Is every engineering college in Telangana 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 does Telangana show such a high share of NIRF-ranked institutes?

Telangana's tracked list is smaller and more concentrated around Hyderabad's institutes than in the largest states — several of them, including IIT Hyderabad, NIT Warangal and IIIT Hyderabad, are established NIRF performers, which raises the ranked share on this page relative to a larger, more mixed state list.

Is IIIT Hyderabad the same as an IIIT under JoSAA?

IIIT Hyderabad participates in JoSAA-linked counselling for a portion of its seats but also runs a distinct admission track for others — check the institute profile and its own official site for the exact current process before assuming every seat is JoSAA-counselled.

State · South zone

Engineering Colleges in Telangana

Sourced from NIRF, AICTE & official institute sites

Telangana packs a high concentration of NIRF-ranked names — IIT Hyderabad, NIT Warangal and IIIT Hyderabad — into a smaller, mostly Hyderabad-centred tracked list than the largest states here.

Compare colleges NIRF rankings

Institutes tracked: 24
With NIRF rank: 5
Institute types: 3
Geographic zone: South

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Telangana — key facts

Live data

Tracked institutes	1,719
With NIRF Engineering rank (top slice)	5
Institute types present	3
Largest type share	PRIVATE · 22
Geographic zone	South

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

By institute type in Telangana

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

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IIT

NIT

Overview

Telangana packs a high concentration of NIRF-ranked institutes into a smaller, largely Hyderabad-centred tracked list — IIT Hyderabad, NIT Warangal, IIIT Hyderabad, University of Hyderabad and SR University all carry a numeric NIRF Engineering rank in our data.

JoSAA covers IIT Hyderabad, NIT Warangal and the state's GFTI/IIIT seats; Telangana's state universities admit through the state's own engineering-entrance-linked counselling, and most private and deemed institutes run their own process. Each institute profile states its specific pathway.

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 Telangana

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.

5 of 5 ranked

Rank	Institute	Type	Score	GO
#7	IIT HyderabadHyderabad	IIT	72.31	79.2
#28	NIT WarangalWarangal	NIT	61.05	73.6
#38	IIIT HyderabadHyderabad	PRIVATE	58.45	70.7
#74	University of HyderabadHyderabad	PRIVATE	49.36	43.4
#91	SR University, WarangalWarangal	PRIVATE	47.16	55.8

Institutes in Telangana

1,719 institutes · page 1

FAQ

Is every engineering college in Telangana 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 does Telangana show such a high share of NIRF-ranked institutes?: Telangana's tracked list is smaller and more concentrated around Hyderabad's institutes than in the largest states — several of them, including IIT Hyderabad, NIT Warangal and IIIT Hyderabad, are established NIRF performers, which raises the ranked share on this page relative to a larger, more mixed state list.
Is IIIT Hyderabad the same as an IIIT under JoSAA?: IIIT Hyderabad participates in JoSAA-linked counselling for a portion of its seats but also runs a distinct admission track for others — check the institute profile and its own official site for the exact current process before assuming every seat is JoSAA-counselled.

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 Telangana?: 24 institutes currently match this page’s filter. 5 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, 5 institutes have a GO value; the average among those is 64.6.
Can I filter by institute type in Telangana?: Yes — use the chips above the list. Types present here: PRIVATE (22), 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.