Top Private Engineering Colleges in Karnataka 2026

BNMIT also known as BNM Institute of Technology is a popular engineering and technological institute in Bengaluru offering undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral courses in the discipline of management. Admission to BNMIT Bangalore is done on the basis of national and state entrance exams. The highest package offered in the years 2021 and 2020 is recorded at Rs 20 LPA and Rs 16 LPA respectively. Some of the top recruiters are Amazon, Google, Linkedin, Samsung and many more.

Acharya Institutes is one of the popular engineering institutes in Bengaluru commonly called the AIT well recognised all across the country and has received many awards. Institute offer a variety of courses stretched over from a few common streams to specializations. The mainstreams available are Engineering and Architecture, Sciences, Computer Applications and IT, and Management and Business Administration. The B. Tech programs are the most popular courses among students. CET, COMEDK, and JEE are the exams accepted for admissions into technical courses. AIT is affiliated with the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) and is accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA).

SJB Institute of Technology is one of the prestigious management & engineering colleges in Bengaluru and was established in 2001. The institute is affiliated with Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi is also approved by the AICTE, UGC and NBA. The college offers a total of 23 courses at UG, PG and PhD levels in the field of management. Popular courses offered are BE, M.Tech and MBA. Admissions are done on the basis of merit scored by the applicants and on the basis of test scores in JEE Main, CMAT, COMEDK UGET, KCET, K PGCET, GATE, CAT, and CMAT exams.

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.