DU makes it to list of top 10 universities as JNU, Jamia retain 2nd and 3rd spot

Delhi University Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh in an official statement said, “Last year also DU had moved up two places and got 11th position in the university category at the national level…This time, in the overall ranking also DU jumped seven places, and got 15th position.”

“This time, the overall rank of DU is 15th whereas last year it had improved by one point to reach 22nd position. In the research Institute category also, DU improved by three places and secured 14th position this time,” the statement added.

The ranking framework evaluates institutions on five broad parameters — Teaching Learning and Resources (TLR ); Research and Professional Practice (RP); Graduation Outcome (GO); Outreach and Inclusivity (OI); and Perception (PR).

As compared to last year, the varsity witnessed a slight increase in all five parameters from 46.65, 54.30, 97.84,63.98 and 51.89 in 2023 in TLR, RPC, GO, OI, and perception respectively to 56.75, 56.42, 98.54, 67.57 and 54.75 in 2024.

This year, JNU – along with retaining its second position in the universities category — has also retained the 10th spot in the overall categories of institutions in the country. The university witnessed a significant increase in the perception category from 65.51 in 2023 to 70.39 in 2024.

JNU Vice Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit said, “I thank the entire epistemic community for consistently doing very well at national and international rankings…JNU should be given the eminence tag and the grant for infrastructure and research development.”

On Jamia Millia Islamia retaining its ranking for the third consecutive year, officiating Vice Chancellor Mohammad Shakeel said, “We are extremely happy to retain the third position for the third consecutive year in NIRF. The credit goes to the hard work of teachers and the discipline of our students. Our non-teaching staff who put their sweat and blood into maintaining the standard of the university also deserve this recognition. Our effort was to retain the position and not slip. It’s easy to reach the top position but difficult to maintain it. Teachers and researchers in our university contributed immensely to achieving this feat by producing quality research. I would like to congratulate all of them.”

In the five broad categories, Jamia this year witnessed an increase in the TLR and the perception categories from 69.38 and 48.48 in 2023 to 71.29 and 50.85 in 2024.

This year, the evaluation criteria have also been modified. The faculty-to-student ratio has been changed from 1:15 to 1:10 in medical institutes and increased from 1:15 to 1:20 in the state government universities.

The higher educational institutes are listed under 16 categories — overall, universities, medical, engineering, management, law, architecture and planning, research institutions, colleges, pharmacy, dental, agriculture and allied sectors, state-funded government universities, skill universities, open universities, and innovation. This year, as many as 10,885 higher education institutions participated as compared to 5,543 last year.