India is known for the best higher education in the world, India’s institutions have eminence in Science, Humanities, Social Sciences, Management, and Technology Studies and Research. The top colleges in India have been established by public and private bodies.

The top colleges in India offer courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels steams of Engineering and Architecture, Management and Business Administration, Medicine and Allied Sciences and Law.

Top Colleges in India: Entrance Exam

The details of the entrance examination accepted by top colleges in India are mentioned below:

CUET: The CUET or Common University Entrance Test is conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) once a year in online for admission to undergraduate courses at central universities.

JEE Advanced - JEE Advanced is a national level examination conducted by IIT Mumbai in 2024 both in English and Hindi language in online mode.

CAT - Common Admission Test (CAT) is conducted every year in online mode for admission to IIMs and other B schools offering MBA/PGDM courses.

GATE - Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is a national-level exam conducted by Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in online mode every year.

CLAT- CLAT or Common Law Admission Test is conducted by Consortium of NLUs in offline mode.

NEET - National Eligibility cum Entrance Test is an entrance exam conducted every year for admission to undergraduate courses in the field of Medical and Allied Sciences.

Top 10 Colleges in India: Admission Process

Interested candidates applying to the courses should meet the eligibility criteria of the course and follow the complete admission process. Admission to the Undergraduate courses at the top 10 colleges in India is based on the scores of CUET/NEET/JEE Advanced/JEE Main/AP EAMCET/MHCET. For admission to post-graduate courses at top colleges in India, candidates should appear in CAT/ GATE/NEET PG/ XAT/ CUET-PG. The eligible candidates should meet the cutoff for the courses applied and proceed further with the admission process.

Top Colleges in India: NIRF Ranking 2024

Every year NIRF ranks educational institutes providing education in different domains based on different parameters. The top colleges with their NIRF ranking 2024 are mentioned in the table below:

College Name	Category	NIRF Rank 2024
Indian Institute of Technology Madras	Overall	1
IISc Bangalore	University	1
Hindu College	College	1
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad	Management	1
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi	Medical	1
National Law School of India University, Bengaluru	Law	1
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	Engineering	2
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore	Management	2
Miranda House	College	2
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	Overall	3

Top Government Colleges in India - Fee-Wise

The details of top government colleges in India with their fee range are mentioned in the table below:

College Name	Fee Range
IIT Madras	Rs 1,320 to Rs 10.7 Lakhs
IISc Bangalore	Rs 28,400 to Rs 5.03 Lakhs
IIM Ahmedabad	Rs 56,000 to Rs 33 Lakhs
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi	Rs 658 to Rs 6.92 Lakhs
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi	Rs 1,390 to Rs 6,260

Top Private Colleges in India - Fee-Wise

The top private colleges in India with their fee structure for different courses is mentioned in the table below:

College Name	Fee Range
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore	Rs 6,000 to Rs 1.13 Crore
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal	Rs 11,000 to Rs 1.02 Crore
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore	Rs 85,000 to Rs 15.5 Lakhs
Birla Institute Of Technology And Science, Pilani	Rs 2.45 Lakhs to Rs 36.19 Lakhs
XLRI Jamshedpur	Rs 45,000 to Rs 31.2 Lakhs

Top Courses Offered by the Top Colleges in India

College Name	Top Courses
IIT Madras	B.Tech, M.Tech, M.S
IIT Delhi	B.E/B.Tech, M.E/M.Tech, M.Sc, MBA
AIIMS Delhi	MBBS, M.D, M.S, B.Sc (Hons.)
IISc Bangalore	B.Sc, M.Sc, M.Tech, MBA, M.Des
IIM Ahmedabad	MBA, PGD, PGP, Executive MBA

Top Colleges in India: Placement -Wise

The average package offered at IIT Madras was Rs 22 Lakhs per annum for the year 2024. The highest package offered at IISc Bangalore for the year 2023 was Rs 86 Lakhs per annum. The placement details of the top colleges in India as per NIRF report 2024 is mentioned in the table below:

College Name	Median Salary (UG)	Median Salary (PG)
IIT Madras Placements	Rs 16.63 Lakhs	Rs 15 Lakhs
Miranda House, New Delhi Placements	Rs 6.89 Lakhs	Rs 6.6 Lakhs
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Placements	Rs 7.24 Lakhs	Rs 4.83 Lakhs
IIM Bangalore Placements	–	Rs 33 Lakhs
BITS Pilani Placements	Rs 18.96 Lakhs	Rs 17 Lakhs

Some of the top colleges in India with their top recruiters are mentioned in the table below:

Top Colleges in India: Top Recruiters

College Name	Top Recruiters
IIT Delhi Placements	Accenture, Amazon, Barclays, Dell, Bain & Company, IBM
IISc Bangalore Placements	Amazon, CISCO, SAP, Dell, Samsung, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft
IIM Ahmedabad Placements	Bain &Co., Boston Consultancy Group, KPMG, McKinsey & Company, PWC
XLRI Jamshedpur Placements	Amazon, Axis Bank, HCL, IBM, HSBC, Infosys
NLSIU Bangalore Placements	Deutsche Bank, Monitor Deloitte, Khaitan & Co, KPMG, Societe Generale, ICICI Bank

Top Colleges in India: Cutoff Wise

IIT Madras Cutoff	JNU New Delhi Cutoff
JMI New Delhi Cutoff	IIT Delhi Cutoff
AIIMS Delhi Cutoff	IISc Bangalore Cutoff

Top Colleges in India: College Predictor

CAT College Predictor	NEET Rank Predictor
XAT College Predictor	JEE Advanced College Predictor
NEET College Predictor	JEE Main & Advanced College Predictor

Note: Candidates applying to the courses at the top 10 colleges in India should obtain a valid score in the entrance examination, meet the cutoff criteria and follow the specified admission procedure.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. Which is the No.1 university in India?

Ans: As per NIRF ranking 2024, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore is the number one university in India.

Q. Which are the top 5 B.Tech colleges in India?

Ans: The top 5 B.Tech colleges in India are IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, IIT Bomaby, IIT Kanpur and IIT Kharagpur.

Q. Which are the top 3 universities in India?

Ans: The top 3 universities in India are Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and Jamia Millia Islamia.

Q. Which are the top central universities of India?

Ans: Some of the top central universities of India are BHU Varanasi, Aligarh Muslim University Varanasi, Delhi University, Jamia Milia Islamia, Jawaharlal Nehru University and more

Q. Which college in India has 100% placement assistance in India?

Ans: The top colleges in India provides enormous career opportunities to its students in top organisations and multinational and good pay packages. Some of the top colleges in India that with 100% placement records are IIM Calcutta, Chandigarh University, FMS Delhi, IIIT Hyderabad and many more.

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