69
Affiliated colleges
1985
Established
A+
NAAC
State Public Universities band 51-100
NIRF 2025
Admissions & entrance exams
B.Tech (first year)
- JEE Main (GCET was scrapped from 2024; DTE Goa merit list uses JEE Main with Class 12 details)
- Class 12 with Physics and Maths, 45% (40% SC/ST/OBC), as the minimum eligibility
After diploma · lateral entry
DTE Goa direct second year B.E.: diploma in the relevant branch with 45% (40% SC/ST/OBC), or B.Sc with Maths. Diploma holders get first priority; seats are filled by DTE merit list and spot rounds at Porvorim.
Track LEET dates →M.Tech / MBA / MCA
- GATE (M.E. at GEC)
- Goa University admission process via Samarth portal for M.Sc/MA
- CAT / CMAT / MAT / GU entrance for MBA (Goa Business School)
Counselling: DTE Goa (dte.goa.gov.in) publishes eligibility and merit lists and holds counselling in person at Porvorim. About 1,800 B.E. seats; 1,415 were found eligible in 2025.
Popular programs
69 affiliated colleges
All affiliated colleges, professional and general. Engineering colleges are a small part, among them GEC Farmagudi, PCCE Verna, Don Bosco Fatorda, AIME Verna and Rayeshwar Shiroda.
As of 2025 · Goa University website
Flagship institutes
- 1Goa College of Engineering (GEC), Farmagudi, PondaGovernment college; UG median ₹4.25 LPA in 2023-24 (NIRF 2025 data)
- 2Padre Conceicao College of Engineering (PCCE), VernaPrivate aided
- 3Don Bosco College of Engineering, Fatorda, MargaoPrivate
- 4Agnel Institute of Engineering and Management (AIME), VernaPrivate
- 5Shree Rayeshwar Institute of Engineering and IT, ShirodaPrivate
Recognition & ranking
- UGC
- State public university, recognised under Sections 2(f) and 12B of the UGC Act
- AICTE
- Affiliated engineering and pharmacy colleges are AICTE-approved
- NAAC
- Grade A+ (CGPA 3.30, 2025)
- NIRF
- NIRF 2025: State Public Universities band 51-100 (not ranked in Engineering)
Placements
NIRF 2025 data: 216 of 887 PG (2-year) graduates placed and 250 went for higher studies in 2023-24. Engineering colleges report separately.
Average / median
₹6.84 LPA (median)
Highest
Not published
Goa University campus, PG 2-year programmes only (not affiliated engineering colleges) · 2023-24 · source
Affiliated colleges place students on their own, so figures vary widely from college to college.
Industry & incubation
- Directorate of Internships, Incubation and Industry Partnership (DI3P)
- Goa University Innovation, Incubation and Start-up Scheme (GUIISS)
- Institution's Innovation Council (since 2018) and a bioincubator being set up with state support
Good to know
- Goa has no separate technical university, so all B.E. colleges are affiliated to Goa University
- First-ever NAAC A+ (CGPA 3.30) announced in July 2025, up from B++
- 402-acre campus on Taleigao Plateau overlooking the Zuari estuary