College is something which gets some people excited and other people deeply anxious. Students have a myriad of choices to chase after school and college acts as a steppingstone for it. It helps the student to hone their skills and guide them for their future career. Students who take up PCM or PCB generally consider engineering to be their go-to career. Engineering in India is pretty popular and most of the people aspire to become engineers one day.
There are many prestigious engineering colleges in India among which IITs and NITs are held at very high regard. They do equip their students with appropriate knowledge and skills for a successful professional career. These institutes are very hard to get into and require a serious amount of hard work and dedication.
Before all the information, a CBSE Class 12th student should know about the top colleges and what makes a college to qualify to such highly regarded institutions. Most of the CBSE Students want to pursue an engineering degree which comes under the Bachelor of Technology. Contrary to the popular belief, B. Tech is a very taxing degree when it comes to academics, labs, industries, live projects and many more aspects. Not every college have these facilities. The field of engineering is divided into three distinct parts and students CBSE Class 12th student should know what course to go for. The courses and fields are given below:
1). Computer Science Engineering
2). Mechanical Engineering
3). Electrical Engineering
4). Civil Engineering
5). Aerospace Engineering
6). Biomedical Engineering
7). Electronics & Communication Engineering
There are a lot of colleges providing these degrees and it advisable for a CBSE student to get his or her degree from a well-known college. A CBSE student needs to choose a good college and course as it will determine a lot of things for him or her. A student needs to choose an institute and course that provides prime placement opportunity, outstanding exposure and professional enhancement training.
In the end, the top 5 colleges ultimately boil down to the students’ personal preference and their conditions. But the National Institutional Ranking Framework which is a part of Human Resource Ministry publishes a ranking list every year which list out the top institutions in eight categories, Overall, University, Engineering, College, Management, Pharmacy, Law, Architecture, Medical, they did publish a report this year too and the top ten engineering colleges from the same are given below:
| Name | City | State | Score | Rank | ||
| Indian Institute of Technology Madras | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 89.05 | 1 | ||
| Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | New Delhi | Delhi | 85.36 | 2 | ||
| Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 84.40 | 3 | ||
| Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | Kharagpur | West Bengal | 79.41 | 4 | ||
| Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh | 77.57 | 5 | ||
| Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | Roorkee | Uttarakhand | 74.57 | 6 | ||
| Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | Guwahati | Assam | 70.87 | 7 | ||
| Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad | Hyderabad | Telangana | 63.92 | 8 | ||
| Anna University | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 63.12 | 9 | ||
| National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli | Tiruchirappalli | Tamil Nadu | 61.62 | 10 | ||
As one can make out from the list above, this year’s list is topped by Indian Institute of Technology, Madras which has scored around 89.05 %. One can easily make out that the list is largely dominated by Indian Institute Technology which is very hard to get into. CBSE students have to crack IIT- JEE which is conducted annually. There is a lot of competition and students need to equip themselves with enough hard work and dedication to make it into one of the colleges mentioned above. However, there are also some colleges which operate privately and are held at very high regards such B I T S – Pilani.