Top Ten Engineering College in India

One of the most popular streams of study in India is Engineering. Most of the students dream of taking it up as a subject. India has some of the best private and government engineering colleges and universities which impart courses both at under-graduate and post-graduate levels. Besides the metropolitan cities, the engineering institutes are also situated in other cities like Roorkee, Vellore, Guwahati, Kanpur, Allahabad and Kharagpur to name a few.

As there is a huge increase in the number of engineering colleges, both private and government, so the students must have a clear knowledge of the best engineering colleges and the admission procedure, that would help them in moving in the right direction.

The IITs continue to rule in the field of engineering, thereby providing the country with top class technology professionals. The seven IITs have the best standards in India, for technical education. IIT admission to undergraduate courses is based on the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) results.

Apart from the IITs, there are other important engineering colleges as well. Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences (BITS), Pilani, is one of the best private engineering colleges. One of the oldest universities imparting knowledge in different disciplines of engineering is the Banaras Hindu University.

Majority of the engineering colleges follow a selection procedure. Different colleges conduct different entrance examinations like GATE, JMET etc. Students have the opportunity to select from a good range of engineering disciplines, be it Civil, Mechanical, Computer, Electronics, Electrical, Biochemical or Chemical.

Here is a list of top ten engineering colleges in India:-

• IIT, Delhi (Est: 1959)
  
  Hauz Khas, Delhi-110016.
  Tel: 011-26581988
  Website:www.iitd.ernet.in
  E-mail:webmaster@admin.iitd.ac.in
  Seats: 510
  Cut-off: Joint entrance exam
  
  
• IIT, Kanpur (Est: 1959)
  
  Kanpur-208016
  Tel: 0512-2597178
  Website:www.iitk.ac.in
  E-mail:scs@iitk.ac.in
  Seats: 489
  Cut-off: Joint entrance exam
  
  
• IIT, Mumbai (Est: 1958)
  
  Mumbai- 400076 Tel: 022-25767025
  Website:www.iitb.ac.in
  E-mail:pro@iith.ac.in
  Seats: 1,000
  Cut-off:Joint entrance exam
  
  
• IIT, Kharagpur (Est: 1950)
  
  Kharagpur-721302
  Tel: 03222-282002
  Website:www.iitkgp.ernet.in
  E-mail:director@iitkgp.ernet.in
  Seats: 696
  Cut-off: Joint entrance exam
  
  
• IIT, Chennai (Est: 1951)
  
  Guindy, Chennai-600036
  Tel: 044-22578034
  Website:www.iitm.ac.in
  E-mail:dracad@iitm.ac.in
  Seats: 497
  Cut-off: Joint entrance exam
  
  
• IIT, Roorkee (Est: 1847)
  
  Roorkee-247667
  Tel: 01332-285090
  Website:www.iitr.ac.in
  E-mail:spgfee@iitr.ernet.in
  Seats: 494
  Cut-off: Joint entrance exam
  
  
• Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (Est: 1994)
  
  Guwahati-781039
  Tel: 0361-2690790
  Website:www.iitg.ernet.in
  E-mail:ads@iitg.ernet.in
  Seats: 302
  Cut-off: Joint entrance exam
  
  
• National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli (Est: 1964)
  
  Tanjore Road, Tiruchirapally-620015
  Tel: 0431-2501801
  Website:www.nitt.edu
  Seats: 625
  Cut-off: Entrance exam
  
  
• Institute of Technology, BHU (Est: 1919)
  
  Varanasi-221005
  Tel: 0542-2368427
  Website:www.itbhu.ac.in
  E-mail:director_it@bhu.ac.in
  Seats: 643
  Cut-off: Joint entrance exam
  
  
• NIT, Warangal (Est: 1959)
  
  Warangal-506004
  Tel: 0870-2462014
  Website:www.nitw.ernet.in
  Seats: 375
  Cut-off: Entrance exam