NIRF Rankings 2025: IIT Madras Tops Overall & Best Engineering College in India

NIRF Rankings 2025: The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2025 has been released by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. As per the latest rankings, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has once again secured the top position in the Overall category as well as being recognized as the best engineering college in India.

NIRF ranks have been announced at the event held at Bharat Mandapam Delhi. The complete list of top institutions with the scores will be available on the official website shortly. 

NIRF Rankings 2025

The  Ministry of Education has issued the National Institutional Ranking Framework – NIRF 2025 rankings today, September 4,  2025. Check the complete rankings for all 17 categories here. The Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, released the list of top colleges and universities. This year, IIT Madras has emerged as the No. 1 institute in the Overall category and has also retained its crown as the best engineering college in India.

This year’s rankings will be released across 17 categories, including overall, universities, colleges, research institutions, engineering, management, pharmacy, medical, dental, law, architecture and planning, agriculture and allied sectors, open universities, skill universities, and state public universities.

NIRF Rankings 2025 Parameters

The National Institutional Framework has set a few parameters based on which each institution is ranked. The parameters and details are provided below

  • Teaching, Learning and Resources
  • Research and Professional Practices
  • Graduation Outcomes
  • Outreach and Inclusivity
  • Perception

NIRF Rankings 2025 – Overall Top 10 Institutions

RankInstitution NameLocation
1IIT MadrasChennai
2IISc BengaluruBengaluru
3IIT BombayMumbai
4IIT DelhiNew Delhi
5IIT KanpurKanpur
6IIT KharagpurKharagpur
7IIT RoorkeeRoorkee
8AIIMS DelhiNew Delhi
9Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)New Delhi
10Banaras Hindu University (BHU)Varanasi

NIRF Rankings 2025: Top 5 Dental Colleges In India

RankInstitute NameLocation
1All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)Delhi
2Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical SciencesChennai
3Maulana Azad Institute of Dental SciencesDelhi
4Dr. D. Y. Patil VidyapeethPune
5Manipal College of Dental SciencesManipal

NIRF Rankings 2025: Agriculture and Allied Sector

Check NIRF ranking 2025 list of top Agriculture and Allied Sector

RankInstitute NameLocation
1Indian Agricultural Research InstituteNew Delhi
2ICAR – National Dairy Research InstituteKarnal
3Punjab Agricultural UniversityLudhiana
4Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi
5Indian Veterinary Research InstituteIzatnagar

NIRF Rankings 2025: State Public Universities

List of state public universities in NIRF 2025 ranking,

RankUniversity NameLocation
1Jadavpur UniversityKolkata
2Anna UniversityChennai
3Panjab UniversityChandigarh
4Andhra UniversityVisakhapatnam
5Kerala UniversityThiruvananthapuram
6Cochin University of Science and TechnologyCochin
7Osmania UniversityHyderabad
8University of KashmirSrinagar
9Gauhati UniversityGuwahati
10Bharathiar UniversityCoimbatore

NIRF Ranking 2025: Medical

Check here the top 5 medical institutions

RankInstitute NameLocation
1All India Institute of Medical SciencesDelhi
2Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchChandigarh
3Christian Medical CollegeVellore
4Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education & ResearchPuducherry
5Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical SciencesLucknow

NIRF Rankings 2025: Law

Top 5 law institutions in India

RankInstitute NameLocation
1National Law School of India UniversityBengaluru
2National Law UniversityDelhi
3Nalsar University of LawHyderabad
4The West Bengal National University of Juridical SciencesKolkata
5Gujarat National Law UniversityGandhinagar

NIRF Rankings 2025: Architecture and Planning

Get list of top 5 Architecture and planning institutions here

RankInstitute NameLocation
1Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeRoorkee
2National Institute of Technology CalicutCalicut
3Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurKharagpur
4Indian Institute of Engineering Science and TechnologyShibpur
5Jamia Millia IslamiaNew Delhi

NIRF 2025 Rankings: Colleges

Check list if top 10 colleges here

RankCollege NameLocation
1Hindu CollegeDelhi
2Miranda HouseDelhi
3Hans Raj CollegeDelhi
4Kirori Mal CollegeDelhi
5St. Stephen’s CollegeDelhi
6Rama Krishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary CollegeKolkata
7Atma Ram Sanatan Dharm CollegeNew Delhi
8St. Xavier’s CollegeKolkata
9PSGR Krishnammal College for WomenCoimbatore
10PSG College of Arts and ScienceCoimbatore

NIRF Rankings 2025: Pharmacy

Check list of top Pharmacy Institutes here

RankInstitute NameLocation
1Jamia HamdardNew Delhi
2Birla Institute of Technology & SciencePilani
3Panjab UniversityChandigarh
4JSS College of PharmacyOoty
5National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and ResearchHyderabad
6Institute of Chemical TechnologyMumbai
7JSS College of PharmacyMysore
8Manipal College of Pharmaceutical SciencesManipal
9National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and ResearchMohali
10S.R.M. Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai

NIRF Rankings 2025: Management

Check list of top Management Colleges in India here

RankInstitute NameLocation
1Indian Institute of ManagementAhmedabad
2Indian Institute of ManagementBangalore
3Indian Institute of ManagementKozhikode
4Indian Institute of TechnologyDelhi
5Indian Institute of ManagementLucknow
6Indian Institute of ManagementMumbai
7Indian Institute of ManagementCalcutta
8Indian Institute of ManagementIndore
9Management Development InstituteGurugram
10XLRI – Xavier School of ManagementJamshedpur

NIRF Rankings 2025: Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras has secured the top spot under the Engineering institutions category. Check complete list here

RankInstitute NameLocation
1Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) MadrasMadras/Chennai
2Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) DelhiDelhi
3Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) BombayMumbai
4Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) KanpurKanpur
5Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) KharagpurKharagpur
6Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) RoorkeeRoorkee
7Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) HyderabadHyderabad
8Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) GuwahatiGuwahati
9National Institute of Technology (NIT) TiruchirappalliTiruchirappalli
10Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi (BHU)

NIRF Ranking 2025 Universities

This year Indian Institute of Sciences Bangalore has topped the list of universities. Check complete list here

RankUniversity NameLocation
1Indian Institute of ScienceBengaluru
2Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityNew Delhi
3Manipal Academy of Higher EducationManipal
4Jamia Millia IslamiaNew Delhi
5University of DelhiNew Delhi
6Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi
7Birla Institute of Technology & SciencePilani
8Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamCoimbatore
9Jadavpur UniversityKolkata
10Aligarh Muslim UniversityAligarh

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