As per National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Rankings 2025, IIT Madras is the top-ranked engineering institute in India. It is followed by IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Roorkee, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Guwahati, NIT Tiruchirappalli and IIT (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi.