NIRF Ranking 2023 Updates: List of best colleges, universities in India

“Our pedagogical methods, aligned with the National Education Policy 2020, promote inclusive and interactive learning. We have invested significantly in faculty recruitment, attracting brilliant academics to our classrooms. Two new Amrita campuses in Faridabad NCR and Amaravati Andhra Pradesh have expanded our reach. To drive interdisciplinary research and innovation, we have established futuristic networked research centers focused on generative AI, sustainable development, and biomedical sciences. These centers have played a crucial role in fostering collaboration and pushing boundaries. In order to foster industry engagement, we have various MoUs with industry players  and even collaborate with foreign universities too. These efforts all result in outstanding placements as well to the students. Under the guidance of our Chancellor Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, we are fully dedicated to advancing higher education in India and making meaningful contributions to society. Our research approach, faculty, and facilities are world-class and driven by compassion,” said Dr. P Venkat Rangan, Vice Chancellor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.

“Excellent work done by IIM faculty and staff over the last few years has been helping IIM Rohtak in its steady rise. We are hoping with new campus in Gurugram we will achieve greater heights in the future. We remain committed to delivering highest quality education to greater number of eligible applicants," Prof. Dheeraj Sharma, Director of IIM Rohtak said.

Among the best performing law colleges, National Law School of India University, Bengaluru grabbed the top spot, same as previous year. This year, the University scored 80.52 points, an improvement from 78.00 points in 2022. Check the complete list here

"“We are striving to improve the quality of teaching, learning and research at the institute. We rose from 33rd place in the NIRF rating in 2021 to 19th place in 2023. I have faith that the institute will continue to perform better across all the parameters in the years to come as it strives to rank among India's top 10 Management Institutes. We credit this success to the institute's improved perception in terms of research, placement opportunities, and learning environment,” Mala Srivastava, Dean of Academics, IIM Kashipur, said,

The category (subject domain) has been renamed this year from Architecture to Architecture and Planning. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee secured the first spot with a score of 83.21. Last year too, the institute was at the top. There has been a minor change in its score, from 83.46 last year to 83.21 this year. Read more

At IIT Kanpur, a total of 109 IPRs filed in 2022 and 950 overall IPRs filed till date, along with 130 technologies being licensed to Industry partners, the Institute has a remarkable translational rate of 13.68%. The institute bagged the top spot in Innovation.

National Law University Delhi has retained the second spot in the law category in the 2023 NIRF rankings. This is the 6th time in a row that NLU Delhi has retained this spot. NLU Delhi VC, GS Bajpai, said, “I am extremely glad to see NLU Delhi as one of the top institutions in the country in the law category. Usually, achieving success is hard but maintaining it is harder. But the fact that NLU Delhi has maintained its rank for the 6^th time in a row shows that NLU Delhi is truly deserving of the position”

In its debut year, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi bagged the top spot, with a score 83.16. The second position was secured by ICAR– National Dairy Research Institute in Karnal, Haryana with a score of 70.45. Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana came third with a score of 65.98. Read full story on indianexpress.com

Nine colleges/universities from Punjab have been featured in the overall top 100 list of NIRF 2023. The top spot for Punjab was bagged by IIT Ropar at the 33rd spot, an improvement from previous year's 35th spot. Out of the 9, six are government institutions and three are private institutes. Read full story on indianexpress.com

Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Mansukh Mandaviya congratulaed the students, faculty members and staff of medical institutions under the ministry for featuring in the NIRF 2023 rankings. He said, "It reflects the quality & excellence of the institutions. Well done & keep up the good work!"

Congratulations to the students, faculty members & staff of all the prestigious institutions under @MoHFW_India and Chemicals & Fertilizers on securing good ranks in the NIRF 2023.

It reflects the quality & excellence of the institutions. Well done & keep up the good work! pic.twitter.com/lVrATqZnWI

— Dr Mansukh Mandaviya (@mansukhmandviya) June 5, 2023

Banaras Hindu University has been ranked the 5^th best university in the country, as per the India Rankings 2023. BHU secured 65.85 points. In the overall category, the university secured the 11th rank. A total of 100 institutions were ranked in the category. Vice Chancellor Sudhir Kumar Jain congratulated the BHU fraternity and said,  “We are constantly working to further improve the teaching and research ecosystem in the university. Besides, we are also putting a greater focus on ensuring a better campus life for students. I am confident that we are bound to touch newer skies of success and glory in the days to come.”

IIT Gandhinagar is focused on imparting world-class education in various areas of STEAM (i.e. Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) and engaging in impactful interdisciplinary research in order to contribute to India’s growth story. Our upward journey in the NIRF 2023 rankings is a testament to our commitment to constantly strive for excellence in our endeavours for education, research, and innovation. We are ready to scale newer heights in the next phase of the Institute’s development," Prof Rajat Moona, Director, IITGN, said.

