Top Research Institutions in India as per NIRF Ranking 2025

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Top Research Institutions in India
as per NIRF Ranking 2025

All 50 ranked institutions in the NIRF Research Institutions list for 2025. Between them they span 17
states and union territories.

RANKED INSTITUTIONS IN RANK-BANDS STATES & UTS TOP SCORE

50 — 17 85.01

What changed since 2024
Of the 45 institutions ranked in both years, 14 improved, 22 slipped and 9 held position. The rest are new to the
list.

Biggest climbers Biggest falls

Amity University ▲9 Calcutta University ▼ 12
Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh 47 → 38 Kolkata, West Bengal 36 → 48

Birla Institute of Technology & Science Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced
▲8 ▼ 10
-Pilani Scientific Research
26 → 18 34 → 44
Pilani, Rajasthan Bengaluru, Karnataka

Indian Agricultural Research Institute ▲8 Anna University ▼9
New Delhi, Delhi 37 → 29 Chennai, Tamil Nadu 17 → 26

Saveetha Institute of Medical and Indian Institute of Science Education &
▲7 ▼8
Technical Sciences Research Kolkata
20 → 13 38 → 46
Chennai, Tamil Nadu Mohanpur, West Bengal

Manipal Academy of Higher Indian Institute of Science Education &
▲4 ▼6
Education-Manipal Research Pune
23 → 19 29 → 35
Manipal, Karnataka Pune, Maharashtra

Where the ranked institutions are
Tamil Nadu 7
Delhi 6
Uttar Pradesh 6
Maharashtra 5
Punjab 4
West Bengal 4
Karnataka 3
Odisha 3
Rajasthan 2
Telangana 2

The full ranking
Score is the weighted total; the five columns after it are the parameters that produce it, each marked out of
100. Reading across shows what a rank is actually built on.

OI PR vs
# Institution State Score QNR QLR SFC
10% 10% 2024

Indian Institute of Science
1 Bengaluru
Karnataka 85.01 98.88 80.54 75.81 60.29 100.00 –

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# Institution State Score QNR QLR SFC

Indian Institute of Technology Madras
2 Chennai
Tamil Nadu 82.99 93.25 79.97 78.60 63.34 89.73 –

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
3 New Delhi
Delhi 80.42 86.18 84.12 76.23 63.54 77.23 –

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
4 Mumbai
Maharashtra 77.80 83.35 77.40 82.44 60.13 70.80 –

5 Kharagpur West Bengal 71.61 71.84 73.35 79.49 60.63 60.94 –
Kharagpur

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
6 Kanpur
Uttar Pradesh 69.80 74.40 64.83 79.85 60.38 60.16 ▲1

Homi Bhabha National Institute
7 Mumbai
Maharashtra 69.39 86.54 70.54 69.61 56.40 27.14 ▼1

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
8 Roorkee
Uttarakhand 67.27 73.21 67.51 71.71 64.95 42.25 ▲1

Academy of Scientific and Innovative
9 Research Uttar Pradesh 67.15 77.17 75.75 77.53 48.86 8.73 ▲2
Ghaziabad

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
10 Guwahati
Assam 64.18 71.16 64.19 66.70 62.73 39.63 –

All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
11 Delhi Delhi 63.61 76.26 61.00 39.86 70.92 73.70 ▼3
New Delhi

University of Delhi
12 Delhi
Delhi 62.65 61.84 56.93 85.95 70.15 28.23 ▲2

Saveetha Institute of Medical and
13 Technical Sciences Tamil Nadu 60.96 55.05 76.06 68.54 71.44 7.74 ▲7

Vellore Institute of Technology
14 Vellore
Tamil Nadu 60.39 50.52 71.19 73.48 60.61 31.21 ▼1

15 Hyderabad Telangana 60.15 67.70 51.01 68.25 58.56 50.34 –
Hyderabad

Banaras Hindu University
16 Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh 58.28 54.12 49.73 84.29 65.95 36.59 –

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
17 Mumbai
Maharashtra 57.96 66.52 51.10 59.00 67.77 41.02 ▼5

Birla Institute of Technology & Science
18 -Pilani Rajasthan 56.71 56.18 56.64 72.68 61.42 21.92 ▲8
Pilani

Manipal Academy of Higher
19 Education-Manipal Karnataka 56.41 56.38 57.95 68.76 67.71 15.95 ▲4
Manipal

Jamia Millia Islamia
20 New Delhi
Delhi 56.13 55.57 43.47 78.35 83.83 23.68 ▼1

Jawaharlal Nehru University
21 New Delhi
Delhi 56.06 51.62 38.08 88.31 78.82 36.08 ▼3

Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras
22 Hindu University) Varanasi Uttar Pradesh 55.81 57.73 56.02 61.49 60.88 32.90 new
Varanasi

