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+91 95269 23555Every list in the National Institutional Ranking Framework, published by the Ministry of Education. Pick a list to see every ranked institution, filter by state or ownership, and open any college.
For a course choice: engineering, medicine, management and the other subject lists.
300 ranked
Engineering and technology institutions, from IITs and NITs to private colleges.
125 ranked
Business schools, including IIMs and university management departments.
50 ranked
Medical colleges and institutes, ranked on medical education and research.
39 ranked
Dental colleges and institutes.
125 ranked
Pharmacy colleges and institutes.
40 ranked
Law schools and university law departments.
40 ranked
Architecture and planning institutions.
40 ranked
Agriculture and allied sector universities and institutes.
Lists that compare whole institutions: universities, colleges, research and more.
200 ranked
Universities, institutes and colleges of every kind, ranked together across all subjects.
200 ranked
Universities ranked against each other, whatever subjects they teach.
300 ranked
Degree colleges, mostly in arts, science and commerce, ranked against each other.
50 ranked
Institutions ranked on the volume, quality and impact of their research.
50 ranked
Institutions ranked on innovation, start-ups and entrepreneurship on campus.
51 ranked
Institutions ranked on their work towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
100 ranked
Universities set up and run by state governments, ranked against each other.
3 ranked
Open and distance learning universities.
3 ranked
Universities set up for skill and vocational education.
Source: NIRF 2025, Ministry of Education, checked 23 Oct 2026
Each card links to its official list on nirfindia.org.The National Institutional Ranking Framework is run by the Ministry of Education. Institutions apply, submit their data, and are scored out of 100 on five groups of parameters. Each subject list weighs the groups differently, and the Innovation and SDG lists use parameters of their own.
NIRF publishes an exact rank, usually with a score, only for the top of each list. Below that it places institutions in bands such as 101-150, with no score, so two colleges in the same band are not ranked against each other.
An institution that did not apply is not ranked. Missing from a list does not mean a college is weak, and a rank says nothing about one course's fees or cut-offs.
We show every list exactly as published: no ads in the table, no ratings of our own, and partner colleges are never moved up.
