Uttar Pradesh (UP) is popularly called as “food basket” of India with Agriculture as one of the major industries and is also a source of many important minerals. The state is primarily known for producing Rice, Oilseeds, Pulses, Potatoes and Mangoes. The State is a leading Electronic Hardware Exporter in the Country and has also emerged as a key hub for the IT/ITeS and Service Sector, including Software, Captive Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and R&D Services. Hence, the prospective qualified Engineers from top Engineering Colleges/Universities can explore many lucrative job opportunities in Uttar Pradesh.
To encourage industries, Government of Uttar Pradesh had laid out a roadmap, which involves creating land banks, promoting country-specific industrial parks to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) and helping set up private industrial parks around Lucknow-Kanpur, Kanpur-Allahabad and Varanasi-Allahabad zones.
The long-term strategy of the Government of Uttar Pradesh is to create a connectivity web of air, water, road and rail network that will help the state’s industries and manufacturing units switch seamlessly between different modes of transport as they send their goods to markets in India and abroad.
The investors are gradually getting interested in the UP and with the encouraging business policies of the Government are creating a fillip in the job market for the young generation in the field of Engineering in the years to come. To meet such a demand, many Engineering Colleges/Universities coming up in Uttar Pradesh and as such the importance of Top Engineering Colleges/Universities has emerged for the eligible students to decide the best college for pursuing bachelor’s degree in Engineering in Uttar Pradesh.
This article is intended to keep abreast of the information with respect to top Engineering Colleges/Universities in Uttar Pradesh to enable the prospective candidates to decide without any ambiguity.
Rankings of Engineering Colleges/Universities is vital for the aspirants to understand which College is doing the best in terms of imparting education and suitable training in all respects. So, these rankings help students to take a lead to find top Engineering Colleges in Uttar Pradesh State.
There are several Agencies that award rankings to Top Engineering Colleges in India every year. NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework), a popular Agency approved by the MHRD (Ministry of Human Resource Development) to rank institutions of higher education in India based on 5 (five) Parameters – Teaching, Learning and resources, research and professional practices, graduation outcomes, outreach and inclusivity and perception. Hence, rankings awarded by NIRF assumes importance to know the top Engineering Colleges in Uttar Pradesh to make a choice. The following table provides the same.
TOP ENGINEERING COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES IN UTTAR PRADESH - NIRF RANK BAND 1-200
Sl.No.
Name of the College/University
City
NIRF'21 Rank
01
Indian Institute of Technology
Kanpur
04
02
Varanasi
14
03
Amity University
Gautam Budh Nagar
31
Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh
35
05
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology
Prayagraj
42
06
Indian Institute of Information Technology
87
07
Jaypee Institute of Information Technology
Noida
94
08
Dayalbagh Educational Institute
Agra
126
09
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology
Amethi
167
10
Noida Institute of Engineering & Technology
Greater Noida
171
11
KIET Group of Institutes
Ghaziabad
177
12
Sharda University
179
13
G.L.Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management
194
TOP ENGINEERING COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES IN UTTAR PRADESH - NIRF RANK BAND 201-250
G.L.A. University
Mathura
Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology
Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology
Gorakhpur
TOP ENGINEERING COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES IN UTTAR PRADESH - NIRF RANK BAND 251-300
ABES Engineering College
Harcourt Butler Technical University
Kanpur Nagar
JSS Academy of Technical Education, Noida
TOP ENGINEERING COLLEGES IN UTTAR PRADESH - TIMES SURVEY 2021
Times Engineering Survey 2021, an Optimal Media Solutions partnered with Avance India had conducted Engineering Colleges 2021 Survey and determined top Engineering Colleges in India, based on the following Parameters/Modules:
Module 1 : Desk Research Module 2 : Perceptional Survey Module 3 : Factual Survey Module 4 : Analysis
Following table, provides the rankings of top Engineering colleges / Universities in Uttar Pradesh State based on All India Times Engineering Survey 2021.
Sl.No
Rank - Times Survey 2021
IMS Engineering Colleges
22
Galgotias University
23
Axis Institute of Technology and Management
75
102
Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College
105
127
Allenhouse Institute of Technology
132
IIMT College of Engineering
142
Shambunath Institute of Engineering and Technology
Allahabad
161
Rajshree Institute of Management and Technology
Bareilly
172
Eligibility Criteria and process for admission in top Engineering Colleges in Uttar Pradesh.
Admission to 4 year Professional degree “Bachelor of Technology” (B.Tech) in top Engineering Colleges in Uttar Pradesh state is – A minimum of 45% marks in aggregate in 10+2 with main subjects as Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and English. Relaxation allowed as per Government regulations for reserved categories.
Candidates seeking admission fulfilling the above criteria are also required to qualify in the following Common Entrance Tests:
UPSEE/UPTE is a state level entrance required for seeking admission to Undergraduate Engineering Colleges. This exam will be conducted by the Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University, for admission to various technical courses, including B.Tech.
