In its latest National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024, the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Patna has secured a position under the top 30 with a rank of 27 under the architecture category, while in the 2023 NIRF, it was ranked at the 19th spot.
This time, NIT Patna has seen a minor increase in its rank under the engineering category — from 56 in 2023 to 55 this year. The institute has climbed 134 points in the NIRF Engineering category to rank 56 in NIRF 2023.
There has been a steady increase in the Engineering ranking of NIT Patna over the past five consecutive years. The institute ranked 134th in 2019, and entered the top 100 in 2022 with a rank of 92, followed by 72 in 2021, 63 in 2022, 56 in 2023 and now in 2024, it is at 55.
Category | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
India Engineering Rankings | 55 | 56 | 63 | 72 | 92 | 134 |
India Architecture Rankings | 27 | 19 | 30 | – | – | – |
For obtaining the 19th rank in the NIRF 2023 architecture category, the institution secured a score of 59.63 scores in teaching, learning, and resources (TLR), 59.59 in research and professional practice (RPC), 45.84 in graduation outcomes (GO),63.81 in outreach and inclusivity (OI), and 34.67 in perception, all out of 100.
While in 2024, the TLR is 60.91 out of 100, RPC is 43.86, GO is 74.16, OI is 49.80 and perception is 10.42. However, the NIT Patna considered as the sixth oldest engineering in the country could not obtain a spot in Times Higher Education (2024) ranking 2024 and QS World University ranking 2025.
Formerly known as Bihar College of Engineering Patna since 1924, NIT Patna offers undergraduate programmes in BTech and BArch. Furthermore, at the postgraduate level, the programmes available are in MTech, MURP, DD, and MCA.