Top GATE Colleges in India 2025 – NIRF Ranking, IITs, NITs, and Private Colleges List

Explore the Top GATE Colleges in India 2025 based on NIRF rankings. Check the list of top IITs, NITs, and private institutes accepting GATE scores for M.Tech and PhD admissions.
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There are approximately 2,000 engineering institutes in India that offer admissions based on the GATE Score. Of these, nearly 1,631 are private institutes and 739 are under government /public organisations. Out of these, 17 are public-private owned entities. GATE is the most accepted national-level Exam for offering admission for M.Tech./PhD programmes in IITs, IIsc, NITs, and other Engineering institutes. Top GATE Colleges based on NIRF ranking are IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, IIT Bombay, DTU, IIT Kharagpur, IIT BHU, IIT GUWAHATI, NIT Trichy, IIT Kanpur, and more. 

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Top GATE colleges in India

GATE is a national-level Exam conducted yearly by the IITs and IISc to offer admissions in top GATE colleges in India for M.Tech/PhD programmes. GATE participating institutes offer admission based on the GATE score. Candidates who have a valid GATE score can apply for COAP and CCMT Counselling. Candidates are free to choose the top GATE colleges in India as their desired institutes during counselling.

The ranking of top GATE colleges in India depends on many parameters like teaching, learning, research, graduation outcomes, outreach, and perception. The NIRF(National Institutional Ranking Framework) ranking is a methodology adopted by the Indian Government for ranking higher education institutes in the country. 

Also read GATE Syllabus 2026

Top GATE Colleges in India List NIRF Ranking 

Top GATE colleges in India the list are listed in the table below, which will help Candidates to choose the best according to their rank in the GATE Exam

Top GATE colleges in India
CollegesNIRF Ranking
IIT MadrasNIRF Rank- 1
IIT DelhiNIRF Rank- 2
IIT BombayNIRF Rank- 3
IIT KanpurNIRF Rank- 4
IIT KharagpurNIRF Rank- 5
IIT RoorkeeNIRF Rank- 6
IIT GuwahatiNIRF Rank- 7
NIT TrichyNIRF Rank- 8
IIT HyderabadNIRF Rank- 9
NIT Surathkal (Karnataka)NIRF Rank-10
Jadavpur UniversityNIRF Rank- 11
IIT BHU(Varanasi)NIRF Rank-13
IIT DhanbadNIRF Rank-14
NIT RourkelaNIRF Rank-15
IIT IndoreNIRF Rank- 16
ICT (Institute of Chemical Technology)NIRF Rank- 18
IIT MandiNIRF Rank- 20
NIT WarangalNIRF Rank- 21
IIT RoparNIRF Rank- 22
IIT GandhinagarNIRF Rank- 23
IIT JodhpurNIRF Rank – 30
NIT CalicutNIRF Rank- 31
VNIT NagpurNIRF Rank- 32
IIT PatnaNIRF Rank-33
NIT DurgapurNIRF Rank-34
DTU DelhiNIRF Rank-35
IIT BhubaneshwarNIRF Rank-36
AMU AligarhNIRF Rank-37
NIT SilcharNIRF Rank-38
IIEST ShibpurNIRF Rank- 40
IIST ThiruvananthapuramNIRF Rank- 43
MNIT JaipurNIRF Rank-46
MNNIT AllahabadNIRF Rank-47
NIT KurukshetraNIRF Rank- 50
NIT JalandharNIRF Rank-52
IIT TirupatiNIRF Rank- 56
SVNIT SuratNIRF Rank- 58
NIT MeghalayaNIRF Rank- 60
NIT PatnaNIRF Rank- 63
NIT RaipurNIRF Rank- 65
NIT SrinagarNIRF Rank-66
IIT PalakkadNIRF Rank-68
IIIT DelhiNIRF Rank-69
MANIT BhopalNIRF Rank- 70
DIAT PuneNIRF Rank- 71
COEP PuneNIRF Rank-72
GGSIPU DelhiNIRF Rank- 74
JNTUH UniversityNIRF Rank- 76
IIITM GwaliorNIRF Rank- 78
NSUT DelhiNIRF Rank- 79
NIT AgartalaNIRF Rank- 80
IIIT BangaloreNIRF Rank- 81
IIITDMNIRF Rank- 82
NIT GoaNIRF Rank- 88
NIT JamshedpurNIRF Rank- 90

Also read GATE participating Institutes 

Top 10 GATE colleges in India

Here is the list of the top 10 colleges in India in the last three years based on the NIRF ranking. The cutoff marks for these institutes are higher, and the possibility of securing seats is very less. There, the ratio of applicants & no. of seats is too high.  

