Meghalaya · Affiliating + Teaching university
NEHU
North-Eastern Hill University
Shillong
83
Affiliated colleges
1973
Established
no grade found
NAAC
University band 151-200
NIRF 2025
Admissions & entrance exams
B.Tech (first year)
- JEE Main
- CSAB-NEUT for Meghalaya domicile (supernumerary seats)
After diploma · lateral entry
SGCE expects to fill remaining seats through lateral entry for diploma holders (news, Nov 2025). Eligibility % and merit rules not officially published yet.
Track LEET dates →M.Tech / MBA / MCA
- GATE
- NEHU entrance for M.Tech/PhD
Counselling: Meghalaya DHTE runs registration and verification for CSAB-NEUT supernumerary seats (July-Aug 2026) and allots seats reserved for Meghalaya by other states and NERIST.
Popular programs
83 affiliated colleges
All streams, including general degree colleges. 83 colleges as of Oct 2022, mostly general degree. Shillong Government College of Engineering (state govt) got NEHU affiliation in 2022 and began B.Tech in 2025-26.
As of October 2022 list; news Nov 2025 · NEHU affiliated colleges list; NE Now
Flagship institutes
- 1Shillong Government College of Engineering, Mawlai, ShillongState's first govt engineering college; NEHU-affiliated; Civil and Electrical, 30 seats each
- 2NEHU School of Technology, ShillongUniversity's own B.Tech departments
- 3NIT Meghalaya, Shillong (Sohra campus)JEE Main via JoSAA/CSAB
- 4Shillong Polytechnic, ShillongState polytechnic; shares labs with SGCE
Recognition & ranking
- UGC
- Central University (UGC listed)
- AICTE
- SGCE is AICTE approved (2025)
- NAAC
- Lapsed: Grade A (CGPA 3.20, 2017; valid to June 2022; current cycle not confirmed)
- NIRF
- NIRF 2025: University band 151-200
Placements
Not officially published for B.Tech; check NEHU's NIRF data file.
Affiliated colleges place students on their own, so figures vary widely from college to college.
Industry & incubation
- NEHU Incubation Centre, Tura campus
- BioNEST Bioincubator at NEHU
Good to know
- NEHU's CGPA-to-% conversion rule is not confirmed here; check the grade card or exam branch.
- Meghalaya got its first govt B.Tech college only in 2025-26, so most students still use JoSAA, CSAB-NEUT and NIT Meghalaya.
- DHTE Meghalaya also offers seats reserved by Arunachal, Nagaland University and others for Meghalaya residents (PRC needed).