NIRF India Rankings 2025
– Key Highlights
Overall Top 5 Institutions
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IIT Madras – Chennai (Ranked #1 for the 7th consecutive year)
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IISc Bengaluru
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IIT Bombay
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IIT Delhi
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IIT Kanpur
Top 10 Engineering Colleges
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IIT Madras – Chennai (Score: 89.46)
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IIT Delhi – New Delhi (Score: 86.66)
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IIT Bombay – Mumbai (Score: 83.09)
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IIT Kanpur – Kanpur
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IIT Kharagpur
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IIT Roorkee
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IIT Guwahati
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IIT Hyderabad
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NIT Tiruchirappalli
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IISc Bengaluru
Top Medical Colleges
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AIIMS, New Delhi
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PGIMER, Chandigarh
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Christian Medical College, Vellore
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AIIMS, Jodhpur
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King George’s Medical University, Lucknow
Top Universities
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IISc Bengaluru ranked #1 in the University Category.
Management Rankings (Top)
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IIM Ahmedabad
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IIM Bangalore
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IIM Calcutta
Sustainability Development Goals (SDG) Category
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IIT Madras ranked #1.
Top 10 Colleges
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Hindu College
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Miranda House
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Hans Raj College
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Kirori Mal College
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St Stephen’s College
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Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College
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Atma Ram Sanatan Dharm College
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St Xavier’s College
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PSGR Krishnammal College for Women
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PSG College of Arts and Science
Regional Highlights
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Goa: 9 institutes featured, but none in top 200 overall; GIM ranked 43rd in management.
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Mumbai: Several institutes in top 100; IIT Bombay retained 3rd position overall.
Key Framework Details
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Covers 17 categories (Engineering, Management, Medical, Pharmacy, Law, Agriculture, Architecture, Dental, etc.).
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Recognized as India’s trusted benchmark for higher education.
Evaluation Methodology – 2025 Updates
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Negative marking for retracted research articles.
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Removal of self-citations from research evaluation.
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Stronger credibility checks for research publications.
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Greater focus on sustainability & innovation.
✅ The NIRF 2025 Rankings reinforce IIT Madras’s dominance across categories, IISc’s leadership in research & university excellence, and the IIMs’ continued hold in management education.
