Top cities to do Engineering in India

Engineering is one of the most popular UG and PG courses in India. According to a survey conducted by The All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) by the Ministry of Human Resources, more than 38 lakh students have enrolled in various engineering programs in India. India is home to some of the most premium engineering institutions.

 Most of these premium institutions are either IITs or NITs. The candidates must appear in JEE Main (for NITs) and JEE Advanced (for IITs) to get admission into one of these colleges.

The competition for admission into these premier institutions is getting tougher and tougher every year. With more than 2 million students appearing in JEE Main every year, people often refer to it as one of the toughest entrance exams in India. 

According to stats, less than 10% of these students can succeed in securing admission into NITs and IITs and the rest of the students opt for tier-2 engineering institutions across various cities through various other entrance tests. Some of the top cities to do engineering are:

●     Bangalore

●     Chennai

●     Hyderabad

●     Mumbai

●     Delhi

●     Kolkata

Engineering in Bangalore

Bangalore has some of the best higher educational institutions in India. IIM-B and IISc are some of the prestigious colleges in India that are located in Bangalore. The capital city of Karnataka, Bangalore, has more than 2000 IT firms.

 Famous software giants like Infosys and Wipro are headquartered in the state of Karnataka. Bangalore is also known as the Silicon Valley of India due to all the advancements in the IT field. The employment rate of Karnataka is the highest in the whole country. 

The unemployment rate in this state is as low as 1.8%, whereas the unemployment rate of the whole country is 4.9%.

 

As the city has been providing the best engineering colleges and proper employment, students from different parts of the country and the world are flocking to Bangalore for their engineering studies. According to National Institutional Ranking Framework, some of the Top engineering colleges in Bangalore are:

NIRFRank	College Name	Score
59	M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology	43.74
62	International Institute of Information Technology	43.55
70	R.V. College of Engineering	41.02
73	B.M.S. College of Engineering	40.35
93	PES University	37.94
114	New Horizon College of Engineering	36.60
126	Dayanand Sagar College of Engineering	35.11
128	Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology	34.97
159	Alliance University	33.00
169	BMS Institute of Technology and Management	32.36

The candidate has to appear in various national-level, state-level, or respective institutional level entrance exams to get admission into one of these Top engineering colleges in Bangalore.

Engineering in Hyderabad

Telangana is the 11th largest and 12th most populated state in the country, separated from Andhra Pradesh in 2014, with Hyderabad as its capital. Telangana's economy is the eighth largest economy in the country.

 Hyderabad, the capital city of Telangana, is home to some of India's major software industries and service sectors. Some of the best engineering colleges in India are located in Hyderabad. 

Hyderabad, also referred to as Cyberabad, due to a large number of IT companies and IT employees housed by this city. This city contributes to 10% of total India's exports in the IT and ITES sectors. 

Students from all over the Telugu states (Telangana and Andhra Pradesh) who are looking for jobs, land in Hyderabad, as the city offers some of the best coaching institutes and also provides off-campus interviews all around the year.

Some of the Top engineering colleges in Hyderabad, according to NIRF, are:

Rank	College Names	Score
8	Indian Institute of Technology	66.44
19	National Institute of Technology	57.76
43	International Institute of Information Technology	49.45
57	Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University	44.97
88	University College of Engineering	38.43
124	Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology	35.32
127	VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology	34.99
141	CVR College Of Engineering	33.87
143	Vardhaman College of Engineering	33.75

Admissions into engineering courses at these Top engineering colleges in Hyderabad is either through national level entrance tests like JEE Main, JEE Advanced, or state-level entrance test like TS EAMCET.