Collegechalo attempts to highlight some of the best BTech colleges in India as a part of this story.

BTech colleges in India

The ultimate objective is to help students in taking better decisions when it comes to choosing the colleges for their study.

There is no citizen of this country who is not familiar with the name BTech. The same engineering degree is also called as BE in certain parts of the country.

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There are about 5000 BTech colleges in India currently.

The maxiumum number of BTech colleges in India are said to be located in Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh.

The split of BTech colleges in India in the above mentioned states is Andhra Pradesh (452), Tamil Nadu (880), Delhi (53), Karnataka (390), Madhya Pradesh (220), Telangana (220), Uttar Pradesh (340).

BTech colleges in India offer over 24,800 engineering courses.

The type of engineering colleges
The BTech colleges in India are classified into private colleges, government institutes or Government Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs), self-financing colleges, private deemed universities.

Authority
The approval authority for BTech colleges in India are All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).

This organisation accepts applications for starting fresh engineering colleges and also for renewals of permission to run the existing BTech colleges in India.

The government institutions
Among the government BTech colleges in India, there are 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), 31 National Institute of Technologies (NIT) and 25 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT).

The admission process
The BTech colleges in India have different types of admission process for intake of students.

IITs admit students into them based on the performance of JEE Advanced. The top 2.5 lakh rank holders in JEE Mains are eligible to write JEE Advanced.

NITs and IIITs admit students based on scores in JEE Mains. The post declaration of results for JEE Mains and JEE Advanced, JoSAA (Joint Seat Allocation Authority) conducts counselling.

Students who have passed JEE Mains with the required cutoff marks will have to attend the counselling to seek admission into NITs, IIITs.

Similarly students who passed JEE Advanced with required cutoff have to attend the counselling by JoSAA to seek admission into IITs.

Certain private BTech colleges in India have their own entrance test, while couple of others admit students based on their performance in the plus-two exams.

Also there are state level entrance tests in certain states which the candidates have to pass before seeking admission into engineering colleges in those states.

Some of the well-known state level entrance exams for engineering admissions are WBJEE, KCET, KEAM, AP EAMCET, TS EAMCET, MHT CET, Assam CEE, UPSEE.

Candidates have to pass these exams if they are seeking admissions in certain BTech colleges in India.

After passing these exams, students have to attend counselling to get admission into these engineering colleges.

Certain educational institutions are offering admission based on Deemed Universities’ Entrance Exam.

Some of the popular exams in this categories are KIITEEE, KLEEE, VITEEE and SRMJEEE. Candidates passing these entrance exam with good score have to attend counselling to get admissions.

The ranking
The BTech colleges in India are given a rank by many rating agencies.

However the most popular of them is National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) by Ministry of Education of Government of India.

The other rating agencies are THE (Times Higher Education), QS (Quacquarelli Symonds), Outlook India, India Today and ARIIA (Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements).

NIRF rating takes into consideration factors namely – Research and Professional Practice, Graduation Outcomes, Outreach and Inclusivity, Peer Perception and Teaching Learning and Resources.

Similarly, Outlook India rating of BTech colleges in India is done taking into consideration factors namely – Academics, Selection Process and Institute Profile, Personality Development and Exposure, Placement and Graduating Outcome and Infrastructure and Facilities.

The QS rating of BTech colleges in India is done based on factors namely – Academic reputation, Employer reputation, Citations per faculty, Faculty/student ratio, International faculty ratio and International student ratio.

The THE rating of BTech colleges in India is done based on Teaching, Research, Citations, International Outlook and Industry Income.

India Today rating of BTech colleges in India is based on factors namely – Reputation of the college, Quality of Academic input, Student Care, Infrastructure and Job Prospects.

ARIIA rating of BTech colleges in India is based on factors namely – Developing entrepreneurial mindset, Teaching and learning on innovation entrepreneurship, No of successful startups launched with help of the institution’s support, Intellectural Property generation and commercialisation, Annual budget for promoting innovation and entrepreneurship.

