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NIRF 2025 leaderboard

Top Research colleges in India

NIRF 2025, research category — 50 institutes, in the order the Ministry published them.

Institutes 50
Top score 85.01
With a profile 24

Research · 2025

50 ranked
Rank Institute Location Score Fees / yr Avg package
#1 Indian Institute of Science - [IISc] Bangalore, Karnataka 85.01 ₹8.38 L —
#2 Indian Institute of Technology Madras No profile yet Chennai, Tamil Nadu 82.99 — —
#3 Indian Institute of Technology Delhi No profile yet New Delhi, Delhi 80.42 — —
#4 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay No profile yet Mumbai, Maharashtra 77.80 — —
#5 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur No profile yet Kharagpur, West Bengal 71.61 — —
#6 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur No profile yet Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 69.80 — —
#7 Homi Bhabha National Institute - [HBNI] Mumbai, Maharashtra 69.39 ₹24K —
#8 Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee No profile yet Roorkee, Uttarakhand 67.27 — —
#9 Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research - [AcSIR] Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 67.15 ₹2.56 L —
#10 Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati No profile yet Guwahati, Assam 64.18 — —
#11 All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi No profile yet New Delhi, Delhi 63.61 — —
#12 Delhi University - [DU] New Delhi, Delhi NCR 62.65 ₹5.88 L ₹12.87 L
#13 Saveetha Institute of Medical And Technical Sciences - [SIMATS] Chennai, Tamil Nadu 60.96 ₹1.13 Cr —
#14 Vellore Institute of Technology - [VIT University] Vellore, Tamil Nadu 60.39 ₹7.83 L ₹9.9 L
#15 Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad No profile yet Hyderabad, Telangana 60.15 — —
#16 Banaras Hindu University - [BHU] Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 58.28 ₹3 L ₹23.13 L
#17 Tata Institute of Fundamental Research - [TIFR] Mumbai, Maharashtra 57.96 ₹7K —
#18 Birla Institute of Technology & Science -Pilani No profile yet Pilani, Rajasthan 56.71 — —
#19 Manipal Academy of Higher Education-Manipal No profile yet Manipal, Karnataka 56.41 — —
#20 Jamia Millia Islamia University-[JMI] New Delhi, Delhi NCR 56.13 ₹91K ₹7 L
#21 Jawaharlal Nehru University - [JNU] New Delhi, Delhi NCR 56.06 ₹692 ₹11 L
#22 Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi No profile yet Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 55.81 — —
#23 Jadavpur University - [JU] Kolkata, West Bengal 55.53 ₹1.2 L —
#24 Indian Institute of Technology Indore No profile yet Indore, Madhya Pradesh 55.52 — —
#25 S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology No profile yet Chennai, Tamil Nadu 55.41 — —
#26 Anna University No profile yet Chennai, Tamil Nadu 55.09 — —
#27 Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) No profile yet Dhanbad, Jharkhand 54.28 — —
#28 Aligarh Muslim University - [AMU] Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh 54.07 ₹1.2 L —
#29 Indian Agricultural Research Institute - [IARI] New Delhi, Delhi NCR 52.98 ₹52K —
#30 National Institute of Technology Rourkela No profile yet Rourkela, Odisha 52.69 — —
#31 Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham No profile yet Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 52.48 — —
#32 University of Hyderabad - [UOH] Hyderabad, Telangana 51.48 ₹1.77 L —
#33 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli No profile yet Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu 51.40 — —
#34 Chandigarh University - [CU] Mohali, Punjab 50.47 ₹11.73 L —
#35 Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Pune No profile yet Pune, Maharashtra 50.35 — —
#36 Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar No profile yet Gandhinagar, Gujarat 49.61 — —
#37 Panjab University - [PU] Chandigarh, Chandigarh 49.47 ₹48K —
#38 Amity University No profile yet Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh 49.25 — —
#39 Indian Institute of Technology Patna No profile yet Patna, Bihar 48.75 — —
#40 Lovely Professional University - [LPU] Jalandhar, Punjab 48.72 ₹13.2 L —
#41 Institute of Chemical Technology - [ICT] Mumbai, Maharashtra 47.92 ₹3.8 L ₹6 L
#42 Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology - [Thapar University] Patiala, Punjab 47.59 ₹25.3 L ₹11.38 L
#43 Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology - [KIIT] Bhubaneswar, Odisha 46.73 ₹18.51 L ₹8.5 L
#44 Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research - [JNCASR] Bangalore, Karnataka 46.57 ₹33K —
#45 UPES Dehradun, Uttarakhand 46.46 ₹20.95 L —
#46 Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Kolkata No profile yet Mohanpur, West Bengal 46.42 — —
#47 Indian Institute of Technology Ropar No profile yet Rupnagar, Punjab 46.00 — —
#48 University of Calcutta Kolkata, West Bengal 45.83 ₹59K —
#49 Siksha `O` Anusandhan No profile yet Bhubaneswar, Odisha 45.12 — —
#50 Malaviya National Institute of Technology - [MNIT] Jaipur, Rajasthan 45.02 ₹3.27 L —

Ranks and scores are as published by the National Institutional Ranking Framework. Fees and packages come from our own college records and are not part of the NIRF score.

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