Think Beyond IITs? Here are India's top non-IIT Engineering Colleges

As expected, the IITs have dominated this year's NIRF Rankings for best Engineering colleges in the country, which were released by the HRD ministry on Tuesday.

IITs Madras, Bombay, Delhi, Kharagpur, Kanpur, Roorkee and Guwahati have finished in the top 7 ranks, in that order.

The highest non-IIT in the list is Anna University in Chennai at rank 8.

Here are the top-20 ranked non-IIT Engineering colleges, as well as the rankings of some other well-known ones:

1. Anna University, Chennai - 8 (Overall rank)

2. Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai - 10

3. NIT Trichy - 11

4. Jadavpur University, Kolkata - 12

5. NIT Rourkela - 15

6. VIT, Vellore - 16

7. BITS Pilani - 17

8. Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala - 20

9. NIT Surathkal (Mangalore) - 21

10. Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Trivandrum - 23

11. NIT Warangal(Andhra Pradesh) - 25

12. BIT Mesra (Ranchi) - 26

13. PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore - 29

14. Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, Howrah - 30

15. VNIT (NIT Nagpur) - 31

16. Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi - 32

17. SASTRA, Thanjavur - 33

18. Amity, Noida - 34

19. AMU, Aligarh - 35

20. Shiv Nadar College of Engineering, Kancheepuram - 36

Sathyabama, Chennai - 37

IIIT, Hyderabad - 38

MIT Manipal - 39

Delhi Technological University - 41

NIT Kurukshetra (Haryana) - 43

COEP (Pune) - 45

NIT Durgapur (WB) - 47

KIIT (Kalinga - Bhubaneshwar) - 51

RV College (Bangalore) - 58

Panjab University (Chandigarh) - 59

MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore - 60

Indraprastha Institute of IT, Delhi - 66

JIIT (Jaypee Noida) - 70

PEC (Chandigarh) - 73

NIT Raipur - 81

GGISPU, New Delhi - 85

VJTI Mumbai - 95

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The NIRF Rankings also provide a ranking based on graduation outcomes (hopefully, placements). Here's how the top non-IIT Engineering colleges placed:

1. NIT Rourkela - 6 (Overall Graduation Outcome rank)

2. IIIT Hyderabad - 7

3. Jadavpur University - 8

4. NITIE, Mumbai - 13

5. Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai - 14

6. Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala - 15

7. NIT Warangal - 16

8. Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi - 17

9. NIT Trichy - 18

10. NIT Surathkal - 19

Delhi Technological University - 21

IP University, New Delhi - 22

BITS Pilani - 23

Anna University, Chennai - 28

VJTI, MUmbai - 31

IIIT Allahabad - 32

KIIT (Kalinga-Bhubaneshwar) - 33

Sathyabama, Chennai - 34

COEP (Pune) - 35

PEC, Chandigarh - 35

VIT, Vellore - 37

VNIT (NIT Nagpur) - 45

SASTRA, Thanjvur - 46

RV College, Bangalore - 50

BMS College of Engineering (Bangalore) - 54

MIT Manipal, 108