IIT JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) is a National level Engineering entrance exam consisting of two stages – JEE Mains and JEE advanced . JEE Main is a screening exam to select the candidates who will be eligible to appear for JEE Advanced, which will serve as final exam to select candidates for admission into prestigious IITs
While JEE Main is conducted for providing admission into BE or B. Tech courses in various NITs & other Institutions all over the country including all top Government Engineering Colleges in Uttar Pradesh. JEE Advanced is the criteria to get admission in the well-known Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
TOP ENGINEERING COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES IN UTTAR PRADESH -SPECIALIZATIONS OFFERED IN B. TECH 4 YEAR DEGREE
Details of Specializations offered in top 10 (NIRF ranked) Engineering Colleges/Universities in Uttar Pradesh are furnished below:
TOP ENGINEERING COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES IN UTTAR PRADESH, FEES STRUCTURE AND RETURN ON INVESTMENT (ROI)
Return on Investment (ROI) is a popular profitability metric used to evaluate how well an investment has performed. In the undermentioned table, we have also added another column to show “returns” through average annual pay package a student/aspirant is expected to get through placements (campus) from top IT and other Multinational companies in India, against the fees he/she payable to the top Engineering Colleges in Uttar Pradesh. The following table depicts with respect to top Engineering Colleges in Uttar Pradesh, as per NIRF ranking
Govt/Private
Course Fee (Rs) for 4 years
ROI (Rs) Average CTC
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Government
8.38 L
17.0 LPA
Indian Institute of Technology, Varanasi
8.35 L
6.5-13.48 LPA
Amity University, Gautham Budh Nagar
Private
17.65 L
5.0 LPA
Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
10.78 L
4.5-6.5 LPA
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad
3.36 L
13.55 LPA
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad
6.38 L
21.85 LPA
Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida
7.50 L
43.88 LPA
Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra
51,300
3.0 LPA
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Amethi
6.22 L
6.24 LPA
Autonomous
6.14 L
3.8 LPA
Cut off Percentile of top Engineering Colleges/Universities, Uttar Pradesh.
Every Engineering College prepares its admission cut off after taking in to account various factors. Students who reach this cut off percentile automatically will get higher chance of admission in that college. To access cut off percentile of the Top Engineering colleges in Uttar Pradesh, please open the following link.
List of few major Companies who visit top Engineering Colleges/Universities in Uttar Pradesh State for campus selections:
Some of major companies that visit Top Engineering Colleges in Uttar Pradesh
BPL
Genpact
NIIT Technologies
HEINZ
ENERCON
FINSEY
BHEL
Convergys
ICFAI
TVS
Honeywell
Infogain
Godrej
L&T Infotech
Tech Mahindra
IBH
Reliance Communications
EXL
There are many other companies, which are not listed here also visit various top Engineering Colleges in Uttar Pradesh for campus interviews and recruit them.
To inspire the prospective students who intend to pursue B.Tech degree in topmost Engineering colleges in Uttar Pradesh and to seek suitable placements in those Companies, the following information is provided with respect to top Indian Companies that were listed in the top 500 companies in the World, as per “Brand Finance” Global 500 2022. Every year, Brand Finance puts 5,000 of the biggest brands to the test, evaluating their strength and quantifying their value, and publishes nearly 100 reports, ranking brands across all sectors and countries. Some of these top ranked Indian Companies also offer suitable placements to graduates from top Engineering colleges/Universities in Uttar Pradesh, in their respective companies every year.
List of top Indian Companies and their world’s rank (top 500) as per “Brand Finance” Global 500 2022.
Name of the Company
World Rank
TATA
78
INFOSYS
158
L.I.C.
RELIANCE
236
AIRTEL
269
S.B.I
279
H.D.F.C. BANK
319
WIPRO
350
MAHINDRA GROUP
364
H.C.L.
369
L & T
417
INDIAN OIL
448
RELIANCE JIO
451
To Sum up:
Bachelor of Technology an undergraduate 4-year Professional course assumed popularity amongst many students who passed 10+2 with Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry as main subjects.
Tech course is offered by as many as 350 Engineering Colleges/Universities in Uttar Pradesh out of which 53% colleges are private and 47% colleges are set up by the government. While there are many BTech colleges in Uttar Pradesh, only few have been listed by NIRF that accept UPSEE/UPTE/JEE.
Admission to the top Engineering colleges in Uttar Pradesh is processed based on the Common Entrance Tests viz., Uttar Pradesh Professional Courses Entrance Examination (UPSEE/UPTE/JEE) . Government colleges in UP also accept scores obtained in JEE Mains, JEE Advanced etc.
Students aspiring to pursue B.Tech course have a wide choice of specializations offered by all top Engineering Colleges/Universities in Uttar Pradesh.
Course fee for 4 years for B.Tech in top Engineering colleges in Uttar Pradesh ranges between Rs.30,000/- to Rs.8,00,000/-. Average annual placement package starts from Rs.3.0 Lakhs to 43.88 Lakhs depending upon the college, course and position offered to the successful candidate from top Engineering colleges/Universities of Uttar Pradesh state.