Mumbai: Out of the 61 engineering colleges located in and around the city that function under the Mumbai University guidelines, only three are affiliated to the varsity, an RTI query has revealed.

In response to the RTI query filed by a Mumbai-based NGO, Citizen Forum For Sanctity in Educational System (CFSES), the university said that 58 engineering colleges have not been granted affiliation and a few of them have been running without it since 2008-09.