Top Engineering Colleges in South India

There are lots of students searching for a perfect engineering college to do their study of engineering each year. Some students prefer international colleges and universities such as Harvard, Stanford and McGill, while others choose to stick with the local colleges and universities. In countries like India, the students with higher ranks in entrance exams got selected by top engineering colleges such as IIT and NIITs. But there are many students who got rejected from these intuitions.

For those students, there are lots of choices to select a proper college for them. There are many local universities and colleges in India where students can get a good education for their course of engineering.

Here we are going to publish the list of Top Engineering Colleges in South India (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka & Kerala). We hope this will give students a guide for which top colleges to aspire for.

Rank	Name of the Institute	IC	PSP	II	PL	ISS	Total
1.	Indian Institute of Technology - Madras	617	443	403	401	610	2474
2.	International Institute of Information Tech. - Hyderabad	605	434	400	390	488	2317
3.	College of Engineering, Anna University, Guindy	558	404	362	345	537	2206
4.	National Institute of Technology - Trichy	541	393	336	354	569	2193
5.	National Institute of Technology - Warangal	538	377	315	368	569	2167
6.	National Institute of Technology - Surathkal	539	371	320	361	543	2134
7.	MIT Anna University, Chennai	530	403	325	338	523	2119
8.	SRM University, Chennai	537	377	344	345	514	2117
9.	PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore	537	377	343	345	514	2116
10.	National Institute of Technology - Calicut	527	365	336	341	530	2099
11.	RV College of Engineering, Bengaluru	526	372	376	354	457	2085
12.	Government College of Engineering, Coimbatore	508	393	364	340	479	2084
13.	SSN College of Engineering, Chennai	525	385	326	343	501	2080
14.	College of Engineering, Andhra University, Waltair	516	374	313	330	503	2036
15.	Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai	480	387	385	338	419	2009
16.	Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore	471	390	388	320	416	1985
17.	PES Institute of Technology, Bengaluru	468	382	369	327	434	1980
18.	College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram	480	369	315	328	487	1979
19.	Alagappa Institute of Technology, Karaikudi	471	374	325	323	474	1967
20.	VIT University, Vellore	457	405	314	294	490	1960
21.	JNTU Hyderabad	480	347	318	336	478	1959
22.	SASTRA University, Thanjavur	472	352	315	316	495	1950
23.	Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal	470	360	360	339	400	1929
24.	Amrita University, Coimbatore	460	342	314	315	495	1926
25.	SV University, Tirupati	450	370	356	325	424	1925
26.	Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad	446	365	325	335	453	1924
27.	SJ College of Engineering, Mysore	457	363	327	294	481	1922
28.	BMS College of Engineering, Bengaluru	463	332	330	302	487	1914
29.	KL University, Vaddeswaram, Guntur	449	312	279	284	479	1803
30.	Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi	445	302	274	306	471	1798
31.	GITAM, Visakhapatnam	398	372	297	295	391	1753
32.	MGIT, Hyderabad	393	376	266	287	413	1735
33.	Amrita University, School of Engineering, Kollam	395	360	269	302	404	1730
34.	University College of Engineering, Osmania University	387	305	325	305	407	1729
35.	Sreenidhi Institute of Science & Technology, Hyderabad	397	349	317	278	386	1727
36.	MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru	390	343	313	288	387	1721
37.	Bangalore Institute of Technology, Bengaluru	383	352	277	300	407	1719
38.	National Institute of Engineering, Mysore	397	340	280	294	386	1697
39.	Sona College of Technology, Salem	384	354	277	290	391	1696
40.	Hindustan Institute of Engineering Technology, Chennai	382	356	275	296	385	1694
41.	SDM College of Engineering, Dharwad	345	334	257	320	380	1636
42.	Sri Krishna College of Engineering & Tech., Coimbatore	386	348	233	289	366	1622
43.	Kongu Engineering College, Erode	373	350	276	294	320	1613
44.	Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad	347	336	259	288	382	1612
45.	Model Engineering College, Thrikkakara, Kochi	344	333	256	285	379	1597
46.	JNTU Kakinada	343	332	255	284	378	1592
47.	MVSR Engineering College, Hyderabad	342	331	254	283	377	1587
48.	Vignan Institute of Technology & Science, Hyderabad	341	330	253	282	376	1582
49.	Velamal Engineering College, Surapet	342	328	254	280	374	1578
50.	KLE University, Belgaum	340	329	252	281	375	1577

(IC - Intellectual Capital, PSP - Pedagogic Systems & Process, II - Industry  Interface,  PL - Placement, ISS - Infrastructure & Support Systems)
(IC = 700, PSP = 500, II = 450, PL = 450, ISS = 700, Total = 2800)

Methodology for Ranking
For engineering colleges, besides getting objective data from various institutes directly or using secondary sources, a perceptual survey was also conducted among the faculty and final year students of different colleges. The perceptual data was collected using a structured questionnaire which was administered to faculty members and final year students of various colleges.

The respondents were asked to rate the institutes they were familiar with on a 10-point scale against different parameters. They were also asked to assign weightage to each of the parameter.

The weightage given to each parameter was derived by taking the average weightage that faculty gave to each parameter. In all, 1018 faculty members and 1103 final-year students belonging to different engineering colleges were interviewed.

Institutes that were not evaluated by at least 25 faculty members and 25 students are not listed. In case the objective data for a parameter was not available, the perceptual score was extrapolated.

A. Intellectual Capital
Competence of faculty,research output, publications in refereed journals, number of patents, quality of students.

B. Pedagogic Systems and Processes
Effectiveness of various systems and processes like teaching, learning process, curriculum upgradation, experiential learning, admission processes, etc

C. Industry Interface
Live projects undertaken by students, research projects with industry undertaken by faculty.

D. Placements
Number and type of companies visiting for campus interviews, maximum, median, minimum salary offered for jobs in India and abroad. This parameter also considered the number of of students who went for higher education in reputed educational institutes in India and abroad.

E. Infrastructure and Support Systems
Campus area, total number of computers, number of books in library, number of faculty cabins to faculty strength ratio, number of seminar halls. The survey also took into consideration, facilities like playgrounds, gym etc. responsiveness of administration to student needs. For engineering colleges with their specific requirements, the survey covered number of engineering drawing halls, number of  workshops, number of machine in workshops, number of laboratories, budget allocated for labs, residential facilities for students and faculty.