NIRF Rankings 2022 Updates: Check list of top 10 educational institutes in India

Gujarat fared poorly in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) this year as not only the number of institutes making it to the top 100 fell but the varsities that made it to the list saw a decline in rankings from the previous year. Read full report by Ritu Sharma

Acting Vice chancellor, SPPU, Dr Karbhari Kale blamed the COVID-19 situation partially for the situation. “As the COVID-19 situation has reduced the number of out-of-state and foreign students, the student-teacher ratio has shifted, resulting in a difference in cumulative grading. But I hope we can do better in the future,” he said. Read full report by Alifiya Khan

Acting Vice chancellor, SPPU, Dr Karbhari Kale blamed the COVID-19 situation partially for the situation. “As the COVID-19 situation has reduced the number of out-of-state and foreign students, the student-teacher ratio has shifted, resulting in a difference in cumulative grading. But I hope we can do better in the future,” he said. Read full report by Alifiya Khan

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This year, the National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai and IIT-Madras are new entries to the top 10 list at eighth and ninth ranks respectively. IIT-Kharagpur which ranked in ninth place in 2021 is now in the 12th position while IIT-Bombay has slipped from 10th to the 11th place. Read full report here

"Proud that, according to NIRF 2022 India Ranking, Jadavpur University, and Calcutta University are at first and second positions among all State aided Universities in India," Mamata Banerjee said. Read full report here

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay retains its position at rank three in the overall as well as engineering category in this year's NIRF rankings. Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT) ranks 7th in the category of Pharmacy institutes and the National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) ranks 9th in the category of management institutes across India. The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research ranks 7th in the category of top 50 research institutes. Read full report by Pallavi Smart

National Law School of India University, Bengaluru has been ranked number one in the Law category of this year's NIRF Rankings. National Law University, New Delhi retained its second spot this year with a score of 73.96 and Symbiosis Law School ranked third with a score of 73.73

My heartiest cingratulations to all HEIs which have found their place in NIRF rankings. https://t.co/gpAz1lhnyj

— Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar (@mamidala90) July 15, 2022

The ranking framework judges institutions under five broad generic groups of parameters of Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR), Research and Professional Practice (RP), Graduation Outcomes (GO), Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) and Perception (PR). Ranks are assigned based on the total sum of marks assigned for each of these five broad groups of parameters.

IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore and IIM Calcutta have retained their top 3 positions in the Management category. IIM Kozhikode has slipped one rank to 5th, while IIT Delhi climbed a rank and earned the fourth spot NIRF Rankings (Management category) this year. Similarly IIM Lucknow and Indore also interchanged their positions this year as IIM Lucknow climbed a rank and IIM Indore slipped to rank 7.

In the medical colleges' category, AIIMS, Delhi bagged the top spot, followed by PGIMER Chandigarh and Christian Medical College, Vellore that retained their second and third spot respectively. Check the full list here.

Rank 1: Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 
Rank 2: National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hyderabad 
Rank 3: Panjab University, Chandigarh 
Rank 4: National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Mohali 
Rank 5: Birla Institute of Technology & Science - Pilani 
Rank 6: JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty 
Rank 7: Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai 
Rank 8: JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysore
Rank 9: Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal 
Rank 10: National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ahmedabad

The National Testing Agency (NTA) is cnducting the first session of the Common University Entrance Test undergraduate (CUET UG) 2022 today for phase I students. A lot of students complained about last-minute hassle as their exam centres were changed a couple of hours before the exam. Get LIVE Updates here

IIT Roorkee has emerged as the top institute in the Architecture category with a score of 83.46. Although National Institute of Technology, Calicut followed IIT Roorkee at the second rank, the gap in their score was of 6.11 as NIT Calicut scored 77.35.

Rank 1: Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Rank 2: National Institute of Technology, Calicut
Rank 3: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Rank 4: School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
Rank 5: National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
Rank 6: Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur
Rank 7: School of Planning & Architecture, Vijayawada
Rank 8: Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur
Rank 9: Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
Rank 10: School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal

IIT Madras retained its No. 1 ranking in ‘Overall’ category for the fourth consecutive year and in ‘Engineering’ category for the seventh consecutive year.
In the ‘Research Institutions’ category, IIT Madras was ranked second, same as of last year. The institute improved its position in ‘Management’ category, securing 10th Position this year, bettering last year’s position of 13.

