While the IITs, NITs, BITS, IIITs continue to be the most coveted engineering colleges among aspirants and parents, India also has a number of quality engineering colleges out of these leagues. Here is a list of 20 such colleges, their rankings, fees and placements –
Anna University, Tamil Nadu
Rankings (NIRF) -14; Fee – 2.2 lacs
Placements
- Highest CTC offered – 6.57 lacs a year
- Median CTC offered – 5.70 lacs a year
- Average CTC offered -4.71 lacs a year
Vellore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu
Rankings (NIRF) – 15; Fee – 1.9 lacs
Placements – More than 600 companies visit the campus with salary packages ranging from 3.5 lacs a year to 41 lacs a year.
Jadavpur University, West Bengal
Rankings (NIRF) – 17; Fee – 9,600 INR
Placements – The university is visited by some well-known organisations for recruitments. Average salary package offered to the students was about 8 lacs a year and the highest salary offered was 20 lacs a year. Recruiters include –
- Microsoft
- Adobe
- Samsung
- Rockwell Automation
- Amazon
- Larsen & Toubro
- Directi
- CAIRN
- Deloitte
- Infosys
- Wipro
- ITC
- TCS
- Accenture
Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, Maharastra
Rankings (NIRF) – 18; Fee – 1.78 lacs
Placements – The institute has a placement cell which help in campus placement. Graduates much in demand in the global chemical industry andsalaries is among the highest in the country, often beating the salaries bagged by students studying in the premier institutes. Packages range from 3.50 to Rs 14.00 lacs a year.
Amrita School of Engineering, Kerala
Rankings (NIRF) – 20; Fee – 4 lacs
Placements – Placement is reasonable good with 4 lacs a year Median Salary; Recruiting Companies
- Accenture
- Amazon
- Apollo Tyres
- Aricent
- Asian Paints
- Cisco Systems
- Ericsson India
- IBM
- ISRO
- L&T Infotech
- Mind Tree
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, West Bengal
Rankings (NIRF) – 21; Fee – 5.4 lacs
Placements – IIEST Placement Highlights 2020-
311 students got placed. Over 90 reputed companies visited the campus offer 462 offered attractive salary packages. Highest salary package was 39.12 lacs a year
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Maharashtra
Rankings (NIRF) – 27; Fee – 4.47 lacs
Placements – Placement data 2020-
- D. E. Shaw India Private Limited – ₹ 33.5 Lacs
- Codenation- ₹ 25 Lacs
- Goldman Sachs – ₹ 22 Lacs
- Morgan Stanley – ₹ 18.33 Lacs
- JP Morgan – ₹ 14 Lacs
- Avaya – ₹ 13.4 Lacs
- Fidelity – ₹ 12.93 Lacs
Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi
Rankings (NIRF) – 28; Fee – 1.4 lacs
Placements – The university has its training and placement cell which conducts placement drives for the students every year. Last year data-
- 478 job offered by top companies
- 100+ companies participated
- Highest package – Rs 18 lacs a year
- Lowest package – Rs 3.8 lacs a year
Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Punjab
Rankings (NIRF) – 28; Fee – 13.2 lacs
Placements – Placement opportunities for the B. Tech graduates are good. Average salary – 8.6 lacs a year, highest salary – 43 lacs a year
Amity University Noida, UP
Rankings (NIRF) – 32; Fee – 10-15 lacs
Placements – Companies from major sectors visiting the campus for recruitment are –
- Microsoft
- IBM
- Wipro
- Capgemini
- Samsung
- Honda
- Hyundai
- Reliance Jio
- Ernst & Young
- PwC
- HSBC
- Cadila
- Armed Forces
Average salary – 3.5 lacs a year, highest salary – 14 lacs a year
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Kerala
Rankings (NIRF) – 33; Fee – 3.87 lacs
Placements – Students mostly get directly placed through campus recruitment. Average package of 4-5 lacs a year, highest package 10 lacs a year
Siksha `O` Anusandhan, Odisha
Rankings (NIRF) – 34; Fee – 9.8 lacs
Placements – Placement is good compared to other colleges in the state. Nearly70% of graduates get placed. Highest package 18 lacs a year, average package 3.6 lacs a year
Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Rajasthan
Rankings (NIRF) – 35; Fee – 3.7 lacs
Placements – MNIT has maintained an excellent placement record, and graduates get placed in top companies like 777 Traders, AECOM, Affine Analytics, Amazon, Analytics Quotient and other such.
Highest package 37 lacs a year, average package 8.9 lacs a year
Delhi Technological University
Rankings (NIRF) – 36; Fee – 7.5 lacs
Placements –
- 78 Engineering and Technology firms like Maruti, L&T, etc., recruited 272 graduates.
- 131 IT firms, national and international, recruited 684 graduates.
- 433 jobs were offered by 99 Analytics and Consulting companies.
- International job offer bagged by DTU graduates include offeres with Facebook (London), Google (Munich), Landmark Group (Dubai), Uniqlo (Tokyo), and Codenation (Dubai).
Highest International Package – INR 1.02 Cr. a year, Highest Domestic Package – INR 39 lacs a year
Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy, Tamil Nadu
Rankings (NIRF) – 37; Fee – 5.88 lacs
Placements – Recruiters visiting the campus for placement offers are-
- Accenture
- ICICI Bank
- Oracle Careers
- Hindustan Unilever Limited
- Maruti Suzuki
- Ramco Systems
- Standard Chartered Bank
- Sterlite Technologies
- Wipro
- Capgemini
- IBM Corporation
- Hyundai Motor
- Bharti Televentures
- Johnson & Johnson
- Tata Consultancy Services
- Trigent Software
A training and placement cell is in place and graduates are trained for facing interviews.
Aligarh Muslim University, UP
Rankings (NIRF) – 39; Fee – 10.76 lacs
Placements – Recruiters visiting the campus for placement offers are-
- IBM
- TCS
- ICICI Bank
- ONGC
- L&T
- Kotak Securities
- Genpact
- Adobe
- HCL
- India Mart
- Asian Paints
Graduates also get places at companies like Honda, JP Cement and Hyundai. Highest salary package 20 lacs a year, average salary package 4.5 lacs a year.
S. R. M. Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai
Rankings (NIRF) – 41; Fee – 2.5-3.75 lacs
Placements – More than 600 companies – TCS, Cognizant, Infosys, Wipro, Microsoft, Amazon, Startup Udaan, Barclays – visited the campus in 2019 and 7,647 offers were made. Highest salary package 41.6 lacs a year, average salary package 5 lacs a year.
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Odisha
Rankings (NIRF) – 42; Fee – 14.7 lacs
Placements – 195 companies participated in campus recruitment and 90% of graduates got placement in 2019 with more than 1200 getting multiple offers. Highlights –
- Recruiters – 195
- Offers – 4379
- Eligible Students – 3500
- Students Placed – 3156
- Highest CTC – 30 lacs a year
- Average CTC – 6.5 lacs a year
International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad
Rankings (NIRF) – 43; Fee – 12 lacs
Placements – Graduates of IIIT Hyderabad got both domestic and International offers. IIITH graduate got highest package of 46 lacs a year while the average package was 21 lacs a year. The top recruiters include- Adobe, Amazon, Uber, Nvidia, Google.
Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu
Rankings (NIRF) – 44; Fee – 2 lacs
Placements – Graduate of SSN College of Engineering got its highest salary of 61 lacs a year in 2019 while average Salary was 5.71 lacs a year. 172 companies visited the campus which include – Facebook, Google, Adobe, McKinsey and Goldman Sachs, and made 1023 offers.