The top colleges
BTech colleges in India that have stood in top in the recent times as per the ranking by various agencies are IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur, NIT Tiruchy.

The above mentioned are among the public institutions. Among the private BTech colleges in India, the top ones were Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT, Vellore, Tamil Nadu), Amrita School of Engineering (Kerala) and Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Punjab).

Overview of some top institutions

IIT Madras (Tamil Nadu)
This has been prominently featuring in the recent times. It would not be surprising to say this is the prime ones among BTech colleges in India.

Located in South Chennai, in a beautiful campus spanning 630 acres, the institute is nearly self-contained and houses around 3000 students as well as the families of faculty and staff members.

The institute has grown from strength to strength ever since it obtained its charter from the Parliament of India in 1961, and has since established itself as a premier centre of research, consultancy and technological development.

Website – https://www.iitm.ac.in/

TIET (Punjab)
The Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (TIET) is one of India’s oldest and finest educational institutions, which provides a steady source of highly skilled talent to the nation as well as overseas.

Founded in 1956 with a campus spread across sprawling 250 acres, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, located in Patiala, has been a pioneer in engineering education, research and innovation.

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The institution involves ingenious minds solvers who are eager to make the world a better place to live in with their innovative techniques and discoveries.

The website – http://www.thapar.edu/

Many of SOA’s programs are nationally accredited, including engineering, medicine, pharmacy, business, nursing, biotechnology, science, humanities, environment, nano technology, materials science, agriculture and law.

It was founded as Institute of Technical Education and Research (ITER) in 1997 at Bhubaneswar and it received AICTE approval for B.Tech.

Since its inception it was affiliated to Utkal University. Subsequently, it was affiliated to Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) between 2002 and 2007.

The website – https://www.soa.ac.in/

Koneru Lakshmiah University (Andhra Pradesh)
This institution was established in 1980-81, as KL College of Engineering, which was upgraded to KL College of Engineering Autonomous in 2006 by UGC and was declared as a Deemed to be University in 2009 by UGC.

K L Deemed to be University is situated in a spacious 100-acre campus, with a built up area of over 20,00,000 Sq Ft., on the banks of Buckingham Canal of river Krishna, the campus is eight kilometers from Vijayawada city.

Built within a rural setting of verdant green fields, the institute is a virtual paradise of pristine nature and idyllic beauty.

The campus has been aptly named “Green Fields” and the splendid avenue of trees and gardens bear testimony to the importance of ecology and environment.

The campus ambience is most befitting for scholastic pursuits.

The website – https://www.kluniversity.in/

Placement and CTC
As far as placement with good CTC is concerned, IIT Madras, Vellore Institute of Technology of Tamil Nadu, IIT Delhi and Amrita School of Engineering of Kerala are BTech colleges in India that have witnessed good performance.

The highest CTC at IIT Madras is Rs 95 LPA (Lakhs Per Annum).

The same at Vellore Institute of Technology was about Rs 16 LPA. IIT Delhi had CTC of Rs 1 crore per annum and Amrita School of Engineering had highest CTC of Rs 12 LPA.

The same at Vellore Institute of Technology is approximately about Rs 1,70,000 per annum. The annual BTech fee at IIT Delhi is approximately about Rs 1,07,800.

The annual fee for BTech at Amrita School of Engineerings is approximately Rs 1,45,000 and the same at IIT Bombay is Rs 1,45,000.

Candidates can visit the official websites of these BTech colleges in India to know more information about them.

Submission started on 25 March 2027. Those who submit AP LAWCET 2025 application till from 25 March to 27 April 2025 need not pay the late fee.

This is about the exam to be taken for admission into graduate law courses in colleges across Andhra Pradesh.

Notification in connection with AP LAWCET Application Submission was released on 22 March 2025.

AP LAWCET 2025 Registration schedule

AP LAWCET 2025 registration schedule is the time duration during which students can apply for the exam, make corrections in the application form submitted, pay registration fee and so on. Submission started on 25 March 2025 and last date to apply without any late fee payment is 27 April 2025.

