The Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Monday released the ninth edition of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024. In the research category, IISc Bengaluru has been placed at the top, followed by IIT Madras and IIT Delhi at the second and third places respectively. Among the top 10 research institutes, IITs have dominated the category, with seven spots in top 10 secured by IITs. 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 ranking framework evaluates institutions on five broad parameters — teaching, learning and resources, research and professional practice, graduation outcomes, outreach, and inclusivity, and perception. Last year as well, IISc Bengaluru was placed in the first in the research category. IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay and IIT Kharagpur bagged the second, third, fourth and fifth positions respectively, last year. NIRF Rankings 2024 | Detailed analysis | Overall category | Top universities | Engineering category | Medical category | Management category | Open universities category | Dental category | State universities | Agriculture and allied sector | Pharmacy colleges | Skills University | Research category NIRF Rankings 2024: List of top 10 research institutions Rank 1: Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru Rank 2: Indian Institute of Technology Madras Rank 3: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Rank 4: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Rank 5: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Rank 6: Homi Bhabha National Institute Rank 7: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Rank 8: All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi Rank 9: Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Rank 10: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati The higher educational institutes are listed under 16 categories — overall, universities, medical, engineering, management, law, architecture and planning, colleges, research institutions, 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 this year. Last year, as many as 5,543 higher education institutions participated in the NIRF. In addition to the research rankings and performances in the engineering and university categories, NIRF also lists out best institutions across eight other categories – college, medical, management, pharmacy, law, architecture, dental and overall.