The Institute broke into the top 20 institutes in the Engineering category by being ranked at the 18th spot (from 23rd rank in the year 2022) and jumped 13 positions from last year (from 37th rank in the year 2022), to be ranked 24th in the Overall category, being the only higher education institute from Gujarat in the top 50 institutions of this category. 

“I am very happy that JMI once again figures among top 3 universities of the country. We have been constantly on our mettle making efforts to improve the quality of teaching, learning and research in the university. In NIRF rankings, we have progressed from 83rd rank in 2016 to 3rd rank in 2022 and we have retained it this year too. I hope that in coming years, the university will further improve its performance on all parameters,” JMI's Vice-Chancellor Prof. Najma Akhtar said.

Top 100 in Overall category consists of 44 CFTIs/ CFUs  INI, 24 state universities, 13 deemed universities, 18 private universities, 4 agriculture and allied sector institutions, and 3 management institutions.  

Number of unique applicants to India Rankings have increased from 2,426 in 2016 to 5,543 in 2023 whereas total number of applications for ranking in various categories have increased from 3,565 in 2016, to 8,686 in 2023 i.e. total increase of 3,117 (128.48% increase) in number of unique institutions and 5,121 (143.65% increase) in total number of applicants.

Total number of institutions ranked in Management and Pharmacy have been increased from 75 to 100 each from 2022 onwards. However, number of institutions ranked are restricted between 30 and 50 in subject domains namely Architecture, Law, Medical, Dental as well as in Research Institutions. 

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi has once again earned the top rank in this year’s NIRF rankings in the 'medical' category. The first four ranks are same as last year. Check full list here

Three distinct additions of 2023 edition of India Rankings are as follows: 

i) Introduction of a new subject namely Agriculture & Allied Sectors 

ii) Integration of “Innovation” ranking previously executed by the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) into the India Rankings with an aim to reduce the burden on institutions of providing similar data to two different agencies. 

iii) Expansion of scope of “Architecture” to “Architecture and Planning” to include institutions imparting courses in Urban and Town Planning. 

Delhi University’s Miranda House has been at the top for the last seven years i.e, since 2017. This year, Hindu College retained its second position.

Check complete list here

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi occupies the top slot in Medical for the sixth consecutive year, i.e. from 2018 to 2023. Moreover, AIIMS is ranked at 6th position in 'Overall' category thereby improving from its 9th position in 2022. 

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati has retained its position in this year's NIRF ranking, achieving 7th rank in ‘Engineering’ category this year. The Institute has achieved 9th rank in both ‘Overall’ and ‘Research’ categories this year. Check the institute's category-wise score:

"As envisioned in NEP 2020, IIT Guwahati imparts technical education with a multidisciplinary mandate providing holistic development opportunities to its students. The results are directly reflecting the student and faculty contributions in this achievement. There is an urgent need to prioritise the lab-to-market proportion of our research-focused initiatives. The Institute is working closely to improve its Industry-academia collaboration to work towards the greater good of the society,” Prof. Parameswar K. Iyer, Officiating Director, IIT Guwahati, said.

This time too, colleges in Delhi maintained their dominance in ranking of Colleges with five colleges out of first 10 colleges from Delhi.

This time, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hyderabad scored the top rank in Pharmacy for first time pushing Jamia Hamdard to the second slot. Jamia Hamdard was ranked at 1st position for four consecutive years, i.e., from 2019 to 2022. 

Under the best university category, IISc Bangalore has topped the university rankings followed by JNU and Jamia Millia Islamia. Three private universities have also made it to the list.

"We are delighted to be acknowledged as the best management institute in India by the Ministry of Education's NIRF 2023 rankings. This recognition is a testament to IIMA’s world-class education, and the cutting-edge research conducted by our faculty, which has a significant influence on business and public policy, alongside the unrelenting efforts of our students, year after year. This further strengthens our resolve to uphold high standards of excellence in every aspect of what we do and continue to contribute meaningfully to our nation’s growth," Professor Bharat Bhasker, Director, IIM Ahmedabad said after the institute ranked first in the management category.

This time, there are three institutes from Delhi in the 'overall' category, namely IIT Delhi, AIIMS Delhi and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). 

IIT Delhi has been ranked third, AIIMS Delhi is ranked at the sixth spot and JNU is ranked at the tenth spot.

A total number of 5,543 unique institutions participated in this year's ranking under “Overall”, category-specific and / or domain-specific rankings for India Rankings 2023. In all, 8,686 applications for ranking were made by these 5,543 unique institutions under various categories / domains including 2,478 in Overall Category, 1,314 in Engineering, and 2,746 in General Degree Colleges.

Five broad categories of parameters identified in the NIRF and their weightage on scale of 10 are given below:

Each of these five parameters have 2 to 5 sub-parameters. A total number of 16 – 18 sub-parameters are used for ranking of HEIs in different categories and subject domains.

The Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) have dominated the B-school rankings with IIM Ahmedabad has once again retained its top spot, followed by IIM Bangalore. However, IIM-Kozhikode has gained the third position and IIM-Calcutta’s ranking falls to the fourth position.

Check full list of top 20 institutes here

IITs have dominated the 'innovation' category this time, with IIT Kanpur taking the lead, followed by IIT Madras and IIT Hyderabad. Check top 10 institutes in the 'innovation' category:

While IIT Madras has topped the overall rankings, IISc Bengaluru has earned the top spot in the 'research' category, pushing IIT Madras to the second spot. Check full list here:

The list of top 3 denatl colleges of India has remained the same as last year:

This year, NIRF has added one new discipline namely, Agriculture and Allied Sectors. 

Like last year, the top 3 ranks have been retained by AIIMS Delhi, PGIMER and CMC Vellore. 

This time too, Delhi University's Miranda House has ranked top in the 'college' category.

The National Law University (NLU), Bengaluru has retained its top spot in the law category. Check the top 5 institutes:

Yes, this time, too, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru has topped the university rankings followed by JNU, Jamia Millia Islamia. Check complete list here

Like in the previous years, this time too, IITs have dominated the top 10 list of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Rankings 2023 in the engineering category. The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-Madras) has grabbed the number one position under the best engineering college list. Check complete list here

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is the best educational institute under the overall category this year followed by IISc Bangalore and IIT-Delhi. Chekc full list here

The top 5 ranks have been dominated by IITs and NITs in the 'Architecture and Planning' category. Check complete list here

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Hyderabad has ranked first in the Pharmacy category

Check the list of top 10 management colleges of India

This time, too, Jamia retained the third rank among universities in the NIRF Ranking released today. The Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia, Prof Najma Akhtar, was present at the ceremony.

Like in the previous years, this time too, IITs have dominated the top 10 list of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Rankings 2023 in the engineering category. The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-Madras) has grabbed the number one position under the best engineering college list. 

The second position has been bagged by IIT-Delhi followed by IIT-Bombay, IIT-Kanpur and IIT-Roorkee.

Check full list of engineering category here

Rank 1: Indian Agriculture Research Institute, New Delhi
Rank 2: National Dairy Institute, Karnal
Rank 3: Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana

Rank 1: NLU Bengaluru
Rank 2: NLU Delhi
Rank 3: NALSAR, Hyderabad

Rank 1: IIT Kanpur
Rank 2: IIT Madras 
Rank 3: IIT Hyderabad

Rank 1: IISc Bengaluru
Rank 2: IIT Madras
Rank 3: IIT Delhi 

The top 3 medical institutes list remains same as last year's rankings. Check the list:

Rank 1: AIIMS, Delhi
Rank 2: PGIMER, Chandigarh
Rank 3: Christian Medical College, Vellore

Check list of top 3  architecture colleges in India:

1. IIT Roorkee 
2. NIT Cavour
3. IIT kharagpur 

Rank 1: Miranda House
Rank 2: Hindu College
Rank 3: Presidency College, Chennai

The Ministry of Education today announced the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranking for the year 2023. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is the best educational institute under the overall category this year followed by IISc Bangalore and IIT-Delhi. Check full list here

"It gives me immense joy to share that IIT Madras has yet again emerged as a topper in the Overall and Engineering categories of the National Institute Rankings Framework 2023 conducted by the Union Ministry of Education. This is just a reinforcement of our efforts to be recognised as a global leader in research and education and it gives me pride that we are on track on the Strategic Plan outlined for IIT Madras. 

All this has been made possible by the tireless efforts of the outstanding quality of faculty and students of the institute, staff who have contributed significantly to the institute's continuous progress, and unwavering support from our alumni across the world. I also thank the Ministry of Education, Government of India and the Tamil Nadu State Government who have reposed their trust in us. We look forward to being of service to the community and the nation. 

We will continue to take all necessary action to make IIT Madras a locally relevant and globally recognised institute."

- Prof V Kamakoti, Director of IIT Madras

Rank 1: NIPER, Hyderabad 
Rank 2: Jamia Hamdard
Rank 3: BITS Pilani

Check the top B-schools of India- 
Rank 1: IIM Ahmedabad 
Rank 2: IIM Bangalore 
Rank 3: IIM Kozhikode

IISC, JNU, Jamia Millia Islamia are the top 3 institution in the universities category of the NIRF Rankings 2023.

Minister of State for Education and External Affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh releases NIRF 2023. This year, IIT Madras has earned the top spot in the overall rankings.

“Honb’l minister had made a plea to all state ministers in the NITI Aayog meeting that all educational institutions participate in NIRF.. we want your wholehearted support to increase participation from 8600 to at least 15000 in the next few years,” says Sanjay Murthy, higher education secretary, government of India.

“We also need to make a fervent attempt to improve our international rankings,” he added.

(With inputs from Ritika Chopra)