Students can take up AP LAWCET 2025 registration from 26 April to 3 May 2024 on payment of Rs 500 as late fee. They can apply for the exam from 4 to 11 May 2024 on the payment of Rs 1000 as late fee.

AP LAWCET 2025 registration can be done from 28-04-2025 to 04-05-2025 with a late fee of Rs 1000, as per AP LAWCET 2025 registration schedule.

The late fee to pay if submitted between 05-05-2025 to 11-05-2025 is Rs 2000. Students can take up AP LAWCET 2025 registration with a late fee of Rs 4000 from 12-05-2025 to 18-05-2025.

AP LAWCET 2025 registration can be done with a late fee for Rs 10000 from 19-05-2025 to 25-05-2025.

Correction in AP LAWCET 2025 applications already submitted can be done from 30 May 2025 onwards. Hall tickets would be available for download from 30 May 2025 onwards.

Exam will be conducted on 5 June 2025 from 9 AM to 10:30 AM. The result announcement will be done on 22 June 2025.

What is AP LAWCET 2025 Exam?

The full name of AP LAWCET is Andhra Pradesh Law Common Entrance Test. It is a state-level exam conducted once a year. AP LAWCET 2025 is meant to be held in 2025.

AP LAWCET 2025 is conducted in online mode and answers have to be registered on a computer screen provided at the test center. The test has to be passed with the required qualifying marks to be eligible for the next process.

Post passing the exams, candidates have to visit the websites of various participating institutions and know the schedule for submitting applications for admissions.

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Once the schedule is known, students must submit applications there along with AP LAWCET 2025 scores and other required documents.

The questions in the exam will be related to General Knowledge, Current Affairs, Law Study Aptitude, and Mental Ability for AP LAWCET 2025.

For studying 5 year law courses, applicants must have passed plus two from a recognized education institution. The plus two can be from any stream as per AP LAWCET 2025 registration eligibility criteria.

Those keen on LLB course must have passed graduation in any discipline from a recognized institution.

Students who have appeared for the final exams of their qualifying degree and are waiting for the results or are about to appear for final exams can also take up AP LAWCET 2025 registration.

However, they have to pass the exam and provide proof of it by the time of admission process commencement.

AP LAWCET 2025 registration process?

AP LAWCET 2025 registration process can be completed online. Candidates have to visit the official website at ‘https://cets.apsche.ap.gov.in/LAWCET/LAWCET/LAWCET_HomePage.aspx’

1. The URL mentioned above must be typed into the browser and then submitted to allow the website to download.

2. Once the website is ready, candidates have to click the button Step – 1 Eligibility Criteria And Fee Payment

3. Clicking the above button will open another webpage with URL ‘https://cets.apsche.ap.gov.in/LAWCET/LAWCET/LAWCET_PaymentGatewaypage.aspx’

4. Once the webpage with above URL is available, AP LAWCET 2025 registration fee must be paid.

5. Once the confirmation number is obtained, candidates can click the link for filling out the AP LAWCET 2025 Application form and submit it.

6. Post submission, candidates can obtain a confirmation message indicating successful submission. Once obtained, applicants can download it and take a printout of it.

Process to obtain hall ticket is mentioned below for the sake of the students:

1. The URL mentioned above has to be typed into the browser and the website should be allowed to download.

2. Once the webpage is available, candidates can click the link for the hall ticket and then enter their username and password and submit them to obtain the hall ticket.

3. The admit card can be downloaded and then a printout of it has to be taken. Applicants have to appear for the exam at the designated test center with the hall ticket.

After the exam

Students have to view the results for the exam, they can visit the official website of the exam at the appropriate time and log in using the credentials they created while taking up AP LAWCET 2025 registration.

Post login, the students can view their scorecards. Those who have passed the exam with the required qualifying marks can apply for admission into courses of their choice.

AP LAWCET 2025 registration process has to be done online and there is no other mode.