Is every engineering college in Gujarat listed here?

No — we only list institutes we can identify from official registries and verify with at least one citable source. If a real institute is missing, it means we haven't sourced it yet, not that it's deliberately excluded.

Where do the NIRF ranks on this page come from?

From nirfindia.org's Engineering category. We don't compute or estimate our own rank — where an institute doesn't have a published NIRF Engineering rank, this page shows no rank rather than a guess.

Why is Gujarat's list mostly private institutes?

Gujarat has a large private higher-education sector relative to its state-university base — the type-mix chart above reflects that directly from our tracked data, not a curation choice.

Is GUJCET the only entrance route for Gujarat institutes?

No. JoSAA covers IIT Gandhinagar and SVNIT Surat, GUJCET/state counselling covers most state universities, and many private institutes run their own entrance exam. Each institute's profile states its specific route where we've sourced it.

State · West zone

Engineering Colleges in Gujarat

Sourced from NIRF, AICTE & official institute sites

Gujarat's tracked list leans heavily private, with IIT Gandhinagar and Sardar Vallabhbhai NIT Surat as the NIRF-ranked anchors and a broad base of state and private engineering universities behind them.

Compare colleges NIRF rankings

Institutes tracked: 24
With NIRF rank: 3
Institute types: 3
Geographic zone: West

Quick filtersGovernment Private NIRF top 100 JoSAA

Gujarat — key facts

Live data

Tracked institutes	2,020
With NIRF Engineering rank (top slice)	3
Institute types present	3
Largest type share	PRIVATE · 42
Geographic zone	West

Figures computed from institutes currently tracked for this state in Knwdle’s directory. NIRF ranks cite nirfindia.org.

By institute type in Gujarat

Live mix of institute types on this page — use the chips below the rankings to filter cards.

PRIVATE

IIT

NIT

Overview

Gujarat's tracked list is private-institute heavy — private institutes outnumber every other type combined in our Gujarat data. IIT Gandhinagar leads the state's NIRF-ranked set at #25 nationally, followed by Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat and Pandit Deendayal Energy University.

JoSAA covers IIT Gandhinagar, SVNIT Surat and Gujarat's IIIT/GFTI seats; the state's other state universities run their own counselling, and most private institutes admit through GUJCET or an institute-level exam. We show each institute's specific pathway rather than assuming one process covers the whole state.

Key figure

Share with a numeric NIRF Engineering rank

Computed from the institutes listed on this page right now — not a fixed marketing number. Refreshes as our directory adds or re-verifies institutes.

NIRF Engineering ranks in Gujarat

Institutes on this page with a numeric NIRF Engineering rank, best first (up to 20). YoY movement requires multi-year NIRF rows in the database.

3 of 3 ranked

Rank	Institute	Type	Score	GO
#25	IIT Gandhinagar (IIT GN)Gandhinagar	IIT	62.31	74.6
#66	SVNIT SuratSurat	NIT	50.77	62.6
#98	Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU)Gandhinagar	PRIVATE	45.97	58.4

Institutes in Gujarat

2,020 institutes · page 4

FAQ

Is every engineering college in Gujarat listed here?: No — we only list institutes we can identify from official registries and verify with at least one citable source. If a real institute is missing, it means we haven't sourced it yet, not that it's deliberately excluded.
Where do the NIRF ranks on this page come from?: From nirfindia.org's Engineering category. We don't compute or estimate our own rank — where an institute doesn't have a published NIRF Engineering rank, this page shows no rank rather than a guess.
Why is Gujarat's list mostly private institutes?: Gujarat has a large private higher-education sector relative to its state-university base — the type-mix chart above reflects that directly from our tracked data, not a curation choice.
Is GUJCET the only entrance route for Gujarat institutes?: No. JoSAA covers IIT Gandhinagar and SVNIT Surat, GUJCET/state counselling covers most state universities, and many private institutes run their own entrance exam. Each institute's profile states its specific route where we've sourced it.

How to use this page

1Use the type chips to narrow the real institute set for this state.
2Open a profile for NIRF scorecard, programmes, and cited admissions/fees when Gold content exists.
3Jump to Rankings for the national table, or Compare for a neutral side-by-side of 2–3 colleges.

Frequently asked questions

Answers use counts from this page's live institute list.

How many institutes appear for Gujarat?: 20 institutes currently match this page’s filter. 3 of them have a numeric NIRF Engineering rank in our database.
Is “best” based on editorial opinion?: No. Where we sort or headline by rank, the order follows published NIRF Engineering ranks (nirfindia.org). Unranked institutes are not given a fabricated Knwdle rank.
What is Graduation Outcomes (GO)?: GO is an NIRF sub-score (independent of self-reported packages). On this page, 3 institutes have a GO value; the average among those is 65.2.
Can I filter by institute type in Gujarat?: Yes — use the chips above the list. Types present here: PRIVATE (18), IIT (1), NIT (1).

What we publish — and what we don't

Included when sourced

NIRF Engineering ranks & sub-scores (nirfindia.org)
JoSAA closing ranks already in our database
Programmes from AICTE EOA / institute official catalogues
Fees & admissions copy only from the institute's own site
Campus images from Wikimedia Commons or official media

Deliberately excluded

Star reviews and self-reported placement packages
Fees estimated or copied from aggregator directories
Facts that appear only on compiled third-party college directories

NIRF Graduation Outcomes (GO) is the honest substitute for placement-intent browsing — an independent metric, not a package figure.