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The top 5 government engineering colleges in Karnataka in 2025 are NIT Karnataka Surathkal, IIT Dharwad, UVCE Bangalore (now autonomous under Bengaluru University), Government SKSJTI Bangalore, and Government Engineering College Ramanagara. These institutions offer subsidized fees, excellent faculty, and good placements, especially in core and public sector jobs.
RV College of Engineering is considered the best private engineering college in Karnataka. It has high placement rates, strong alumni connections, and consistently ranks within the top 100 in NIRF. Manipal Institute of Technology and PES University are also among the best private institutions offering cutting-edge facilities and global academic partnerships.
With a 50,000 KCET rank, you can aim for colleges like SJCE Mysore (in non-CSE branches), RNS Institute of Technology, East West Institute of Technology, Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology (less popular branches), Nitte Meenakshi Institute, Acharya Institute of Technology, and some branches in Reva University. CSE and ECE may be difficult at this rank in Tier 1 colleges, but other streams like Civil, Mechanical, or Instrumentation may still be accessible.
Colleges likeNIT Surathkal, IIIT Bangalore, and RV College of Engineering report near 100 percent placement in top branches like CSE, IT, and ECE. For example, NIT Karnataka had almost full placement in core and software profiles, while RVCE’s CSE and ISE branches were fully placed with average packages above Rs 10 LPA.
Based on 2025 KCET cutoffs and popularity, the top 10 KCET colleges are RV College of Engineering, BMS College of Engineering, MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore Institute of Technology, PES University (Ring Road campus), Siddaganga Institute of Technology, JSS Science and Technology University Mysore, University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, and NMIT Bangalore. These colleges have low KCET closing ranks due to high demand.
The top 20 engineering colleges in Karnataka in 2025 include NIT Karnataka Surathkal, IIT Dharwad, RV College of Engineering, BMS College of Engineering, MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Manipal Institute of Technology, IIIT Bangalore, PES University, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bangalore Institute of Technology, JSS Science and Technology University, Siddaganga Institute of Technology, New Horizon College of Engineering, NMIT Bangalore, CMR Institute of Technology, RNS Institute of Technology, MVJ College of Engineering, BNM Institute of Technology, Reva University, and Christ University.
There are about 408 engineering colleges located in Karnataka.
The Karnataka engineering colleges begin their admission application process after the conclusion of the state board exams and the result declaration
The medium of instruction in the engineering colleges of Karnataka is English and Kannada
These Karnataka engineering colleges offer popular courses like aeronautical engineering, civil engineering, biotechnology engineering etc
NIT Surathkal is the top-ranked engineering college in Karnataka as per the latest NIRF rankings
Students can either apply for admission through a valid JEE Main, COMEDK UGET or KCET exam score or directly through Collegedekho’s common application form
T John Group of Institutions, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Jain University etc are some of the best known private engineering colleges in Karnataka
National Institute of Technology Surathkal, IISC Bangalore, Government Engineering College Hassan etc are some of the best government engineering colleges in Karnataka
Engineering colleges such as NIT Surathkal, Manipal Institute of Technology, PES University, Alliance University etc are some of the best ones situated in Karnataka
The Karnataka engineering colleges currently offer more than 3000 courses
The state of Karnataka has currently more than 400 engineering colleges
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