Aerospace Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) — Best Colleges in India

8 institutes · ranked by NIRF Engineering (6 with a numeric rank) · JoSAA closing ranks where available.

Ranked by NIRF Engineering (best rank first)

8 institutes offer Aerospace Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology). When two institutes share a programme, the one with the better (lower) NIRF Engineering rank appears first. Institutes without a numeric NIRF rank sort after ranked ones, alphabetically. JoSAA closing ranks are shown when available (8 of 8 on this page); non-JoSAA paths (VITEEE, LPUNEST, MHT-CET, etc.) are labeled separately.

#1NIRF 1

NIRF Engg · 2025

#1

IITChennai, Tamil Nadu

IIT Madras

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Institute of National ImportanceIITJoSAAJEE Advanced

IIT Madras is an Institute of Eminence founded through Indo-German collaboration: after Nehru’s 1956 visit to West Germany, the first Indo-German Agreement was…

Key programmes

Aerospace Engineering (5 Years, Bachelor and Master of Technology (Dual Degree))
Bachelor of Science Biological Science (4 Years, Bachelor of Science)
Bachelor of Science Physics (4 Years, Bachelor of Science)

Ownership

IIT

NIRF score

88.72

Fees · 2026

₹2L / yr

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Closing rank 2,749 (2025 R5, AI) — OPEN category, most recent round

#2NIRF 3

NIRF Engg · 2025

#3

IITMumbai, Maharashtra

IIT Bombay

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Institute of National ImportanceIITJoSAAJEE Advanced

IIT Bombay is a public technical university and Institute of Eminence in Powai, Mumbai, established in 1958 as one of India’s original IITs. It runs extensive…

Key programmes

Bachelor of Science Applied Geophysics (4 Years, Bachelor of Science)
Bachelor of Science BS in Mathematics (4 Years, Bachelor of Science)
Bachelor of Science Chemistry (4 Years, Bachelor of Science)

Ownership

IIT

NIRF score

83.65

Fees · 2026

₹2L / yr

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Closing rank 2,305 (2025 R5, AI) — OPEN category, most recent round

#3NIRF 4

NIRF Engg · 2025

#4

IITUttar Pradesh

IIT Kanpur

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Institute of National ImportanceIITJoSAAJEE Advanced

IIT Kanpur is a public Institute of Technology in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, and an Institute of National Importance under the Institutes of Technology Act. It is…

Key programmes

Bachelor of Science Chemistry (4 Years, Bachelor of Science)
Bachelor of Science Earth Sciences (4 Years, Bachelor of Science)
Bachelor of Science Economics (4 Years, Bachelor of Science)

Ownership

IIT

NIRF score

81.82

Profile

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Closing rank 3,550 (2025 R1, AI) — OPEN category, most recent round

#4NIRF 5

NIRF Engg · 2025

#5

IITWest Bengal

IIT Kharagpur

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Institute of National ImportanceIITJoSAAJEE Advanced

IIT Kharagpur is India’s first IIT, established by the Government of India in 1951 in Kharagpur, West Bengal, and recognized as an Institute of National…

Key programmes

Aerospace Engineering (5 Years, Bachelor and Master of Technology (Dual Degree))
Agricultural and Food Engineering with M.Tech. in any of the listed specializations (5 Years, Bachelor and Master of Technology (Dual Degree))
Bachelor of Architecture Architecture (5 Years, Bachelor of Architecture)

Ownership

IIT

NIRF score

78.69

Profile

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Closing rank 4,487 (2025 R1, AI) — OPEN category, most recent round

#5NIRF 54

NIRF Engg · 2025

#54

GFTIHowrah, West Bengal

Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

Institute of National ImportanceGFTIJoSAA

Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur is a public technologicalresearch university located at Shibpur, Howrah, West Bengal, India.…

Key programmes

Bachelor of Architecture Architecture (5 Years, Bachelor of Architecture)
Bachelor of Technology Aerospace Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)
Bachelor of Technology Civil Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Ownership

GFTI

NIRF score

53.63

Profile

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Closing rank 20,919 (2025 R1, OS) — OPEN category, most recent round

#6NIRF 65

NIRF Engg · 2025

#65

NITDelhi

NIT Delhi

National Institute of Technology Delhi

Institute of National ImportanceNITJoSAAJEE Main

The National Institute of Technology Delhi (NIT Delhi) is an Institute of National Importance, established in 2010 by the Ministry of Education, Government of…

Key programmes

Bachelor of Technology Aerospace Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)
Bachelor of Technology Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)
Bachelor of Technology Civil Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Ownership

NIT

NIRF score

50.79

Profile

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Closing rank 11,260 (2025 R1, OS) — OPEN category, most recent round

GFTIUnknown

Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh

GFTIJoSAAJEE Main

Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University) (abbreviated PEC or PEC Chandigarh) is a public research & technical institution in Chandigarh. It was…

Key programmes

Bachelor of Technology Aerospace Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)
Bachelor of Technology Civil Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)
Bachelor of Technology Computer Science and Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Ownership

GFTI

Location

Unknown

Profile

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Closing rank 22,726 (2025 R1, OS) — OPEN category, most recent round

GFTIUnknown

Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University, Fursatganj, Amethi (UP)

GFTIJoSAAJEE Main

Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University, Fursatganj, Amethi (UP) is a Government Funded Technical Institute participating in JoSAA counselling. Undergraduate…

Key programmes

Bachelor of Technology Aerospace Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)
Bachelor of Technology Electronics and Communication Engineering (Avionics) (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)

Ownership

GFTI

Location

Unknown

Profile

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Closing rank 50,676 (2025 R1, AI) — OPEN category, most recent round

Aerospace Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology) — live list facts

Computed from the institutes listed on this page — not marketing estimates.

Institutes

8

With NIRF rank

6

With GO score

0

Avg GO (when present)

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By institute type

IIT
4
GFTI
3
NIT
1

Best NIRF ranks on this page

How to use this page

1Institutes are ordered by NIRF Engineering rank (best first); unranked sort after.
2JoSAA closing ranks appear when that programme is in our cutoff dataset.
3Open a profile for scorecards, official admissions/fees when sourced, and related programmes.

Frequently asked questions

Answers use counts from this page's live list. Editorial intros remain pending until instance-specific research lands (Section 12.6).

How many institutes appear for Aerospace Engineering (4 Years, Bachelor of Technology)?: 8 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 computed independently of self-reported placement packages. None of the institutes on this page currently have a GO value stored.
Why do some institutes lack a JoSAA closing rank?: Non-JoSAA admission paths (institute entrance exams, state counselling) are labeled separately. We do not invent closing ranks for those routes.