NIRF Rankings 2025 to Be Announced Today at 11 AM; IIT Madras, IISc, Miranda House, IIM Ahmedabad Led Last Year
NIRF Rankings 2025 will be released today at 11 AM. IIT Madras, IISc, IIM Ahmedabad, AIIMS New Delhi, Miranda House were last year’s toppers across categories.
The Education Ministry will announce the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2025 Rankings today at 11 am, offering a detailed picture of how Indian higher education institutions are performing across teaching, research, placements, inclusivity, and perception. Over the years, NIRF India Rankings has emerged as a major performance tracker for students and parents to evaluate universities, engineering colleges, management institutes, medical and law colleges and other specialised institutions.
In the year 2024, the NIRF Rankings were announced across 16 categories—Overall, University, Colleges, Research, Engineering, Management (MBA), Pharmacy, Medical, Dental, Law, Architecture, Agriculture & Allied Sectors, Innovation, Open Universities, Skill Universities, and State Public Universities. The NIRF framework provides a broad spectrum that goes beyond technical institutions to cover colleges, agriculture universities, and emerging areas such as skill and innovation-focused institutions.
The medical rankings have also drawn growing attention in recent years, with AIIMS New Delhi consistently topping the list as the country’s premier healthcare and research institute.
NIRF 2024 top performers were:
Overall: IIT Madras
University & Research: IISc Bangalore
Engineering: IIT Madras
Management (MBA): IIM Ahmedabad
Commonly asked questions
NEET counselling seat matrix refers to the number of seats offered across the participating institutes for each course. The seat matrix is released by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) before the commencement of the counselling process. The seat matrix is released in institute-wise categories for the types of institutes, such as Deemed universities, AIIMS & JIPMER, etc. For NEET 2025 counselling, the primary seat matrix released by MCC for Round 1 was of for Deemed University, Central University, BSc Nursing and AIQ seats. After that, for the second and third rounds, MCC releases the list of newly added seats along with the clear vacancy and virtual vacancy.
The MCC conducts around 4 to 5 rounds for NEET UG Counselling process for MBBS, BDS, BHMS and other seats. The rounds of NEET counselling depends on seat matrix and number of vacant seats.
The NEET counselling registration fee varies for different candidate categories. For the AIQ seats and Central Universities, the fee for the General category candidates is INR 1,000 and for the SC, ST, OBC and PwD category candidates, the fee is INR 500. For participating in the NEET counselling process for Deemed Universities, the registration fee for all category candidates is INR 5,000. The registration fee is non-refundable. On the other hand, candidates will have to pay the tuition fee which is refundable. The amount for the General category candidates for the AIQ seats and Central Universities is INR 10,000. For the reserved category candidates, the amount is INR 5,000. For Deemed Universities, the tuition fee to be paid by all category candidates is INR 2,00,000. Those who would not be allotted a seat after the NEET counselling process will be refunded the tuition fee after the conclusion of the counselling rounds.
Colleges: Miranda House, Delhi University
Medical: AIIMS New Delhi
Law: NLSIU Bengaluru
Architecture: IIT Roorkee
Pharmacy: Jamia Hamdard
The NIRF rankings by the Governement of India are prepared using a methodology that evaluates institutions on five major parameters. These include Teaching, Learning and Resources, which looks at faculty strength, infrastructure, and student-faculty ratio; Research and Professional Practice, which covers publications, patents, and quality of research; Graduation Outcomes, tracking student success through placements, higher studies, and entrepreneurship; Outreach and Inclusivity, which measures diversity, gender balance, and regional representation; and Perception, which captures how institutions are viewed by employers, peers, and the public.
In 2024, the NIRF exercise saw participation from over 8,600 institutions. With competition increasing each year, the 2025 edition is expected to draw attention to whether top performers like IIT Madras, IISc Bangalore, IIM Ahmedabad, and AIIMS New Delhi are able to hold their ground, or if other institutions rise to challenge their dominance.
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