NIRF Rankings 2025 Category Wise, Top 10 Engineering Colleges in India

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2025, released by the Ministry of Education on September 4, has once again reaffirmed IIT-Madras as India’s leading educational institution. For the seventh year in a row, IIT-Madras secured the top position in the overall category, followed by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru and IIT-Mumbai. The 10th edition of the rankings highlighted excellence across 17 categories, including engineering, management, law, medicine, agriculture, research, and sustainable development.

NIRF Rankings 2025 – Top 10 Engineering Colleges in India

Overall Category (Top 10)

1. IIT Madras
2. IISc Bengaluru
3. IIT Bombay
4. IIT Delhi
5. IIT Kanpur
6. IIT Kharagpur
7. IIT Roorkee
8. AIIMS Delhi
9. JNU, New Delhi
10. BHU, Varanasi

Management (Top 10)

1. IIM Ahmedabad
2. IIM Bangalore
3. IIM Kozhikode
4. IIT Delhi
5. IIM Lucknow
6. IIM Mumbai
7. IIM Calcutta
8. IIM Indore
9. MDI Gurugram
10. XLRI Jamshedpur

Architecture & Planning (Top 5)

1. IIT Roorkee
2. NIT Calicut
3. IIT Kharagpur
4. IIEST Shibpur
5. Jamia Millia Islamia

Pharmacy (Top 10)

1. Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi
2. BITS Pilani
3. Panjab University, Chandigarh
4. JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty
5. NIPER Hyderabad
6. Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
7. JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysore
8. Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences
9. NIPER Mohali
10. SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai

Colleges (Top 10)

1. Hindu College, Delhi
2. Miranda House, Delhi
3. Hans Raj College, Delhi
4. Kirori Mal College, Delhi
5. St. Stephen’s College, Delhi
6. RK Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Kolkata
7. Atma Ram Sanatan Dharm College, Delhi
8. St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata
9. PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore
10. PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore

Law (Top 5)

1. NLSIU Bengaluru
2. NLU Delhi
3. NALSAR Hyderabad
4. WBNUJS Kolkata
5. GNLU Gandhinagar

Universities (Top 10)

1. IISc Bengaluru
2. JNU, New Delhi
3. Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE)
4. Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
5. University of Delhi
6. BHU, Varanasi
7. BITS Pilani
8. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
9. Jadavpur University, Kolkata
10. AMU, Aligarh

Engineering (Top 10)

1. IIT Madras
2. IIT Delhi
3. IIT Bombay
4. IIT Kanpur
5. IIT Kharagpur
6. IIT Roorkee
7. IIT Hyderabad
8. IIT Guwahati
9. NIT Tiruchirappalli
10. IIT (BHU) Varanasi

Medical (Top 5)

1. AIIMS Delhi
2. PGIMER Chandigarh
3. CMC Vellore
4. JIPMER Puducherry
5. SGPGIMS Lucknow

Dental (Top 5)

1. AIIMS Delhi
2. Saveetha Institute, Chennai
3. Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, Delhi
4. DY Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune
5. Manipal College of Dental Sciences

Agriculture & Allied (Top 5)

1. IARI, New Delhi
2. ICAR–NDRI, Karnal
3. PAU, Ludhiana
4. BHU, Varanasi
5. IVRI, Izatnagar

Research (Top 5)

• IISc Bengaluru
• IIT Madras
• IIT Delhi
• IIT Bombay
• IIT Kharagpur

Innovation (Top 10)

1. IIT Madras
2. IIT Bombay
3. IISc Bengaluru
4. IIT Kharagpur
5. IIT Kanpur
6. IIT Hyderabad
7. IIT Delhi
8. IIT Roorkee
9. Anna University, Chennai
10. IIT Mandi

Open Universities (Top 3)

• IGNOU, New Delhi
• Karnataka State Open University, Mysore
• U.P. Rajarshi Tandon Open University, Prayagraj

SDG Institutions (Top 3)

1. IIT Madras
2. IARI, New Delhi
3. Jamia Millia Islamia

Skill Universities (Top 3)

1. Symbiosis Skills & Professional University, Pune
2. Symbiosis University of Applied Sciences, Indore
3. Shri Vishwakarma Skill University, Palwal

Key Statements from the Education Minister

• Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan emphasized that NIRF rankings are a step towards “Viksit Bharat 2047” (Developed India 2047).
• He highlighted the upcoming “One Nation, One Data” policy for better transparency in rankings.
• Suggested inclusion of entrepreneurship as a ranking parameter instead of relying heavily on “perception.”

Ranking Parameters

• Institutions were assessed on five major parameters:
• Teaching, Learning, and Resources (TLR)
• Research and Professional Practice (RP)
• Graduation Outcomes (GO)
• Outreach and Inclusivity (OI)
• Perception (PR)

About NIRF

• Launched in 2015 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (now Ministry of Education).
• Provides a transparent and comprehensive evaluation framework for Indian higher education institutions.
• 2025 marked the 10th edition of these rankings, with more institutions joining the assessment.