Is every engineering college in Maharashtra 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 are private and deemed universities such a large share of Maharashtra's list?

Maharashtra has one of the largest private/deemed higher-education sectors we track nationally — that's reflected directly in the type-mix chart above from live data, not adjusted or curated by Knwdle.

Does a state CET cutoff appear for every Maharashtra institute?

No — CET and JoSAA cutoffs only appear where we've sourced that specific institute's cutoff data. Many private and deemed institutes here admit through their own exam instead, and we don't estimate a CET-equivalent rank for those.

State · West zone

Engineering Colleges in Maharashtra

Sourced from NIRF, AICTE & official institute sites

Maharashtra runs one of the largest private-and-deemed engineering ecosystems we track, anchored by IIT Bombay and VNIT Nagpur among the NIRF-ranked names, and admitted through JoSAA, state CET, and institute-level exams side by side.

Compare colleges NIRF rankings

Institutes tracked: 24
With NIRF rank: 6
Institute types: 3
Geographic zone: West

Quick filtersGovernment Private NIRF top 100 JoSAA

Maharashtra — key facts

Live data

Tracked institutes	5,259
With NIRF Engineering rank (top slice)	6
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 Maharashtra

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

PRIVATE

IIT

NIT

Overview

Maharashtra's tracked list runs private- and deemed-university heavy — those two types together outnumber state, IIT, NIT and every other institute type combined in our Maharashtra data. IIT Bombay anchors the NIRF-ranked set at #3 nationally, with Institute of Chemical Technology, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur, Symbiosis International and COEP Technological University following.

Admissions split three ways here: JoSAA for IIT Bombay, VNIT Nagpur and Maharashtra's GFTIs/IIITs; the state CET system for Maharashtra's state universities; and independent entrance exams for most private and deemed institutes. We label each institute's pathway individually rather than assuming state CET applies everywhere.

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 Maharashtra

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.

6 of 6 ranked

Rank	Institute	Type	Score	GO
#3	IIT BombayMumbai	IIT	83.65	87.1
#41	ICT MumbaiMumbai	PRIVATE	57.96	64.9
#44	VNIT NagpurNagpur	NIT	56.58	71.9
#46	SIU PunePune	PRIVATE	56.22	65.4
#90	COEP PunePune	PRIVATE	47.31	67.7
#92	DIAT PunePune	PRIVATE	46.98	52.1

Institutes in Maharashtra

5,259 institutes · page 2

FAQ

Is every engineering college in Maharashtra 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 are private and deemed universities such a large share of Maharashtra's list?: Maharashtra has one of the largest private/deemed higher-education sectors we track nationally — that's reflected directly in the type-mix chart above from live data, not adjusted or curated by Knwdle.
Does a state CET cutoff appear for every Maharashtra institute?: No — CET and JoSAA cutoffs only appear where we've sourced that specific institute's cutoff data. Many private and deemed institutes here admit through their own exam instead, and we don't estimate a CET-equivalent rank for those.

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 Maharashtra?: 20 institutes currently match this page’s filter. 6 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, 6 institutes have a GO value; the average among those is 68.2.
Can I filter by institute type in Maharashtra?: 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.