NIRF Ranking 2025: Top MBA Colleges in India; IIMs Dominate Top 10 Spots

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Updated on Sep 4, 2025 12:03 IST

NIRF Ranking 2025 for MBA colleges has been announced today by the MHRD. In the NIRF ranking 2025 for MBA colleges IIMs and IITs have taken the top positions again. Read below the list of top 100 colleges according to NIRF MBA ranking 2025.

NIRF MBA rankings 2025 have been released today for 100 B-Schools in India. The top ranked MBA college in India is IIM Ahmedabad, followed by IIM Bangalore and IIM Kozhikode. IIM Ahmedabad has retained the top rank for the sixth consecutive year. IIM Bangalore and IIM Kozhikode have retained their ranking from last year. IIM Lucknow has gained 2 ranks from last year to be ranked at Number 5, whereas IIM Calcutta has slipped by two ranks to be placed at Rank 7. IIM Indore has retained its ranking at Number 8. MDI Gurgaon has replaced IIT Bombay at Number 9. XLRI Jamshedpur remains at Rank 10.

The MHRD announced, all India rankings for all courses and streams in higher education today. Check below the list of top MBA colleges in India 2025 ranked by NIRF. Also know the parameters and process of this prestigious college rankings for MBA.

NIRF Rankings 2025: Top 10 MBA Colleges India

Here’s the list of top 10 MBA colleges in India ranked by MHRD-NIRF on the basis of various parameters:

Institute Name	NIRF Rankings 2025	Overall Score
IIM Ahmedabad	1	83.29
IIM Bangalore	2	81.56
IIM Kozhikode	3	79.85
IIT Delhi	4	78.94
IIM Lucknow	5	77.97
IIM Mumbai (NITIE)	6	77.58
IIM Calcutta	7	77.34
IIM Indore	8	75.68
MDI Gurgaon	9	71.96
XLRI Jamshedpur	10	70.63

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NIRF MBA Ranking 2025: New Entrants in Top 100

Check the table below for the list of new entrants in the list of top 100 MBA colleges in India 2025 ranked by MHRD-NIRF.

Institute Name	Score	NIRF Rank 2025
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai	52.74	56
Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur	49.26	74
Madan Mohan Malviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur	47.46	83
IIT Jodhpur	45.02	98
IMT Nagpur	44.93	99
University of Lucknow	44.53	100

NIRF Ranking 2025: Parameters

The MHRD determine the ranking of MBA colleges and other educational institutions on the basis of several factors that play a significant role in the growth of students. Higher the score on these parameters, higher the rank of institution. Check the table below for the parameters and their constituents.

Parameters	Constituents
Teaching Learning and Resource (TLR)	Student Strength including Doctoral Students Faculty-student ratio with emphasis on permanent faculty (FSR) Combined metric for Faculty with PhD (or equivalent) & Experience (FQE) Total Budget and Its Utilisation: (CBTU)
Research and Professional Practice (RPC)	Combined metric for Publications (PU) Combined metric for Quality of Publications (QP) IPR and Patents: Filed, Published, Granted and Licensed (IPR) Footprint of Projects & Professional Practice and Executive Development Programs (FPPP)
Graduation Outcome (GO)	Combined % for Placement, Higher Studies, and Entrepreneurship (GPHE) Metric for University Examinations: GUE Median Salary Metric for Graduating Students Admitted into Top Universities (GTOP) Metric for Number of PhD Students Graduated GPHD
Outreach and Inclusivity (OI)	Percent Students from other states/countries (Region Diversity RD) Percentage of Women (WF) + (WS) + (WA) Economically and Socially Challenged Students (ESCS) Facilities for Physically Challenged Students (PCS)
Perception	Peer Perception: Employers and Research Investors (PREMP) Peer Perception: Academics (PRACD) Public Perception (PRPUB) Competitiveness (PRCMP)

NIRF MBA ranking 2025: Top 100 Colleges

Among non-IIMs, IITs have lost ranks compared to last year, whereas private universities have gained positions. Check the list of top 100 MBA colleges in NIRF ranking 2025.

