NIT Tiruchirappalli: NIRF rankings in engineering, overall in the past 5 years

The institute was granted Deemed University status and renamed as National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli in 2003, also it was declared as an institution of national importance under the National Institute of Technology Act 2007.

Last year, NIT Trichy was assigned to inspect all towers of Srirangam temple and submit report on its stability (Express Photo/Representative Image)

The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Tiruchirappalli secured the fourth rank in the Architecture category of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2023. However, it slipped one position in the engineering category, ranking 9th compared to 8th in 2022.

Despite the dip in engineering ranking, NIT Trichy improved its NIRF standing in 2023 for Architecture, Management, and Research and it retained its 21st position in the overall category, similar to the year before, that is 2022.

According to their website, NIT Trichy achieved the 24 rank for the India in QS World Ranking and 281st in the QS Asian University Ranking in 2023.

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However, it was not listed in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings for global ranking and NIRF Innovation category ranking for domestic ranking.

Past 5 years NIRF Rankings of NIT Trichy

NIRF Category	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
India Rankings Overall	21	21	23	24	24
India Rankings Engineering	9	8	9	9	10
India Rankings Research	22	23	35	–	–
India Rankings Management	35	39	48	35	17
India Rankings Architecture	4	5	7	8	7

Though it was able to retain its position for overall category ranking, it has an increased score of 60.43 in 2023 compared to 58.95 the previous year (2022).

It was able to receive ninth position in NIRF engineering category by securing 91.68 in teaching, learning and resources (TRL) out of 100, 61.45 in research and professional practice (RPC) out of 100, 78.28 in graduation outcomes (GO), 65.86 in outreach and inclusivity (OI) and 67.98 in perception out of 100.

NIT Tiruchirappalli, established in 1964 as Regional Engineering College through a joint venture between the Government of India and the Government of Tamil Nadu and is one of the premier institute for architecture, engineering, and management courses.

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Currently, it offers ten undergraduate courses, 26 postgraduate courses in various disciplines, and Ph.D. programs in all departments of engineering.

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