Best Engineering Colleges in India for Mechanical Engineering 2026

Maharashtra Institute of Technology Pune or MIT Pune is considered one of the best engineering colleges in Maharashtra. It is a private institute that is affiliated with Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University and approved by AICTE. MIT Pune offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in different specializations. Some of the popular courses offered at MIT Pune are B.Tech and M.tech. The institute accepts admission by counselling in DTE. Maharashtra Institute of Technology has a great placement record as well.

Symbiosis Institute of Technology is among the popular technical institutes in Pune offering B.Tech programs in Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning and Robotics & Automation, and M.Tech programs in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Robotics & Automation and Embedded Systems. It has recorded 85%+ placement in 2021. The highest package offered in 2021 was 12 lakh per annum with an average package up to 6.5- 7 lakh per annum. Infosys, TCS, Capgemini, Amazon, Byjus, IBM, Accenture, Google, Microsoft, and many more are some of the top recruiters of SIT.

Dayananda Sagar Academy of Technology and Management (DSATM) was established in 2011 in Bengaluru as a part of Dayananda Sagar Institutions (DSI). It is accredited by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) and is affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU). The institute offers 4-year B.Tech programme in 6 specialisations like B.Tech in Civil Engineering, B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering, B.Tech in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering, B.Tech in Information Science Engineering, and B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering. Admissions to DSATM engineering courses are done through CET/COMEDK.