NIRF Ranking 2025: Check Out the List of the Top  Institutes in India

The much-awaited National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings for 2025 have been released. The National Institutional Rankings Framework ( NIRF ) was approved by the MHRD and launched by the Honourable Minister of Human Resource Development on 29th September 2015.

The NIRF rankings methodology for 2025 is based on five key parameters, each with various sub-parameters, to evaluate institutions. These parameters have different weightages depending on the category of the institution (e.g., University, Engineering, Medical).

Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR)

• Student Strength, including Doctoral Students (SS)
• Faculty-student ratio with emphasis on permanent faculty (FSR)
• Combined metric for Faculty with PhD (or equivalent) and Experience (FQE)
• Financial Resources and their Utilisation (FRU)
• Online Education(OE)
• Multiple Entry/Exit, Indian Knowledge System, and Regional languages (MIR)

Research and Professional Practice (RP)

• Combined metric for Publications (PU)
• Combined metric for Quality of Publications (QP)
• IPR and Patents: Published and Granted (IPR)
• Footprint of Projects and Professional Practice (FPPP)
• Publications & Citations in SDGs (PSDGs)

Graduation Outcomes (GO)

• Metric for University Examinations (GUE)
• Metric for Number of Ph.D. Students Graduated (GPHD)

Outreach and Inclusivity (OI)

• Percentage of Students from Other States/Countries (Region Diversity RD)
• Percentage of Women (Women Diversity WD)
• Economically and Socially Challenged Students (ESCS)
• Facilities for Physically Challenged Students (PCS)
• Perception (PR) Ranking

Peer Perception

• Academic Peers and Employers (PR)

List of the Top 50 MBA Colleges in India: NIRF Rankings 2025

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Rank	Institute Name	City	State	Score
1	Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad	Ahmedabad	Gujarat	83.29
2	Indian Institute of Management Bangalore	Bengaluru	Karnataka	81.56
3	Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode	Kozhikode	Kerala	79.85
4	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	New Delhi	Delhi	78.94
5	Indian Institute of Management Lucknow	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	77.97
6	Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai	Mumbai	Maharashtra	77.58
7	Indian Institute of Management Calcutta	Kolkata	West Bengal	77.34
8	Indian Institute of Management Indore	Indore	Madhya Pradesh	75.68
9	Management Development Institute	Gurugram	Haryana	71.96
10	XLRI – Xavier School of Management	Jamshedpur	Jharkhand	70.63
11	Symbiosis Institute of Business Management	Pune	Maharashtra	67.90
12	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Kharagpur	West Bengal	66.97
13	Indian Institute of Technology Madras	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	66.50
14	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	Mumbai	Maharashtra	65.82
15	Indian Institute of Management Raipur	Raipur	Chhattisgarh	65.03
16	Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli	Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu	64.95
17	Indian Institute of Foreign Trade	New Delhi	Delhi	62.93
18	Indian Institute of Management Ranchi	Ranchi	Jharkhand	62.77
19	Indian Institute of Management Rohtak	Rohtak	Haryana	62.60
20	S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research	Mumbai	Maharashtra	62.06
21	Indian Institute of Management Udaipur	Udaipur	Rajasthan	61.79
22	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	Roorkee	Uttarakhand	61.77
23	Indian Institute of Management Kashipur	Kashipur	Uttarakhand	61.74
24	SVKM`s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies	Mumbai	Maharashtra	60.99
25	Indian Institute of Management Nagpur	Nagpur	Maharashtra	60.88
26	Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu	60.25
27	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh	60.15
28	Jamia Millia Islamia	New Delhi	Delhi	60.06
29	Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam	Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh	59.95
30	Institute of Management Technology	Ghaziabad	Uttar Pradesh	59.85
31	Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya	Gaya	Bihar	59.65
32	Chandigarh University	Mohali	Punjab	59.40
33	MICA	Ahmedabad	Gujarat	59.22
34	Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur	Sambalpur	Odisha	58.59
35	Indian Institute of Management Jammu (IIMJ)	Jammu	J&K	58.50
36	UPES	Dehradun	Uttarakhand	58.33
37	Great Lakes Institute of Management	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	58.05
38	Indian Institute of Management Shillong	Shillong	Meghalaya	57.70
39	T. A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI)	Manipal	Karnataka	57.13
40	IMI Delhi	New Delhi	Delhi	56.59
41	Jaipuria Institute of Management	Noida	Uttar Pradesh	56.46
42	IMI Kolkata	Kolkata	West Bengal	55.42
43	Goa Institute of Management	Sanquelim	Goa	55.27
44	Lovely Professional University	Phagwara	Punjab	55.00
45	XIM University	Bhubaneswar	Odisha	54.73
46	ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education	Hyderabad	Telangana	54.40
46	Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology	Patiala	Punjab	54.40
48	IIT (ISM) Dhanbad	Dhanbad	Jharkhand	54.34
49	Amity University	Gautam Budh Nagar	Uttar Pradesh	54.15
50	Great Lakes Institute of Management (Gurgaon)	Gurgaon	Haryana	54.08

