{"id":345767,"date":"2025-09-05T18:31:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T13:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=345767"},"modified":"2025-09-05T18:31:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T13:01:17","slug":"national-institutional-ranking-framework-nirf-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/national-institutional-ranking-framework-nirf-2\/","title":{"rendered":"National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Union Education Minister released <strong>the 10th edition of the NIRF Rankings 2025<\/strong> on September 4, 2025.<\/p>\n<h2>About National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_345768\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-345768\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-345768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-NDTV-1.jpg?resize=300%2C175&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-NDTV-1.jpg?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-NDTV-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C599&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-NDTV-1.jpg?resize=768%2C449&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-NDTV-1.jpg?w=1435&amp;ssl=1 1435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-345768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; NDTV<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is a <strong>government-approved methodology<\/strong> for ranking institutions of <strong>higher education<\/strong> across India.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Released by:<\/strong> Ministry of Education<\/li>\n<li>The NIRF was launched on <strong>29 September 2015<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>parameters<\/strong> are T<strong>eaching, Learning and Resources; Research and Professional Practices; Graduation Outcomes; Outreach and Inclusivity; and Perception.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Methodology and Evolving Framework <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Parameters: T<\/strong>eaching, learning and resources; research and professional practice; graduation outcomes; inclusivity.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Peer perception<\/strong> carries <strong>10%<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Growth over time:<\/strong> From <strong>2016<\/strong> (one category and three subject domains) to <strong>2025<\/strong>, NIRF has expanded to <strong>nine categories<\/strong> and <strong>eight subject domains<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Key Highlights of NIRF 2025<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Top 100 (overall) composition:<\/strong> 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.<\/li>\n<li><strong>IIT Madras<\/strong> ranked first overall for the seventh year in a row and remained the best engineering college for the tenth straight year.<\/li>\n<li><strong>IISc Bengaluru<\/strong> topped the universities category for the tenth consecutive year and led the research institutions category for the fifth consecutive year.<\/li>\n<li><strong>IIM Ahmedabad<\/strong> ranked first in management for the sixth consecutive year.<\/li>\n<li><strong>AIIMS New Delhi<\/strong> led medical institutions for the eighth consecutive year and topped the dental category for the first time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Union Education Minister released the 10th edition of the NIRF Rankings 2025 on September 4, 2025. 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