Top Engineering Colleges in Bihar are IIT Patna and NIT Patna, and these are other colleges where admission is through JEE Main

Talking about the top engineering colleges of India IITs and NITs are always the flag bearers. This is also true for the state of Bihar too. As per the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2019, 2 colleges of Bihar have been placed in number 22 and number 134 position in the engineering category. These are the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna and National Institute of Technology (NIT) Patna respectively.

NIRF is approved by the Minister of Human Resource Development (MHRD) of India. This framework ranks the institutions across the country based on parameters that are teaching, learning and resources; research and professional practices; graduation outcomes; outreach and inclusivity; and perception.

IIT Patna is one of the new IITs that came into being in the year 2008. This institute enjoys the status of the institute of national importance just like the other IITs. It has 10 departments computer science & engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical and biochemical engineering, civil & environmental engineering, materials science & engineering, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and humanities & social science departments.

B.Tech admission in IIT Patna is based on the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main, followed by Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced. M.Tech admission is based on the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) score. B.Tech in IIT Patna is available in computer science and engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, and chemical engineering. M.Tech is offered in multi-disciplinary streams with eight specializations and Ph.D. program is offered in all 10 departments.

Another NIRF rank holder form Bihar state is the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Patna. Admission to its UG courses is based on JEE Main scores. The engineering departments in this college are civil engineering, computer science & engineering, electrical engineering, electronics & communication engineering, and mechanical engineering.

So the top engineering colleges in Bihar as per NIRF ranking are

IIT Patna
NIT Patna

The other engineering colleges in the state of Bihar where admission is based on JEE Main scores are:

Bhagalpur College of Engineering, Bhagalpur
Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology, Muzaffarpur
Dr. Rajender Prasad Central Agricultural University, Samastipur
Gaya College of Engineering, Gaya
Loknayak Jai Prakash Institute of Technology, Chhapra
Darbhanga College of Engineering, Darbhanga
Nalanda College of Engineering, Chandi
Maulana Azad College of Engineering and Technology, Patna
Azmet College of Engineering and technology, Kishanganj
Bakhtiyarpur College of Engineering, Patna
Vidya Vihar Institute of Technology, Purnea
RP Sharma Institute of Technology, Patna
Sityog Institute of Technology, Aurangabad
Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Dairy Technology, Patna
Siwan Engineering and Technology Institute, Siwan
Motihari College of Engineering, Motihari
Millia Institute of Technology, Purnea
Patna Sahib Technical Campus, Vaishali
Kishanganj College of Engineering and Technology, Kishanganj
Motihari College of Engineering, Motihari

In all these colleges the admission is based on JEE Main score via a centralised state counselling conducted by Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board (BCECEB). Until 2018, admission to all the engineering colleges in the state was based on Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination (BCECE) conducted by BCECEB. However, from 2019 all admission in the participating engineering colleges of BCECEB is based on JEE Main.