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

NIRF Rankings 2025
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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


RankInstitute NameCityStateScore
1Indian Institute of Management AhmedabadAhmedabadGujarat83.29
2Indian Institute of Management BangaloreBengaluruKarnataka81.56
3Indian Institute of Management KozhikodeKozhikodeKerala79.85
4Indian Institute of Technology DelhiNew DelhiDelhi78.94
5Indian Institute of Management LucknowLucknowUttar Pradesh77.97
6Indian Institute of Management, MumbaiMumbaiMaharashtra77.58
7Indian Institute of Management CalcuttaKolkataWest Bengal77.34
8Indian Institute of Management IndoreIndoreMadhya Pradesh75.68
9Management Development InstituteGurugramHaryana71.96
10XLRI – Xavier School of ManagementJamshedpurJharkhand70.63
11Symbiosis Institute of Business ManagementPuneMaharashtra67.90
12Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurKharagpurWest Bengal66.97
13Indian Institute of Technology MadrasChennaiTamil Nadu66.50
14Indian Institute of Technology BombayMumbaiMaharashtra65.82
15Indian Institute of Management RaipurRaipurChhattisgarh65.03
16Indian Institute of Management TiruchirappalliTiruchirappalliTamil Nadu64.95
17Indian Institute of Foreign TradeNew DelhiDelhi62.93
18Indian Institute of Management RanchiRanchiJharkhand62.77
19Indian Institute of Management RohtakRohtakHaryana62.60
20S. P. Jain Institute of Management and ResearchMumbaiMaharashtra62.06
21Indian Institute of Management UdaipurUdaipurRajasthan61.79
22Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeRoorkeeUttarakhand61.77
23Indian Institute of Management KashipurKashipurUttarakhand61.74
24SVKM`s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management StudiesMumbaiMaharashtra60.99
25Indian Institute of Management NagpurNagpurMaharashtra60.88
26Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamCoimbatoreTamil Nadu60.25
27Indian Institute of Technology KanpurKanpurUttar Pradesh60.15
28Jamia Millia IslamiaNew DelhiDelhi60.06
29Indian Institute of Management VisakhapatnamVisakhapatnamAndhra Pradesh59.95
30Institute of Management TechnologyGhaziabadUttar Pradesh59.85
31Indian Institute of Management Bodh GayaGayaBihar59.65
32Chandigarh UniversityMohaliPunjab59.40
33MICAAhmedabadGujarat59.22
34Indian Institute of Management SambalpurSambalpurOdisha58.59
35Indian Institute of Management Jammu (IIMJ)JammuJ&K58.50
36UPESDehradunUttarakhand58.33
37Great Lakes Institute of ManagementChennaiTamil Nadu58.05
38Indian Institute of Management ShillongShillongMeghalaya57.70
39T. A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI)ManipalKarnataka57.13
40IMI DelhiNew DelhiDelhi56.59
41Jaipuria Institute of ManagementNoidaUttar Pradesh56.46
42IMI KolkataKolkataWest Bengal55.42
43Goa Institute of ManagementSanquelimGoa55.27
44Lovely Professional UniversityPhagwaraPunjab55.00
45XIM UniversityBhubaneswarOdisha54.73
46ICFAI Foundation for Higher EducationHyderabadTelangana54.40
46Thapar Institute of Engineering and TechnologyPatialaPunjab54.40
48IIT (ISM) DhanbadDhanbadJharkhand54.34
49Amity UniversityGautam Budh NagarUttar Pradesh54.15
50Great Lakes Institute of Management (Gurgaon)GurgaonHaryana54.08

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

RankInstitute NameCityStateScore
1Indian Institute of Technology MadrasChennaiTamil Nadu87.31
2Indian Institute of ScienceBengaluruKarnataka85.00
3Indian Institute of Technology BombayMumbaiMaharashtra81.62
4Indian Institute of Technology DelhiNew DelhiDelhi80.67
5Indian Institute of Technology KanpurKanpurUttar Pradesh77.25
6Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurKharagpurWest Bengal73.99
7Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeRoorkeeUttarakhand71.73
8All India Institute of Medical Sciences, DelhiNew DelhiDelhi70.57
9Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityNew DelhiDelhi69.62
10Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasiUttar Pradesh68.71
11Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiGuwahatiAssam67.67
12Indian Institute of Technology HyderabadHyderabadTelangana67.04
13Jamia Millia IslamiaNew DelhiDelhi66.99
14Manipal Academy of Higher Education (Manipal)ManipalKarnataka66.86
15University of DelhiDelhiDelhi66.19
16Birla Institute of Technology & Science – PilaniPilaniRajasthan65.06
17Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamCoimbatoreTamil Nadu64.97
18Jadavpur UniversityKolkataWest Bengal64.34
19Aligarh Muslim UniversityAligarhUttar Pradesh63.76
20Homi Bhabha National InstituteMumbaiMaharashtra63.03
21Vellore Institute of TechnologyVelloreTamil Nadu62.88
22S.R.M. Institute of Science and TechnologyChennaiTamil Nadu62.87
23Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical SciencesChennaiTamil Nadu62.23
24Indian Agricultural Research InstituteNew DelhiDelhi61.59
25Siksha ‘O’ AnusandhanBhubaneswarOdisha61.01
26University of HyderabadHyderabadTelangana60.32
27Kalinga Institute of Industrial TechnologyBhubaneswarOdisha60.13
27Indian Institute of Technology IndoreIndoreMadhya Pradesh60.13
29Anna UniversityChennaiTamil Nadu60.06
30National Institute of Technology TiruchirappalliTiruchirappalliTamil Nadu60.05
31Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) VaranasiVaranasiUttar Pradesh60.03
32Chandigarh UniversityMohaliPunjab59.55
33Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchChandigarhChandigarh59.15
34National Institute of Technology RourkelaRourkelaOdisha58.55
35Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) DhanbadDhanbadJharkhand58.33
36Indian Institute of Technology PatnaPatnaBihar57.63
37Amity UniversityGautam Budh NagarUttar Pradesh57.49
38JSS Academy of Higher Education and ResearchMysuruKarnataka57.43
39Indian Institute of Technology GandhinagarGandhinagarGujarat57.01
40Symbiosis InternationalPuneMaharashtra56.86
41Andhra University, VisakhapatnamVisakhapatnamAndhra Pradesh56.62
42Kerala UniversityThiruvananthapuramKerala56.26
43Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER)PuducherryPondicherry56.23
44Thapar Institute of Engineering and TechnologyPatialaPunjab56.21
45National Institute of Technology CalicutKozhikodeKerala56.16
46Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University (K L University)VaddeswaramAndhra Pradesh55.99
47Calcutta UniversityKolkataWest Bengal55.91
48Kalasalingam Academy of Research and EducationKrishnan KoilTamil Nadu55.68
49Lovely Professional UniversityPhagwaraPunjab55.49
50Cochin University of Science and TechnologyCochinKerala55.38

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