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Civil and Structural Engineering research in India

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee ranks first in India for Civil and Structural Engineering research in 2022–2025 (#86 worldwide), followed by National Institute of Technology Patna and Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

India's world rank
#3
of 73 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
19k
Top-10% rate
11.9%
Ranked institutions
60

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Civil and Structural Engineering in India?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeRoorkee #8634.513.5%523
2National Institute of Technology PatnaPatna #9033.824.2%242
3Indian Institute of Technology MadrasChennai #11030.910.5%447
4Veer Surendra Sai University of TechnologySambalpur #12728.744.0%66
5Indian Institute of Technology DelhiNew Delhi #13028.414.3%343
6Indian Institute of Technology BhubaneswarBhubaneswar #13727.623.8%144
7Indian Institute of Technology BombayMumbai #15625.714.3%354
8Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityVellore #15825.517.6%305
9Indian Institute of Technology HyderabadSangāreddi #16724.715.9%191
10Saveetha UniversityChennai #17224.319.3%156
11Chandigarh UniversityMohali #18723.012.7%243
12Aligarh Muslim UniversityAligarh #19622.424.7%116
13SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai #22120.612.5%317
14National Institute of Technology KarnatakaMangaluru #22320.515.6%244
15Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiGuwahati #24319.212.5%284
16National Institute of Technology RourkelaRourkela #26218.112.8%166
17Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurKharagpur #30116.011.3%252
18National Institute of Technology WarangalWarangal #30315.913.1%213
19Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology JalandharJalandhar #30515.915.8%192
20Manipal Academy of Higher EducationManipal #31715.316.8%147
21Anna University, ChennaiChennai #32115.113.0%135
22Indian Institute of Technology DhanbadDhanbad #32315.016.3%168
23Thapar Institute of Engineering & TechnologyPatiāla #33114.618.7%102
24Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, ShibpurHowrah #33314.615.3%122
25Indian Institute of Technology IndoreIndore #34014.219.7%87
26GLA UniversityMathura #34414.128.3%78
27National Institute of Technology CalicutKozhikode #35213.714.4%173
28National Institute of Technology TiruchirappalliTiruchchirappalli #36013.410.2%155
29Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology SuratSurat #37812.78.3%284
30Sharda UniversityGreater Noida #38612.434.3%60
31Maulana Azad National Institute of TechnologyBhopal #38812.318.5%110
32Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamCoimbatore #39112.216.6%111
33Central Building Research InstituteRoorkee #39412.119.6%92
34Indian Institute of Technology PatnaPatna #40211.812.3%156
35Malaviya National Institute of Technology JaipurJaipur #40711.613.6%143
36Lovely Professional UniversityPhagwāra #41111.516.7%100
37Indian Institute of Technology KanpurKanpur #41511.38.8%219
38Graphic Era UniversityDehradun #41811.218.0%86
39Jamia Millia IslamiaNew Delhi #43010.816.1%77
40Motilal Nehru National Institute of TechnologyPrayagraj #43710.613.1%103
41National Institute of Technology JamshedpurJamshedpur #45110.126.2%77
42Indian Institute of Science BangaloreBengaluru #4669.69.8%194
43National Institute of Technology SrinagarSrinagar #4679.614.4%119
44Delhi Technological UniversityNew Delhi #4729.416.4%132
45National Institute of Technology AgartalaAgartala #4739.421.7%83
46Visvesvaraya National Institute of TechnologyNagpur #4958.78.2%189
47Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi #5008.615.6%95
48Dr. Hari Singh Gour UniversitySaugor #5028.518.9%75
49Indian Institute of Technology BHUVaranasi #5158.116.9%81
50Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchGhaziabad #5267.819.4%73
51Jadavpur UniversityKolkata #5307.710.0%107
52Indian Institute of Technology MandiMandi #5417.416.5%97
53Karunya UniversityCoimbatore #5477.316.7%74
54National Institute of Technology DurgapurDurgapur #5587.014.6%114
55Siddhartha Medical CollegeVijayawada #5786.412.0%78
56Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PilaniPilāni #5866.213.1%104
57Vignana Jyothi Institute of ManagementHyderabad #6085.77.5%103
58MIT World Peace UniversityPune #6095.714.4%78
59National Institute Of Technology SilcharSilchar #6135.66.8%160
60National Institute of Technology RaipurRaipur #6165.510.1%102

Institutions in India above the floor of 40 fractional works in Civil and Structural Engineering, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Civil and Structural Engineering researchers in India?

M.A. Quraishi, Rafat Siddique and Jyant Kumar rank highest among researchers based in India.

  1. 1M.A. Quraishi#7,630 worldwide overall1.7k citations · 29 works
  2. 2Rafat Siddique#29,852 worldwide overall1k citations · 39 works
  3. 3Jyant Kumar#83,735 worldwide overall262 citations · 35 works
  4. 4Manu Santhanam#94,333 worldwide overall482 citations · 30 works
  5. 5B.N. Singh#95,079 worldwide overall330 citations · 20 works
  6. 6Santosha K. Dwivedy#99,713 worldwide overall384 citations · 19 works
  7. 7R. S. Jangid#104,847 worldwide overall436 citations · 60 works
  8. 8Bishwajit Bhattacharjee#123,947 worldwide overall380 citations · 25 works
  9. 9Prabhata K. Swamee#128,932 worldwide overall426 citations · 45 works
  10. 10Shashank Bishnoi#138,550 worldwide overall492 citations · 36 works
  11. 11Sekhar Chandra Dutta#142,855 worldwide overall185 citations · 23 works
  12. 12A. Sridharan#162,470 worldwide overall313 citations · 38 works
  13. 13N.K. Gupta#166,178 worldwide overall522 citations · 29 works
  14. 14V. Saraswathy#178,477 worldwide overall316 citations · 24 works
  15. 15Devendra Narain Singh#220,038 worldwide overall663 citations · 25 works

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