Sir M.Visvesvaraya Institute Of Technology, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka vs New Horizon College of Engineering

Both colleges are assessed through KCET and Karnataka PGCET. For KCET, SMVIT's General closing ranks in round 3 of 2025 ran from 18,692 to 147,725 across 14 programmes, and NHCE's ran from 17,363 to 123,539 across 5 programmes.

For the programmes both colleges share, you can compare directly. For Computer Science and Engineering in round 3 of 2025, SMVIT's General closing rank was 19,216 under the ROK quota and NHCE's was 17,363 under the same quota. For Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in round 3 of 2025, SMVIT's General closing rank was 18,692 under ROK and NHCE's was 18,381 under ROK.

Both colleges hold valid AICTE approval. NHCE is accredited by NAAC with an A grade, valid from 2022-01-11 to 2027-01-10. SMVIT is not NAAC accredited.

NHCE is ranked 121 in the engineering category by NIRF in 2022. SMVIT has no NIRF rank in the information available here. Your decision should weigh the approval, accreditation and ranking details together.

SMVIT is located in Bangalore Urban district, Karnataka, and offers 9 programmes across engineering and management streams. NHCE is located in Bengaluru, Bangalore Urban district, Karnataka, and offers engineering and management streams. Both colleges sit in the same district, so you can compare them within one city region.

SMVIT suits students who want a wider engineering spread, including Civil Engineering, Biotechnology and Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, with 240 seats in Computer Science and Engineering. It also suits students whose KCET or PGCET rank falls in the range SMVIT's closing ranks cover.

NHCE suits students who want a larger Computer Science and Engineering intake, with 660 seats, and a management option with an MBA and an MCA offered at postgraduate level. It suits students who prefer a NAAC A-graded college.