Indian Institute of Science topped the research category with a score of 88.62 and was closely followed by IIT Madras that scored 86.38. The 'Research' category was added in the NIRF rankings last year.

Top 10 research institutes of India:

Rank 1: Indian Institute of Science 

Rank 2: IIT Madras 

Rank 3: IIT Bombay

Rank 4: IIT Delhi

Rank 5: IIT Kharagpur

Rank 6: IIT Kanpur

Rank 7: IIT Roorkee

Rank 8: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)

Rank 9: IIT Guwahati

Rank 10: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has been announced as the best university in the overall category this year, followed by Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore. Check the list of top 10 institutes here.

Among the law category, National Law School of India University is ranked the best in the country. Here's a list of top 5:

Rank 1: National Law School of India University

Rank 2: National Law University

Rank 3: Symbiosis Law School

Rank 4: Nalsar University of Law

Rank 5: The West Bengal National University of Juridicial Sciences

IIT Roorkee has been ranked as the top institute in the architecture category, followed by NIT Calicut and IIT Kharagpur at second and third ranks, respectively. The ranking for these three institutes remains the same as of last year. 

Rank 1: IIT Roorkee

Rank 2: NIT Calicut

Rank 3: IIT Kharagpur

Rank 4: School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi

Rank 5: NIT Trichy

Rank 6: Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

Rank 7: School of Planning & Architecture, Vijayawada

Rank 8: Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur

Rank 9: Jamia Millia Islamia

Rank 10: School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal 

AIIMS Delhi has been ranked as the top institute in the medical institutes' category.

Rank 1: AIIMS Delhi
Rank 2: PGIMER
Rank 3: CMC. Vellore
Rank 4: NIMHANS, Bangalore
Rank 5: Banaras Hindu University

Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences has slipped two places from rank 5 in 2021 to rank 7 this year.

Among the research category, IISc Bangalore remains the best institute this year as well followed by IIT Madras at second place and IIT Delhi at third. The research category was introduced in 2021 and IISc Bangalore had secured first rank in the first year as well. 

IIMs have a monopoly in the B-school rankings. IIM Lucknow this year has slipped two spots from rank 4 to rank 6 while IIT Delhi has improved its position from rank 8 in 2021 to rank 4 this year.

Rank 1: IIM Ahmedabad

Rank 2: IIM Bangalore

Rank 3: IIM Calcutta

Rank 4: IIT Delhi

Rank 5: IIM Kozhikode

Rank 6: IIM Lucknow

In the NIRF Rankings announced today; IIT-Madras has retained the best institute position for the 7th time in a row. Here's a list of top 10:Rank 1: IIT MadrasRank 2: IISc BangaloreRank 3: IIT BombayRank 4: IIT DelhiRank 5: IIT KanpurRank 6: IIT KharagpurRank 7: IIT RoorkeeRank 8: IIT GuwahatiRank 9: AIIMSRank 10: JNU

NIRF Rankings announced today. I congratulate JNU for securing 2nd position in University category and 10th position overall in India. I feel proud to have been associated with JNU from Jan 2016 to Feb 2022. Best wishes to students, staff and faculty members of JNU. pic.twitter.com/JHzaCPOvix

— Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar (@mamidala90) July 15, 2022

Rank 1: IISc Bangalore
Rank 2: JNU
Rank 3: Jamia Millia Islamia
Rank 4: Jadavpur University
Rank 5: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Rank 6: Banaras Hindu University
Rank 7:  Manipal Academy
Rank 8: Calcutta University
Rank 9: VIT Vellore
Rank 10: University of Hyderabad

The engineering colleges category didn't see any new entries in the top 10 this year. IIT-Hyderabad has slipped on position to rank 9 while NIT Trichy has improved its position from rank 9 in 2021 to rank 8 this year.

