Best Top 10 Engineering Colleges in Kolkata

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Kolkata is one of the most renowned and reputed places comprising high-quality engineering colleges. There are a few top engineering colleges in Kolkata, which represents the essence of high-standard quality and technical education. The Kolkata engineering institutes offer degree courses at undergraduate and post graduate level. Some of the top engineering colleges in Kolkata proffer diverse engineering branches such as Architecture, Chemical Engineering, Printing Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical engineering and Electrical Engineering to name few. Also, Kolkata boasts of some of the best engineering colleges offering various short term and diploma courses to the IIT aspirants.

The admission to government or privately owned universities and colleges are mainly done through highly-competitive JEE (Joint Entrance Examination), which is held by the WBBHSE (West Bengal Board of Higher Secondary Education). Also, there are a few private top engineering colleges in Kolkata, which offer the students management quota seats for the admission. A number of other engineering colleges possess their own procedure for scoring a seat into the institute. The engineering institutes in Kolkata possess their own active placement cell for the aspirants where the colleges invite the top IT based companies for recruiting the students.

Here is the list of Top 10 Engineering Colleges in Kolkata

Top Engineering Colleges in Kolkata

1. Jadavpur University
Jadavpur University located in Kolkata is one of premiere engineering college of Eastern India and certainly the best engineering college of Kolkata. Jadavpur University was established in the 1955 and presently has two campuses, old campus at Jadavpur & the new campus at Saltlake. The college often rank in Top 15 of India's best engineering Colleges as per Outlook, dataquest and India Today rankings.

2. Bengal Engineering & Science University
Bengal Engineering & Science University (BESU) was established in 1856 at Shibpur making it one of the oldest university of India. BESU ranked 21th in all over India as per various Indian magazines. Now BESU offers various applied science & Engineering courses including research degrees (Ph.D) in various fields.

3. SIT Calcutta, West Bengal University of Technology
School of Information Technology is the engineering department of West Bengal University of Technology.. The institution started as IIIT Calcutta in the year 2000. SIT Calcutta located in Salt lake sector-I. SIT Calcutta ranked 49th in all over India. SIT have rich faculty support & rich placement record, SIT Calcutta attracts best students during counseling.

4. Marine Engineering & Research Institute
Marine Engineering & Research Institute also known as MERI Kolkata. It established in the year 1947, by Central Government. MERI is rated as one of the top Marine Engineering college in India along with TS Chanakya, Mumbai. MERI has high class infrastructure, highclass labs, rich faculty support & their placement record is also good.

5. Calcutta University
Calcutta University (also known as University of Calcutta) is a public University founded on 1857 at Kolkata (previously Calcutta). NAAC awarded 5 STAR grade to Calcutta University making it one of the best university in Kolkata as well as of India.

6. Government College of Engineering & Ceramic Technology
Government College of Engineering & Ceramic Technology commonly known as GCE&CT (formerly College of Ceramic Technology) is 70 year old institute

7. Institute of Jute Technology
Institute of Jute Technology (IJT) founded on 20th February, 1947 in joint collaboration with Indian Jute Mills’ Association (IJMA) and University of Calcutta is now a Registered Society (under W.B. Societies Registration Act XXVI of 1961) situated at 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata - 700 019 in the State of West Bengal.

8. Government College of Engineering & Leather Technology
College of Leather Technology is a 90+ year old institute offering various courses in leather technology and in engineering streams like I.T and Computer Science.

9. Institute of Engineering & Management
IEM is located in Sector V of the Saltlake Electronics Complex which is the IT hub of West Bengal.

10. Heritage Institute of Technology
Heritage Institute of Technology also known as HITK is a private engineering college in Anandapur, Kolkata. HITK is affiliated to West Bengal University of Technology,. HITK is the 2nd best private engineering college of West Bengal. HITK have world class infrastructure, rich faculty & rich placement.

Other Top Engineering Colleges in Kolkata

1) Faculty of Engineering
Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Ph: +91-33-24146000

Faculty of engineering under the Jadavpur University is dedicated to create talented engineers with future perspectives and vision. The college has set up various extracurricular amenities for students.
Useful links: www.jadavpur.edu/

2) Bengal Engineering And Science University
Howrah, West Bengal. Ph: +91-33-26684561
The college has been rated as one among the best centers in Hyderabad, as well as Bengal for developing high end professionals. They are keen to produce talents with responsibility to the society and nation.
http://www.becs.ac.in

3) Marine Engineering & Research Institute
Kolkata, West Bengal. Ph: +91-33-24014673
MERI is rated as one of the premier Institute of world class in West Bengal with eminent instructors giving proper guidance. Modern instrumentation facilities provided in laboratories help students to improve skills.
Useful links: http://www.merical.ac.in

4) University College of Science and Technology
University of Calcutta, Kolkata. Ph: +91- 33 22410071

This engineering department in this University is renowned by talented engineers and technicians who got pass out and have attained high positions in and abroad India. The placement and industrial interface division is much effective in this college.
Useful links: http://www.caluniv.ac.in/academic/academic_frame.htm

5) Govt. College of Engineering. & Ceramic Technology
Kolkata, West Bengal. Ph: +91-33- 23701264
The college is counted as one among top centers providing undergraduate courses in ceramic technology and other branches of engineering. Eminent readers and lecturers are keen in incarnating engineers with responsibility and generosity.
Useful links: http://www.gcect.ac.in

6) Institute of Jute Technology
Kolkata, West Bengal. Ph: +91-33- 24615444
The institute offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in textile technology and other aspects. 30 seats are available for B.Tech and 18 seats for M.Tech course
Useful links: http://www.ijtindia.org
7) B.P. Poddar Institute of Management & Technology
VIP Road, Kolkata. Ph: +91-33-25739607
Rated as one among the best institutions with excellent instructors and instrumentation facilities, ______ tries to maintain discipline among students. They are aiming to produce engineers with solid technical concepts and humane concerns.
Useful links: http://www.bppint.ac.in/

8) Institute of Engineering and Management
Electronic complex, Kolkata. Ph: +91-33-23578189
This private institution has been able to create solid industrial linkage and also has proven track records of placement. The excellent environmental condition for nurturing talents is another specialty of this institute.
Useful links: http://www.iemcal.com/

9) Calcutta institute of Engineering and Management
C.G Road, Kolkata. Ph: +91-33-24215747

CIEM is one among the good institutions in Kolkata providing engineering and technical education. The centre is affiliated to West Bengal University of Technology and courses are approved by AICTE.
Useful links: http://www.ciemcal.org/

With regards:
Shivananda Sarkar