List of Top NIT Colleges in India 2022 - Ranking, Courses, Seats & Admissions

List of Top NIT Colleges in India 2022- The NITs or popularly known as the National Institutes of Technology are a group of government-held institutes in India that offer UG, PG, and doctoral programs in engineering and other fields. Candidates often choose the best NIT institute after the IITs on their priority list.
Admission into NITs is done on the basis of merit and entrance exams. Candidates will have to appear in national-level entrance examinations such as JEE Main to take admission to the top NIT in India. Candidates who qualify in JEE Main appear for centralized counselling and can choose their preferred specializations based on their choices. For admission into postgraduate courses, candidates are admitted on the basis of the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) and the National Institute of Technology Master of Computer Applications Common Entrance Test (NIMCET), depending on the field of specialization one is opting for. There are a total of 31 NITs in India that offer engineering and technology-based courses at UG as well as PG levels like Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Master of Technology (MTech), etc.

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List of NITs Colleges in India 2022

The NIT Ranking 2022 as per NIRF has been released. For your reference, we have also provided you with the NIT Ranking 2022 and the previous years as per the NIRF India Rankings that are released by the Ministryof Education. You can go through these NIT rankings and select the best NIT in India accordingly. You can find the NIT colleges in India in the table below. 

• NIT Tiruchirapalli (NIT Trichy)
• NIT Rourkela
• NIT Surathkal
• NIT Warangal
• Motil Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT)
• Visvesvaraya NIT
• NIT Calicut
• Sardar Vallabhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT)
• NIT Silchar
• NIT Durgapur
• NIT Hamirpur
• NIT Kurukshetra
• Maulana Azad NIT (MANIT) Bhopal
• Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT)
• NIT Manipur
• NIT Meghalaya
• NIT Agartala
• NIT Tadepalligudem
• NIT Yupia
• NIT Raipur
• NIT Delhi
• Dr. B.R. Ambedkar NIT Jalandhar
• NIT Goa
• NIT Jamshedpur
• NIT Mizoram
• NIT Dimapur
• NIT Patna
• NIT Sikkim
• NIT Puducherry
• NIT Srinagar
• NIT Uttarakhand

NITs Colleges in India 

The table below highlights the top NIT in India along with their NIT rankings as per NIRF for the year 2022,2021,2020, and 2019. 

S.No	NIT Colleges	State	NIRF NIT Ranking 2022	NIRF Ranking 2021	NIRF Ranking 2020	Ranking (NIRF/ MHRD 2019)
1.	NIT Tiruchirapalli (NIT Trichy)	Tamil Nadu	8	9	9	10
2.	NIT Rourkela	Odisha	15	20	16	16
3.	NIT Surathkal	Karnataka	10	10	13	21
4.	NIT Warangal	Telangana	21	23	19	26
5.	Motil Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT)	Uttar Pradesh	47	42	48	42
6.	Visvesvaraya NIT	Maharashtra	32	30	27	31
7.	NIT Calicut	Kerala	31	25	23	28
8.	Sardar Vallabhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT)	Gujarat	58	47	54	58
9.	NIT Silchar	Assam	38	48	46	51
10.	NIT Durgapur	West Bengal	34	29	47	46
11.	NIT Hamirpur	Himachal Pradesh	128	TBA	-	60
12.	NIT Kurukshetra	Haryana	50	44	40	41
13.	Maulana Azad NIT (MANIT) Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh	70	60	65	62
14.	Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT)	Rajasthan	46	37	35	53
15.	NIT Manipur	Manipur	108	TBA	158	148
16.	NIT Meghalaya	Meghalaya	60	49	61	67
17.	NIT Agartala	Tripura	80	-	75	70
18.	NIT Tadepalligudem	Andhra Pradesh	-	-	-	N.A.
19.	NIT Yupia	Arunachal Pradesh	-	-	-	N.A.
20.	NIT Raipur	Chhatisgarh	65	64	-	74
21.	NIT Delhi	New Delhi	194	-	-	N.A.
22.	Dr. B.R. Ambedkar NIT Jalandhar	Punjab	52	49	-	N.A.
23.	NIT Goa	Goa	88	-	-	N.A.
24.	NIT Jamshedpur	Jharkhand	90	-	-	N.A.
25.	NIT Mizoram	Mizoram	-	-	-	N.A.
26.	NIT Dimapur	Nagaland	-	-		N.A.
27.	NIT Patna	Bihar	63	72	-	N.A.
28.	NIT Sikkim	Sikkim	173	-	-	N.A.
29.	NIT Puducherry	Puducherry	136	-	-	N.A.
30.	NIT Srinagar	Jammu & Kashmir	66	69	-	N.A.
31.	NIT Uttarakhand	Uttarakhand	131	-	-	N.A.

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Most Popular Engineering Specialisations Offered by NIT Colleges in India

There are various specializations of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees available in the best NITs in India. Engineering programs such as BTech and MTech are available in NITs in India and are the most popular undergraduate engineering programs provided by NITs. While  MTech and MBA are the most popular postgraduate programs. Candidates can check some of the most popular engineering specializations offered by the NIT colleges in India given below. 

