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The official NIRF 2025 table, and our own transparent score. No university can pay to appear on either.
The Ministry of Education's National Institutional Ranking Framework scores universities on five parameters: Teaching, Learning & Resources; Research & Professional Practice; Graduation Outcomes; Outreach & Inclusivity; and Perception. These are the official 2025 ranks and parameter scores, exactly as published on nirfindia.org.
View the tableOur own composite score, published in full on the methodology page: 40% NIRF, 20% NAAC accreditation, 20% placement outcome, 15% student rating and 5% Institution of Eminence status. No university can pay to appear here or to move up.
View the tablePrivately owned universities — deemed-to-be and private state universities — ranked by the same ShikshaSphere Score used everywhere else on the site.
View the tableUniversities established by an Act of Parliament and funded by the central government, ranked by the ShikshaSphere Score.
View the tableUniversities established by state legislatures, ranked by the ShikshaSphere Score.
View the tableInstitutions granted deemed-to-be-university status by the UGC, ranked by the ShikshaSphere Score.
View the tableThe IITs, NITs and the private engineering universities, in NIRF's published order. Ranked exactly as published by the National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of Education, on nirfindia.org. A university appears here only if it entered this list — NIRF assesses each category separately, which is why the IITs are absent from the University ranking and present in this one.
View the tableThe IIMs and the university business schools NIRF assessed alongside them. Ranked exactly as published by the National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of Education, on nirfindia.org. A university appears here only if it entered this list — NIRF assesses each category separately, which is why the IITs are absent from the University ranking and present in this one.
View the tableAIIMS and the medical universities and institutes of national importance. Ranked exactly as published by the National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of Education, on nirfindia.org. A university appears here only if it entered this list — NIRF assesses each category separately, which is why the IITs are absent from the University ranking and present in this one.
View the tableNIRF's pharmacy ranking. Ranked exactly as published by the National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of Education, on nirfindia.org. A university appears here only if it entered this list — NIRF assesses each category separately, which is why the IITs are absent from the University ranking and present in this one.
View the tableThe National Law Universities and the other universities NIRF ranked for law. Ranked exactly as published by the National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of Education, on nirfindia.org. A university appears here only if it entered this list — NIRF assesses each category separately, which is why the IITs are absent from the University ranking and present in this one.
View the tableNIRF's architecture and planning ranking. Ranked exactly as published by the National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of Education, on nirfindia.org. A university appears here only if it entered this list — NIRF assesses each category separately, which is why the IITs are absent from the University ranking and present in this one.
View the tableThe state agricultural universities and ICAR institutes. Ranked exactly as published by the National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of Education, on nirfindia.org. A university appears here only if it entered this list — NIRF assesses each category separately, which is why the IITs are absent from the University ranking and present in this one.
View the tableNIRF's research-institution ranking — assessed on research output and quality rather than teaching. Ranked exactly as published by the National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of Education, on nirfindia.org. A university appears here only if it entered this list — NIRF assesses each category separately, which is why the IITs are absent from the University ranking and present in this one.
View the tableNIRF's Overall ranking, which puts universities, institutes of national importance and colleges on one list. Ranked exactly as published by the National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of Education, on nirfindia.org. A university appears here only if it entered this list — NIRF assesses each category separately, which is why the IITs are absent from the University ranking and present in this one.
View the tableNIRF's ranking of state public universities, introduced so they are compared with each other rather than with the IITs. Ranked exactly as published by the National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of Education, on nirfindia.org. A university appears here only if it entered this list — NIRF assesses each category separately, which is why the IITs are absent from the University ranking and present in this one.
View the tableEvery ranking here is reproducible
NIRF figures come straight from nirfindia.org. The ShikshaSphere Score formula is published in full, with a worked example — you can recompute any university's score yourself.