News: Union Education Minister released the 10th edition of the NIRF Rankings 2025 on September 4, 2025.
About National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)
- The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is a government-approved methodology for ranking institutions of higher education across India.
- Released by: Ministry of Education
- The NIRF was launched on 29 September 2015.
- The parameters are Teaching, Learning and Resources; Research and Professional Practices; Graduation Outcomes; Outreach and Inclusivity; and Perception.
- Methodology and Evolving Framework
- Parameters: Teaching, learning and resources; research and professional practice; graduation outcomes; inclusivity.
- Peer perception carries 10%
- Growth over time: From 2016 (one category and three subject domains) to 2025, NIRF has expanded to nine categories and eight subject domains.
- Parameters: Teaching, learning and resources; research and professional practice; graduation outcomes; inclusivity.
Key Highlights of NIRF 2025
- Top 100 (overall) composition: In the overall category, the top 100 institutions are distributed as follows: 24 State universities; 22 private deemed universities; 19 IITs + IISc; 9 private universities; 8 NITs; 7 Central universities; 5 medical institutions; 4 IISERs; 1 college; and the Indian Agriculture Research Institute.
- IIT Madras ranked first overall for the seventh year in a row and remained the best engineering college for the tenth straight year.
- IISc Bengaluru topped the universities category for the tenth consecutive year and led the research institutions category for the fifth consecutive year.
- IIM Ahmedabad ranked first in management for the sixth consecutive year.
- AIIMS New Delhi led medical institutions for the eighth consecutive year and topped the dental category for the first time.