Institute Name	Overall Score	NIRF Ranking 2025
IIM Ahmedabad	83.29	1
IIM Bangalore	81.56	2
IIM Kozhikode	79.85	3
IIT Delhi	78.94	4
IIM Lucknow	77.97	5
IIM Mumbai (NITIE)	77.58	6
IIM Calcutta	77.34	7
IIM Indore	75.68	8
MDI Gurgaon	71.96	9
XLRI Jamshedpur	70.63	10
SIBM Pune	67.90	11
IIT Kharagpur	66.97	12
IIT Madras	66.50	13
IIT Mumbai	65.82	14
IIM Raipur	65.03	15
IIM Tiruchirappalli	64.95	16
IIFT Delhi	62.93	17
IIM Ranchi	62.77	18
IIM Rohtak	62.60	19
S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research	62.06	20
IIM Udaipur	61.79	21
IIT Roorkee	61.77	22
IIM Kashipur	61.74	23
SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies	60.99	24
IIM Nagpur	60.88	25
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham	60.25	26
IIT Kanpur	60.15	27
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi	60.06	28
IIM Visakhapatnam	59.95	29
IMT Ghaziabad	59.85	30
IIM Bodh Gaya	59.65	31
Chandigarh University	59.40	32
MICA Ahmedabad	59.22	33
IIM Sambalpur	58.59	34
IIM Jammu	58.50	35
UPES Dehradun	58.33	36
Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai	58.05	37
IIM Shillong	57.70	38
TA Pai Management Institute Manipal	57.13	39
International Management Institute Delhi	56.59	40
Jaipuria Institute of Management Noida	56.46	41
International Management Institute Kolkata	55.42	42
Goa Institute of Management	55.27	43
Lovely Professional University	55.00	44
XIM University Bhubaneswar	54.73	45
ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad	54.40	46
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology Patiala	54.40	46
IIT-ISM Dhanbad	54.34	48
Amity University Noida	54.15	49
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon	54.08	50
IIM Sirmaur	54.03	51
Graphic Era University	53.98	52
Nirma University	53.48	53
IRMA Anand	53.34	54
Loyola Institute of Business Administration	53.12	55
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai	52.74	56
NIT Trichy	52.47	57
Christ University	52.47	57
Fore School of Management Delhi	52.23	59
Banaras Hindu University	52.14	60
BIMTECH Gr Noida	52.09	61
Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur	52.07	62
Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences Chennai	52.01	63
IIM Amritsar	51.70	64
K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research	51.28	65
Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Bhubaneswar	50.88	66
Jaipuria Institute of Management Lucknow	50.86	67
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology	50.68	68
Aligarh Muslim University	49.95	69
Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University (K L College of Engineering)	49.89	70
Alliance University Bangalore	49.85	71
IMT Hyderabad	49.38	72
Jain University, Bangalore	49.28	73
Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur	49.26	74
Principal L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research	49.08	75
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University	48.88	76
BML Munjal University Gurgaon	48.41	77
Chitkara University	48.30	78
Babasheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Lucknow	48.13	79
Thiagarajar School of Management Madurai	48.05	80
Manipal University Jaipur	47.56	81
Cochin University of Science and Technology	47.47	82
Madan Mohan Malviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur	47.46	83
PSG College of Technology Coimbatore	47.38	84
NIT Calicut	47.30	85
New Delhi Institute Of Management	47.25	86
Jamia Hamdard, Delhi	47.10	87
Anna University Chennai	46.92	88
Pandit Deendayal Energy University Gandhinagar	46.81	89
Jagan Institute of Management Studies Delhi	46.63	90
Rajagiri Business School	46.62	91
Panjab University	46.31	92
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior	46.30	93
International Management Institute Bhubaneswar	46.24	94
National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management Hyderabad	45.48	95
Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy	45.36	96
Birla Institute of Technology Ranchi	45.25	97
IIT Jodhpur	45.02	98
IMT Nagpur	44.93	99
University of Lucknow	44.53	100

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