NIRF rankings 2025 announced, IIT Madras tops overall

The Ministry of Education announced the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2025 on Sept 4 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan unveiled the 10th edition, which recognizes India’s top institutions across 17 categories.

IIT Madras secured the overall top position for the seventh consecutive year, while IISc Bengaluru was ranked the best university.

JNU, Delhi, came second among universities. Education Secretary Vineet Joshi noted that rankings should not be misused for promotional purposes.

The NIRF framework evaluates institutions based on five key parameters: teaching, learning and resources; research and professional practice; graduation outcomes; outreach and inclusivity; and perception.

Overall (Top 10)

Rank	Institution	State/UT
1	IIT Madras	Tamil Nadu
2	IISc Bengaluru	Karnataka
3	IIT Bombay	Maharashtra
4	IIT Delhi	Delhi
5	IIT Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh
6	IIT Kharagpur	West Bengal
7	IIT Roorkee	Uttarakhand
8	AIIMS Delhi	Delhi
9	JNU, New Delhi	Delhi
10	BHU, Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh

Universities (Top 10)

Rank	Institution	State/UT
1	IISc Bengaluru	Karnataka
2	JNU, New Delhi	Delhi
3	Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal	Karnataka
4	Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi	Delhi
5	University of Delhi	Delhi
6	BHU, Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh
7	BITS Pilani	Rajasthan
8	Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu
9	Jadavpur University, Kolkata	West Bengal
10	Aligarh Muslim University	Uttar Pradesh

Colleges (Top 10)

Rank	Institution	State/UT
1	Hindu College, Delhi	Delhi
2	Miranda House, Delhi	Delhi
3	Hans Raj College, Delhi	Delhi
4	Kirori Mal College, Delhi	Delhi
5	St. Stephen's College, Delhi	Delhi
6	Rama Krishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Kolkata	West Bengal
7	Atma Ram Sanatan Dharm College, New Delhi	Delhi
8	St. Xavier's College, Kolkata	West Bengal
9	PSGR Krishnammal College of Women, Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu
10	PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu

Engineering (Top 10)

Rank	Institution	State/UT
1	IIT Madras	Tamil Nadu
2	IIT Delhi	Delhi
3	IIT Bombay	Maharashtra
4	IIT Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh
5	IIT Kharagpur	West Bengal
6	IIT Roorkee	Uttarakhand
7	IIT Guwahati	Assam
8	IIT Hyderabad	Telangana
9	NIT Trichy	Tamil Nadu
10	IIT Indore	Madhya Pradesh

Management (Top 10)

Rank	Institution	State/UT
1	IIM Ahmedabad	Gujarat
2	IIM Bangalore	Karnataka
3	IIM Kozhikode	Kerala
4	IIT Delhi	Delhi
5	IIM Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh
6	IIM Mumbai	Maharashtra
7	IIM Calcutta	West Bengal
8	IIM Indore	Madhya Pradesh
9	MDI, Gurugram	Haryana
10	XLRI, Jamshedpur	Jharkhand

Medical (Top 5)

Rank	Institution	State/UT
1	AIIMS Delhi	Delhi
2	PGIMER, Chandigarh	Chandigarh
3	CMC, Vellore	Tamil Nadu
4	JIPMER, Puducherry	Puducherry
5	SGPGIMS, Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh

Dental (Top 5)

Rank	Institution	State/UT
1	AIIMS Delhi	Delhi
2	Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai	Tamil Nadu
3	Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, Delhi	Delhi
4	Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune	Maharashtra
5	Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal	Karnataka

Law (Top 5)

Rank	Institution	State/UT
1	NLSIU, Bengaluru	Karnataka
2	NLU, Delhi	Delhi
3	NALSAR, Hyderabad	Telangana
4	WBNUJS, Kolkata	West Bengal
5	GNLU, Gandhinagar	Gujarat

Research Institutions (Top 5)

Rank	Institution	State/UT
1	IISc Bengaluru	Karnataka
2	IIT Madras	Tamil Nadu
3	IIT Delhi	Delhi
4	IIT Bombay	Maharashtra
5	IIT Kharagpur	West Bengal

Pharmacy (Top 5)

Rank	Institution	State/UT
1	Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi	Delhi
2	NIPER Hyderabad	Telangana
3	Panjab University, Chandigarh	Chandigarh
4	BITS Pilani	Rajasthan
5	JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty	Tamil Nadu

Architecture and Planning (Top 5)

Rank	Institution	State/UT
1	IIT Roorkee	Uttarakhand
2	NIT Calicut	Kerala
3	School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi	Delhi
4	IIT Kharagpur	West Bengal
5	CEPT University, Ahmedabad	Gujarat

Agriculture and Allied Sectors (Top 5)

Rank	Institution	State/UT
1	ICAR – Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi	Delhi
2	Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana	Punjab
3	G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar	Uttarakhand
4	Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu
5	Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University	Andhra Pradesh

Innovation (Top 5)

Rank	Institution	State/UT
1	IIT Madras	Tamil Nadu
2	IIT Bombay	Maharashtra
3	IIT Delhi	Delhi
4	IIT Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh
5	IIT Kharagpur	West Bengal

SDG (Sustainability) (Top 3)

Rank	Institution	State/UT
1	IIT Madras	Tamil Nadu
2	Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi	Delhi
3	Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi	Delhi

Symbiosis Skills and Professional University, Pune

Skill Universities (Top 3)

Rank	Institution	State/UT
1	Symbiosis Skills and Professional University, Pune	Maharashtra
2	Symbiosis University of Applied Sciences, Indore	Madhya Pradesh
3	Shri Vishwakarma Skill University, Palwal	Haryana

State Public Universities (Top 5)

Rank	Institution	State/UT
1	Jadavpur University, Kolkata	West Bengal
2	University of Madras, Chennai	Tamil Nadu
3	University of Calcutta, Kolkata	West Bengal
4	Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune	Maharashtra
5	Osmania University, Hyderabad	Telangana

Open Universities (Top 5)

Rank	Institution	State/UT
1	IGNOU, New Delhi	Delhi
2	Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad	Telangana
3	Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Nashik	Maharashtra
4	Tamil Nadu Open University, Chennai	Tamil Nadu
5	Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata	West Bengal

The Ministry of Education launched the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2015 to rank Indian higher education institutions.

It provides a transparent system for evaluating colleges and universities across multiple disciplines.

Rankings are based on teaching, research, graduation outcomes, inclusivity, and perception, helping students, parents, and policymakers make informed choices.

This year, there are 17 ranking categories, namely Overall, Universities, Colleges, Research Institutions, Engineering, Management, Pharmacy, Medical, Dental, Law, Architecture and Planning, Agriculture and Allied Sectors, Innovation, Open University, Skill University, State Public University, and SDG or Sustainability.

The full list of rankings across all categories is available at nirfindia.org.