Computer Science Engineering	Mechanical & Automobile Engineering
Mechatronics Engineering	Telecommunication Engineering
Electrical & Electronics Engineering	Software Engineering
Humanities and Management	Biochemical Engineering
Ceramic Engineering	Production Engineering

NITs are considered to be at par with most IITs as they promise a great campus life, and brand value along with great placement opportunities. NITs are known for promoting regional diversity and multicultural understanding across the country. Therefore, in every NIT in India, 50% of the population in each batch is drawn from the respective state and the other 50% is drawn from the rest of India on the basis of a common merit list.

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Types of Degrees Offered in NIT Colleges in India

After the IITs, the NITs are India's most prestigious engineering institutes. NIT in India offers a variety of undergraduate, postgraduate, and dual degree programs that candidates can pursue.  In addition, NITs also offer 5-year dual degree programs in a variety of subjects. There are three NITs in India that offer MBA or BBA programs too  NIT Allahabad, NIT Trichy, and NIT Rourkela. Only a few NITs offer 5-year BArch and 4-year BSc degrees.

UG courses	PG Courses	Dual Degree
Bachelor of Technology (BTech)	Master of Technology (MTech)	BTech+ M Tech
Bachelor of Science (BS)	Master of Science (MSc)	BS + MS
Bachelor of Architecture (BArch)	Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Entrance Exam for NIT Admission 

To take admitted to the NIT colleges in India, candidates must pass entrance exams. The NIT entrance exams are different for bachelor's and master's degrees. Candidates for BTech courses are accepted through the JEE Main Examination which is conducted every year. The syllabus for JEE Main exam is prepared on the basis of CBSE Class 12 Syllabus. The following are the most popular NIT entrance exams approved for admission to various academic disciplines. 

Name of Course	Entrance Exam
BTech/ BArch	JEE Main
MBA	CAT
MTech/MSc	GATE
MCA	NIMCET

If the students want to prepare well for JEE Main exam to get into NITs, they should also go through the  CBSE Class 12 Previous Year Question Papers to understand what kind of questions can be asked in the exam.

JoSAA 2022 Total No. of Seats in NITs

JoSAA publishes category and round-based opening and closing ranks and cutoffs for admission to NITs bachelor, masters and dual degree programmes. Candidates must register themselves and take part in the JoSAA counselling and seat allocation procedure. For candidates who pass both the JEE Main and JEE Advanced exams, JoSAA holds a combined counselling session. The JoSAA  2022 counselling total number of seats for the NIT in India has been released by the authorities. We have updated the JoSAA total no. of seats 2022 information here.

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NIT Cutoffs 2021, 2020

The JoSSA counselling process will be commenced once all the rounds of JEE Main and JEE Advanced exams for the 2022 academic year are conducted. The NIT Cutoff marks 2022 will be released after the counselling process is being done. Candidates can go through the previous year's JoSSA cutoffs for various rounds by clicking on the link given below and get a fair idea about the cutoffs. 

JoSAA Round 1 NIT Cutoff, Opening & Closing Ranks	JoSAA Round 2 NIT Cutoff, Opening & Closing Ranks
JoSAA Round 3 NIT Cutoff, Opening & Closing Ranks	JoSAA Round 4 NIT Cutoff, Opening & Closing Ranks

NIT Course Cutoff 2021, 2020

NIT course cutoffs for the academic year 2022 are not yet released by the authorities. But, to get a fair reference about what are the cutoffs marks for various rounds, category wise cutoff marks you can check the previous year's data. You can click on the links below to check the course wise cutoff of top NIT colleges in India. 

JoSAA NIT CSE Cutoff, Opening & Closing Ranks	JoSAA ECE Cutoff for NIT
JoSAA EEE Cutoff for NIT	NIT Jalandhar B.Tech Electrical Engineering Cutoff
MNIT Jaipur B.Tech CSE Cutoff	NIT Jalandhar B.Tech ECE Cutoff
NIT Jalandhar B.Tech CSE Cutoff	MNIT Jaipur B.Tech ECE Cutoff
JoSAA NIT Architecture Cutoff	NIT B.Tech Chemical Engineering Cutoff
NIT B.Tech Biotechnology Cutoff	NIT B.Tech Mechanical Engineering Cutoff
NIT B.Tech Civil Engineering Cutoff	-

The National Institutes of Technology in India offer a variety of courses in various engineering fields. From Computer Science to Humanities, the institutes provide the students with different forums to explore every aspect of engineering. Here are some of the common engineering specialisations offered by top NITs in India.

Due to cut-throat competition amongst candidates aspiring to get into the top NITs in India, getting into NITs is no easier than a herculean task. In order to get yourself enrolled in the top NIT in India of your choice for a preferred engineering specialisation, you will have to go through a rigorous selection process. From checking the eligibility criteria to making it through the JoSSA counselling process, each step takes you towards the goal of getting admission to the top NIT in India. 

Good luck!

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