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

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.

74

Institutes tracked

4

With NIRF rank

8

Institute types

Government →Private →NIRF top 100 →JoSAA →

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Gujarat — key facts

Live data

Tracked institutes	74
With NIRF Engineering rank	4
Institute types present	8
Largest type share	PRIVATE · 43
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

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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.

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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.

4 of 4 ranked

Rank	Institute	Type	Score	GO
#17	NIT Karnataka, Surathkal	NIT	64.59	78.1
#25	IIT Gandhinagar	IIT	62.31	74.6
#66	Sardar Vallabhbhai NIT Surat	NIT	50.77	62.6
#98	Pandit Deendayal Energy UniversityGandhinagar	PRIVATE	45.97	—

Institutes in Gujarat

NIRF · 2025

#17

NITGujarat

NIT Karnataka, Surathkal

National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal

NIRF 2025: #17
Type: NIT
Score: 64.59

Institute of National ImportanceJoSAAJEE Main

The National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), also known as NITK Surathkal and formerly known as Karnataka Regional Engineering College (KREC), is a…

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