List of the Top 50 NIRF India Rankings 2025 (Overall Category – Top 50)

Rank	Institute Name	City	State	Score
1	Indian Institute of Technology Madras	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	87.31
2	Indian Institute of Science	Bengaluru	Karnataka	85.00
3	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	Mumbai	Maharashtra	81.62
4	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	New Delhi	Delhi	80.67
5	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh	77.25
6	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Kharagpur	West Bengal	73.99
7	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	Roorkee	Uttarakhand	71.73
8	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi	New Delhi	Delhi	70.57
9	Jawaharlal Nehru University	New Delhi	Delhi	69.62
10	Banaras Hindu University	Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh	68.71
11	Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati	Guwahati	Assam	67.67
12	Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Telangana	67.04
13	Jamia Millia Islamia	New Delhi	Delhi	66.99
14	Manipal Academy of Higher Education (Manipal)	Manipal	Karnataka	66.86
15	University of Delhi	Delhi	Delhi	66.19
16	Birla Institute of Technology & Science – Pilani	Pilani	Rajasthan	65.06
17	Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu	64.97
18	Jadavpur University	Kolkata	West Bengal	64.34
19	Aligarh Muslim University	Aligarh	Uttar Pradesh	63.76
20	Homi Bhabha National Institute	Mumbai	Maharashtra	63.03
21	Vellore Institute of Technology	Vellore	Tamil Nadu	62.88
22	S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	62.87
23	Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	62.23
24	Indian Agricultural Research Institute	New Delhi	Delhi	61.59
25	Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan	Bhubaneswar	Odisha	61.01
26	University of Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Telangana	60.32
27	Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology	Bhubaneswar	Odisha	60.13
27	Indian Institute of Technology Indore	Indore	Madhya Pradesh	60.13
29	Anna University	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	60.06
30	National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli	Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu	60.05
31	Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi	Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh	60.03
32	Chandigarh University	Mohali	Punjab	59.55
33	Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	59.15
34	National Institute of Technology Rourkela	Rourkela	Odisha	58.55
35	Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad	Dhanbad	Jharkhand	58.33
36	Indian Institute of Technology Patna	Patna	Bihar	57.63
37	Amity University	Gautam Budh Nagar	Uttar Pradesh	57.49
38	JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research	Mysuru	Karnataka	57.43
39	Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar	Gandhinagar	Gujarat	57.01
40	Symbiosis International	Pune	Maharashtra	56.86
41	Andhra University, Visakhapatnam	Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh	56.62
42	Kerala University	Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala	56.26
43	Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER)	Puducherry	Pondicherry	56.23
44	Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology	Patiala	Punjab	56.21
45	National Institute of Technology Calicut	Kozhikode	Kerala	56.16
46	Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University (K L University)	Vaddeswaram	Andhra Pradesh	55.99
47	Calcutta University	Kolkata	West Bengal	55.91
48	Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education	Krishnan Koil	Tamil Nadu	55.68
49	Lovely Professional University	Phagwara	Punjab	55.49
50	Cochin University of Science and Technology	Cochin	Kerala	55.38

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