Jadavpur University
23 Kolkata
West Bengal 55.53 53.72 45.61 84.67 52.34 35.70 ▼2

Indian Institute of Technology Indore Madhya
24 Indore Pradesh
55.52 65.70 49.88 61.24 64.23 21.74 ▲3

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# Institution State Score QNR QLR SFC

S.R.M. Institute of Science and
25 Technology Tamil Nadu 55.41 43.74 63.95 72.39 68.94 17.37 ▼1

Anna University
26 Chennai
Tamil Nadu 55.09 50.18 54.74 62.44 51.30 60.02 ▼9

Indian Institute of Technology (Indian
27 School of Mines) Jharkhand 54.28 58.91 50.51 63.25 60.64 27.46 ▼5
Dhanbad

Aligarh Muslim University
28 Aligarh
Uttar Pradesh 54.07 49.77 45.90 81.44 64.58 26.18 ▼3

Indian Agricultural Research Institute
29 New Delhi
Delhi 52.98 57.34 37.36 68.29 79.71 29.45 ▲8

National Institute of Technology
30 Rourkela Odisha 52.69 57.92 47.52 67.92 60.45 14.26 –
Rourkela

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
31 Coimbatore
Tamil Nadu 52.48 49.25 40.47 72.07 71.42 40.10 ▲2

University of Hyderabad
32 Hyderabad
Telangana 51.48 54.28 41.08 73.27 63.01 19.33 ▼4

National Institute of Technology
33 Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu 51.40 52.31 41.72 59.15 66.37 47.23 ▼2
Tiruchirappalli

Chandigarh University
34 Mohali
Punjab 50.47 39.90 52.72 68.17 74.25 16.36 new

Indian Institute of Science Education &
35 Research Pune Maharashtra 50.35 58.05 41.23 53.23 64.23 35.05 ▼6
Pune

36 Gandhinagar Gujarat 49.61 59.92 34.20 59.56 67.92 26.66 ▼4
Gandhinagar

Panjab University
37 Chandigarh
Chandigarh 49.47 42.81 45.45 71.64 65.25 21.38 ▼2

Amity University
38 Gautam Budh Nagar
Uttar Pradesh 49.25 46.81 51.47 65.02 63.12 4.59 ▲9

Indian Institute of Technology Patna
39 Patna
Bihar 48.75 58.32 37.16 59.74 64.12 17.37 new

Lovely Professional University
40 Phagwara
Punjab 48.72 38.44 56.68 57.83 69.89 16.15 ▲4

Institute of Chemical Technology
41 Mumbai
Maharashtra 47.92 54.63 42.77 55.44 54.16 21.92 ▼1

Thapar Institute of Engineering and
42 Technology (Deemed-to-be-university) Punjab 47.59 45.91 44.01 65.52 65.69 9.46 ▼3
Patiala

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology
43 Bhubaneswar
Odisha 46.73 38.17 39.16 74.30 77.74 8.98 ▲3

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced
44 Scientific Research Karnataka 46.57 62.99 34.38 45.45 58.35 24.19 ▼10
Bengaluru

UPES
45 Dehradun
Uttarakhand 46.46 42.66 52.61 49.26 65.41 14.90 new

Indian Institute of Science Education &
46 Research Kolkata West Bengal 46.42 54.68 34.58 57.95 52.39 28.08 ▼8
Mohanpur

Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
47 Rupnagar
Punjab 46.00 56.09 33.86 54.22 63.66 17.97 ▼2

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# Institution State Score QNR QLR SFC

Calcutta University
48 Kolkata
West Bengal 45.83 41.87 30.98 78.73 51.81 30.48 ▼12

Siksha `O` Anusandhan
49 Bhubaneswar
Odisha 45.12 39.33 34.19 68.73 73.03 20.08 ▲1

Malaviya National Institute of
50 Technology Rajasthan 45.02 53.21 36.95 56.45 60.75 6.19 new
Jaipur

QNR QNR QLR QLR SFC SFC OI Outreach and Inclusivity PR Perception
Green marks 70 or above, red below 35. The last column is the change against this institution's own 2024 rank. Perception
comes from a survey, so newer and regional institutions often score low on it even where teaching and outcomes are
strong.

How to use this list
• Entrance exams. Entry is normally at postgraduate or doctoral level, through institute-specific tests or national
exams such as GATE, CSIR-NET or JAM.

• A rank is not a ranking of your experience. NIRF measures the institution as a whole, not the individual research
area. One ranked lower overall may still be stronger for the one you want.

• Participation is voluntary. A good institution missing here may simply not have submitted data. Absence is not
evidence of poor quality.

• Check the year. These are India Rankings 2025 figures, released September 2025. The 2026 edition is expected
later in 2026 and will supersede them.

Compiled from NIRF India Rankings 2025, including the alphabetical rank-band listings, with year-on-year movement
calculated against NIRF 2024.

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