Top 10 GATE colleges in India
Top CollegesNIRF 2022NIRF 2023NIRF 2024
IIT Madras Ranking111
IIT Delhi Ranking222
IIT Bombay Ranking333
IIT Kanpur Ranking444
IIT Kharagpur Ranking565
IIT Roorkee Ranking656
IIT Guwahati Ranking777
IIT Hyderabad Ranking988
NIT Tiruchirapalli899
BHU Varanasi Ranking131510

Top State Colleges and Private Colleges

Many State and private colleges accept GATE Scores. Candidates who are below the top IITs and IISc ranking Cutoffs can choose these colleges besides waiting for the next chance. list of top state Colleges and private colleges is provided here based on the NIRF Ranking 2023. 

Top State Colleges and Private Colleges
Sl. No.Name
1Anna University
2Bengal Engineering And Science University
3BITS Pilani
4Cochin University Of Science And Technology
5College Of Engineering, Trivandrum
6Defence Institute Of Advanced Technology (DIAT)
7Delhi College Of Engineering
8Delhi Technical University
9Gautam Buddha Technical University (GBTU)
10Govind BallabhPant University Of Agriculture and  Technology
11Govt. College Of Engineering Pune (COEP)
12Guru Jambheshwar University Of Science & Technology
13HBTI Kanpur
14ISM Dhanbad
15Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
16Netaji Subhas Institute Of Technology
17Osmania University
18Punjab Engineering College
19Punjab Technical University
20Rajasthan Technical University (RTU)
21Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Viswavidyalaya (RGTU) Bhopal
22SV College Of Engineering
23University Of Calicut
24University Visvesvaraya College Of Engineering
25VJTI Mumbai

Also read GATE Books 

TOP GATE  Private Colleges 

Private colleges also accept the GATE Score for admissions. Top private colleges that accept the GATE Score is as well as the NIRF ranking, is given in the table below  

TOP GATE  Private Colleges 
Private CollegesNIRF Ranking
VIT- Vellore Institute of TechnologyNIRF Rank- 12
SRM University ChennaiNIRF Rank – 24
Shiksha ‘O’ Anusandhan – BhubaneswarNIRF Rank- 34
Thapar Institute of Engineering & TechnologyNIRF Rank- 28
BITS PilaniNIRF Rank- 29
SASTRA TanjavurNIRF Rank- 41
KIIT UniversityNIRF Rank-42
KL University – GunturNIRF Rank-44
Sri Siva subramaniya Nadar College of Engineering – KancheepuramNIRF Rank- 48
BIT MesraNIRF Rank- 53
PSG College of Technology – CoimbatoreNIRF Rank- 57
M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology – BangaloreNIRF Rank- 67
Manipur Institute of TechnologyNIRF Rank- 75
B.M.S. College of Engineering – BangaloreNIRF Rank- 83
Vel Tech ChennaiNIRF Rank- 84
Thiagarajar College of Engineering – MaduraiNIRF Rank- 85
R. V. College of Engineering – BangaloreNIRF Rank- 89
S.R University WarangalNIRF Rank- 91
JIIT NoidaNIRF Rank- 94
SIT TumkurNIRF Rank- 97
CV Raman Global UniversityNIRF Rank- 98

Also read GATE PYQs 

 Top GATE Colleges in India FAQs

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 In the NIRF ranking 2024 IIT Madras was on top.

 Numerous institutes participate in the GATE Exam admissions. Read the above article to know about them based on their NIRF Ranking.

 IIT Guwahati will conduct GATE Exam 2026, and the information brochure will be released on the official website gate.iitg.ac.in soon. 

 Candidates who have qualified GATE Exam in the years 2026, 2025 & 2024 are eligible to apply for GATE Counselling 2026.

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