NIRF Rankings 2026 Soon: Top Engineering, Management, and Medical Institutes to Watch
NIRF 2026 ranking will be released soon. The tentative NIRF ranking 2026 release date is September last week at nirfindia.org. Check past year rankings for engineering, MBA and medical colleges and know which institutes can take a jump this year.
NIRF Rankings 2026 Soon: Top Engineering, Management, and Medical Institutes to Watch
The Ministry of Education, Government of India will soon release the NIRF 2026 ranking. NIRF ranking 2026 official release date is not confirmed as of now, but it is expected anytime around September last week.
The ranking will be released for total seventeen categories out of which engineering, management, medical and overall category is the most watched.
NIRF Ranks Institutions on five parameters which include Teaching, Learning and Resources; Research and Professional Practice; Graduation Outcomes; Outreach and Inclusivity; and Perception. Once released, the lists will be available on nirfindia.org.
NIRF standings influence admissions decisions and most students refer the rankings while submitting college choices during counselling.
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What to watch in NIRF 2026
NIRF Engineering Ranking: IIT Madras topped the list for the 10th straight year in 2025, scoring 88.72 out of 100. NIT Trichy is the only non-IIT in the top 10. There can be new NIT entry in top 10.
NIRF Medical Ranking: AIIMS Delhi scored 91.80 last year, well ahead of PGIMER at 82.58. The battle is in the lower half, where KGMU Lucknow made a big jump in 2025.
NIRF MBA Ranking: IIM Calcutta swapped places with IIM Lucknow last year, and MDI Gurgaon and SIBM entered the top 10. Similar reshuffling is possible in 2026
NIRF Ranking 2025
The latest NIRF ranking is provided here to get overview where the institutes stand.
| Rank |
Engineering |
Medical |
Management (MBA) |
| 1 |
IIT Madras |
AIIMS Delhi |
IIM Ahmedabad |
| 2 |
IIT Delhi |
PGIMER Chandigarh |
IIM Bangalore |
| 3 |
IIT Bombay |
CMC Vellore |
IIM Kozhikode |
| 4 |
IIT Kanpur |
JIPMER Puducherry |
IIT Delhi |
| 5 |
IIT Kharagpur |
SGPGIMS Lucknow |
IIM Lucknow |
| 6 |
IIT Roorkee |
Banaras Hindu University |
IIM Mumbai |
| 7 |
IIT Hyderabad |
NIMHANS Bengaluru |
IIM Calcutta |
| 8 |
IIT Guwahati |
King George's Medical University |
IIM Indore |
| 9 |
NIT Tiruchirappalli |
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham |
MDI Gurgaon |
| 10 |
IIT (BHU) Varanasi |
KMC Manipal |
SIBM Pune |
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