VIT is always a very hot topic of debate. At one side as far as rankings go it is one of the top private colleges in the country. But it also has a lot of negative feedback, with people claiming that VIT pays money to get its rankings. (See this article about the “negative side” of VIT) If we look at engineering colleges rankings released by different agencies, VIT is present under top 10 engineering colleges of India

 

Engineering colleges ranking 2014 and 2015 based on Nielsen survey

While the IITs continue to dominate the top 10 slots, IIT Kanpur upstages IIT Delhi to reclaim its position as the country’s best engineering college. BITS, Pilani and VIT University, Vellore are the only 2 private institutions among the top 10. As can be seen from the list, VIT has actually moved up in rankings. But it is surprising and downright hilarious that IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and IIT Madras do not even feature in this list! Therefore it does not come across as very reliable. One of the reasons is that sometimes institutes do not submit their data/applications to such rankings bodies. The other reason, perhaps is better guessed at than said aloud.

Rank	2014 rankings	2015 rankings
Rank1	IIT Kanpur	IIT Kanpur
Rank2	IIT Delhi	IIT Kharagpur
Rank3	IIT KGP	BITS Pilani
Rank4	IIT Roorkee	IIT BHU
Rank5	IIT Madras	DTU
Rank6	BITS Pilani	Vellore Institute of Technology
Rank7	IIT BHU	IIT Guwahati
Rank8	VIT Vellore	S.R.M. Engg. College
Rank9	DTU	NIT Surathkal

 

Top private Engineering colleges ranking 2014 and 2015 based on Career360 survey 2014

With IIT Mumbai leading the pack, followed by IIT Delhi, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Kanpur, IIT Madras and IIT Roorkee, VIT university along with BITS Pilani are the only private institutions to make it to the top 10.

Rank	2014 rankings	2015 rankings
Rank1	VIT Vellore	VIT Vellore
Rank2	BITS Pilani	Thapar University
Rank3	Manipal University	SRM University
Rank4	BIT Mesra	SASTRA University
Rank5	Amrita university, Coimbatore	PSG College, Coimbatore
Rank6	Sastra university	Manipal Institute of Technology
Rank7	Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune	BITS Pilani
Rank8	SRM University, Chennai	Amrita School of Engineering
Rank9	Thapar University, Patiala	SSN College of Engineering

 

Again, it is very strange that BITS Pilani, which is at number 3 in the previous survey, doesn’t even reach this list.

 

Engineering colleges ranking 2014 based on The Week survey

VIT University has made a mark by devoting lot of efforts in research publications and patenting activity. While Thapar scores well in citations, IIT Hyderabad is ahead of others in ‘Learning’ owing to the highest NAAC score of 3.4 among private engineering universities

Rank	2014 rankings	2015 rankings
Rank1	IIT Mumbai	VIT Vellore
Rank2	IIT Delhi	Thapar University
Rank3	IIT KGP	SRM University
Rank4	IIT Kanpur	SASTRA University
Rank5	IIT Madras	PSG College, Coimbatore
Rank6	Sastra university	Manipal Institute of Technology
Rank7	IIT Roorkee	BITS Pilani
Rank8	Anna University	Amrita School of Engineering
Rank9	VIT University	SSN College of Engineering

 

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Group A: Biotechnology, Biomedical, Computer Science and Engineering (Spec. in Bioinformatics), Civil, Mechanical with specialization in Energy Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Production and Industrial Engineering, Information Technology, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
Group B: Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Mechanical with specialization in Automotive Engineering.
 

Particulars	Amount
Tuition Fees (Per Annum)	₹1,33,000 (Group A), ₹1,55,000 (Group B)
Special Fees [Inclusive of Examination, Library Fee etc] (per annum)	₹30,000
Admission Fees (One Time)	₹10,000
Caution Deposit (One Time, Refundable)	₹3,000
Total fees to be paid for the first year	₹1,76,000 (Group A), ₹1,98,000 (Group B)

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Hostel Charges:
Particulars	Amount
Single Bedded (AC)	₹89500
Single Bedded (Non-AC)	₹63000
Double Bedded (AC)	₹70000
Double Bedded (Non-AC)	₹52000
Three Bedded (AC)	₹65000
Three Bedded (Non-AC)	₹47000
Four Bedded (AC)	₹57500
Four Bedded (Non-AC)	₹43000
Six Bedded (AC)	₹52500
Six Bedded (Non-AC)	₹40000

 

Mess Charges:
Mess Type	Amount
South Indian (Veg)	₹39500
South Indian (Non Veg)	₹45000
North Indian (Veg)	₹43000
North Indian (Non Veg)	₹48500
Special Mess (Special)	₹51500

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