NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) Ranking 2025 has been released by Ministry of Education (MOE) on the official website of nirfindia.org The NIRF Ranking (National Institutional Ranking Framework) is an official ranking system launched by the Ministry of Education, Government of India in 2015. It is used to rank colleges, universities, and other higher education institutions across India based on specific performance parameters.
These NIRF Rankings have been prepared on the basic of various parameters such as.
NIRF Ranking Parameters
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)
Table Contents
About Nirf Ranking
NIRF Ranking Parameters
Table of Content
Category of Nirf Ranking
Research Institute Nirf Ranking
Categories of NIRF Ranking:
NIRF releases rankings in different categories such as:
- Overall
- University
- College
- Engineering
- Management (MBA)
- Medical
- Pharmacy
- Law
- Architecture & Planning
- Dental
- Research Institutions
National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)
Research Institutions NIRF Ranking 2025
| Research Institutions | City | State | Score | Rank |
| Indian Institute of Science | Bengaluru | Karnataka | 85.01 | 1 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Madras | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 82.99 | 2 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | New Delhi | Delhi | 80.42 | 3 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 77.80 | 4 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | Kharagpur | West Bengal | 71.61 | 5 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh | 69.80 | 6 |
| Homi Bhabha National Institute | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 69.39 | 7 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | Roorkee | Uttarakhand | 67.27 | 8 |
| Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research | Ghaziabad | Uttar Pradesh | 67.15 | 9 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | Guwahati | Assam | 64.18 | 10 |
| All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi | New Delhi | Delhi | 63.61 | 11 |
| University of Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 62.65 | 12 |
| Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 60.96 | 13 |
| Vellore Institute of Technology | Vellore | Tamil Nadu | 60.39 | 14 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad | Hyderabad | Telangana | 60.15 | 15 |
| Banaras Hindu University | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | 58.28 | 16 |
| Tata Institute of Fundamental Research | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 57.96 | 17 |
| Birla Institute of Technology & Science –Pilani | Pilani | Rajasthan | 56.71 | 18 |
| Manipal Academy of Higher Education-Manipal | Manipal | Karnataka | 56.41 | 19 |
| Jamia Millia Islamia | New Delhi | Delhi | 56.13 | 20 |
| Jawaharlal Nehru University | New Delhi | Delhi | 56.06 | 21 |
| Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | 55.81 | 22 |
| Jadavpur University | Kolkata | West Bengal | 55.53 | 23 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Indore | Indore | Madhya Pradesh | 55.52 | 24 |
| S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 55.41 | 25 |
| Anna University | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 55.09 | 26 |
| Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) | Dhanbad | Jharkhand | 54.28 | 27 |
| Aligarh Muslim University | Aligarh | Uttar Pradesh | 54.07 | 28 |
| Indian Agricultural Research Institute | New Delhi | Delhi | 52.98 | 29 |
| National Institute of Technology Rourkela | Rourkela | Odisha | 52.69 | 30 |
| Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu | 52.48 | 31 |
| University of Hyderabad | Hyderabad | Telangana | 51.48 | 32 |
| National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli | Tiruchirappalli | Tamil Nadu | 51.40 | 33 |
| Chandigarh University | Mohali | Punjab | 50.47 | 34 |
| Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Pune | Pune | Maharashtra | 50.35 | 35 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar | Gandhinagar | Gujarat | 49.61 | 36 |
| Panjab University | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | 49.47 | 37 |
| Amity University | Gautam Budh Nagar | Uttar Pradesh | 49.25 | 38 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Patna | Patna | Bihar | 48.75 | 39 |
| Lovely Professional University | Phagwara | Punjab | 48.72 | 40 |
| Institute of Chemical Technology | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 47.92 | 41 |
| Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Deemed-to-be-university) | Patiala | Punjab | 47.59 | 42 |
| Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology | Bhubaneswar | Odisha | 46.73 | 43 |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research | Bengaluru | Karnataka | 46.57 | 44 |
| UPES | Dehradun | Uttarakhand | 46.46 | 45 |
| Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Kolkata | Mohanpur | West Bengal | 46.42 | 46 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Ropar | Rupnagar | Punjab | 46.00 | 47 |
| Calcutta University | Kolkata | West Bengal | 45.83 | 48 |
| Siksha `O` Anusandhan | Bhubaneswar | Odisha | 45.12 | 49 |
| Malaviya National Institute of Technology | Jaipur | Rajasthan | 45.02 | 50 |