRF
Tiruchirappalli
#9 NIRF
₹5 L
In Top 10 %ile by Average Salary of B.Tech Colleges
Chennai
#13 NIRF
₹10 L - 18 L
Ranked in the top 50 by NIRF
Kanpur
#4 NIRF
₹8 L
In Top 10 %ile by Average Salary of B.Tech Colleges
Hyderabad
#8 NIRF
₹8 L
In Top 10 %ile by Average Salary of B.Tech Colleges
Roorkee
#6 NIRF
₹8 L - 10.71 L
Ranked in the top 10 by NIRF
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Name of NIT

NIT Ranking 2022 (MHRD)

NIT Ranking 2021 (MHRD)

NIT Trichy (NITT), 1964

8

9

NIT Karnataka (NITK), 1960

10

10

NIT Rourkela (NITRKL), 1961

15

20

NIT Warangal (NITW), 1959

21

23

NIT Calicut (NITC), 1961

31

25

NIT Nagpur (VNIT), 1960

32

30

NIT Durgapur (NITDGP), 1960

34

29

NIT Silchar (NITS), 1967

38

48

NIT Jaipur (MNIT), 1963

46

37

NIT Allahabad (MNNIT), 1961

47

42

NIT Kurukshetra (NITKKR), 1963

50

44

NIT Jalandhar (NITJ), 1987

52

49

NIT Surat (SVNIT), 1961

58

47

NIT Meghalaya (NITM), 2010

60

59

NIT Patna (NITP), 1886

63

72

NIT Raipur (NITRR), 1956

65

64

NIT Srinagar (NITSRI), 1960

66

69

NIT Bhopal (MANIT), 1960

70

60

NIT Agartala (NITA), 1965

80

92

NIT Goa (NITG), 2010

88

85

NIT Jamshedpur (NITJSR), 1960

90

86

NIT Manipur (NITMN), 2010

108

114

NIT Hamirpur (NITH), 1986

128

99

NIT Uttarakhand (NITUK), 2010

131

186

NIT Puducherry (NITPY), 2010

136

144

NIT Arunachal Pradesh (NITAP), 2010

171

160

NIT Sikkim (NITSKM), 2010

173

NA

NIT Delhi (NITD), 2010

194

NA

NIT Mizoram (NITMZ), 2010

NA

NA

NIT Nagaland (NITN), 2010

NA

NA

NIT Andhra Pradesh (NITANP), 2015

NA

NA

NIT Ranking by THE

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019 includes more than 1,250 universities, making it our biggest international league. According to THE NIT Ranking, only two institutes have been ranked out of the 31 NITs in India.

National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela has been ranked between 501–600 and National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli is ranked between 601–800.

NIT Ranking by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)

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The QS World Ranking is based on the global overall and subject rankings (which name the world's top universities for the study of 48 different subjects and five composite faculty areas).

As per the world university ranking by QS, out of all the NITs, NIT Rourkela has been given rank 27 and NIT Trichy has bagged 29.

The ranking has been provided on the basis of various parameters such as:

  • Public Status
  • Research Output
  • Total Students
  • Academic Faculty Staff
  • International Students

NIT Ranking by Business Week (BW)

In the Business Week global ranking, out of all the NITs, only one has been ranked i.e NIT Trichy. The rank obtained by NIT Trichy is between 800 -1000. All of the institutes have not been ranked by Business Week.

NIT Admission Process

For admission to NITs, interested candidates have to appear in a common entrance test. For UG courses engineering programmes, are done through JEE Mains exam. Since Dec 2018, National Testing Agency (NTA) has taken over the authority to conduct JEE Mains which is held twice a year in January and April.

Apart from UG programmes, the NIT colleges in India also offers M.Tech, MBA, PhD and dual degree programmes in various branches of engineering. To have more clarification go through the table below to know other entrance exams you need to take to be able to seek admission to various other courses offered at NITs.

Courses

Entrance Exams

B.Tech/B.Arch

JEE Main

Mtech/MSc

GATE

MBA

CAT

MCA

NIMCET

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