Rank 1: IIT Madras

Rank 2: IIT Delhi

Rank 3: IIT Bombay

Rank 4: IIT Kanpur

Rank 5: IIT Kharagpur

Rank 6: IIT Roorkee

Rank 7: IIT Guwahati

Rank 8: NIT Tiruchirappalli

Rank 9: IIT Hyderabad

Rank 10: NIT Surathkal

In the best colleges category, 5 out of 10 colleges are from Delhi University. Miranda House retains best college position this year as well followed by Hindu College, DU at second position and Presidency College, Chennai at third place.

The Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has begun the online webcast to declare the sixth NIRF ranking. Here's a direct link to watch the LIVE address.  The rankings will be announced for 11 categories.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has released the NIRF Rankings 2022. Here's what Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has to say: 

Today, Hon’ble Union Education Minister Shri @dpradhanbjp will release #IndiaRankings2022 under National Institute Ranking Framework (#NIRF), at 11 AM.

Watch live here : https://t.co/WCGcxiziBn

— Ministry of Education (@EduMinOfIndia) July 15, 2022

The ranking framework judges institutions under five broad generic groups of parameters of Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR), Research and Professional Practice (RP), Graduation Outcomes (GO), Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) and Perception (PR). Ranks are assigned based on the total sum of marks assigned for each of these five broad groups of parameters.

Aside from the overall rankings, NIRF also lists out best institutions across another nine categories — college, university, medical, engineering, management, pharmacy, law, architecture, and dental. A new category – research was added last year where IIT-Madras had secured the second spot. IISc Bangalore was number one.

The IITs dominated the engineering category by occupying eight out of the top 10 spots.

Rank 1: IIT Madras

Rank 2: IIT Delhi

Rank 3: IIT Bombay

Rank 4: IIT Kanpur

Rank 5: IIT Kharagpur

Rank 6: IIT Roorkee

Rank 7: IIT Guwahati

Rank 8: IIT Hyderabad

Rank 9: NIT Tiruchirappalli

Rank 10: NIT Surathkal

In the NIRF 2021 rankings, following universities secured their place in the top 10 list

Rank 1: IISc Bengaluru
Rank 2: JNU
Rank 3: BHU
Rank 4: Calcutta Unversity
Rank 5: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Rank 6: Jamia Millia Islamia
Rank 7: Manipal Academy Higher Education
Rank 8: Jadavpur University
Rank 9: University of Hyderabad
Rank 10: Aligarh Muslim University

In 2021, a new "research" category was added to the list. In the new research institutions category, the first rank was obtained by IISc Bangalore, followed by IIT Madras and IIT Bombay at second and third ranks, respectively. IIT Delhi and IIT Kharagpur secured fourth and fifth ranks. 

IIT Madras was ranked as the number 1 institute in India in both ‘Overall’ and ‘Engineering’ Categories in NIRF 2021. IIT Madras also bagged the Top Rank in the ‘Overall’ Category for the third consecutive year and No. 1 in the ‘Engineering’ category for the sixth consecutive year. Congratulating students, faculty members and other employees for their hard work that has resulted in such extraordinary performance, Prof Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, IIT Madras, said, “We are delighted to maintain our pre-eminent position in the NIRF rankings yet again. IIT Madras continues to excel in teaching, research, and innovation, and has launched several new initiatives to implement the NEP. ”

In 2021, AIIMS Delhi was ranked as the top institute in the medical institutes' category.

Rank 1: AIIMS Delhi
Rank 2: PGIMER
Rank 3: CMC. Vellore
Rank 4: NIMHANS, Bangalore
Rank 5: Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences,  

Last year,  IIT-Madras managed to retain its number one position in the overall educational institutes and engineering categories. The institute had also bagged the second position in the newly introduced ‘research’ category. IIT Roorkee was ranked as the top institute in the architecture category. AIIMS Delhi was ranked as the top institute in the medical institutes' category.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) will release the NIRF Rankings 2022. Here's what Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has to say: 

On 15th July 2022, Hon’ble Education Minister, Shri @dpradhanbjp will release #IndiaRankings2022 under #NIRF, virtually. The annual exercise outlines a methodology to rank Higher Education Institutions (HEI’s) across India in various categories & subject domains. Stay tuned! pic.twitter.com/zqY1HWXHov

— Ministry of Education (@EduMinOfIndia) July 12, 2022

The education institutes and universities all over India are ranked across several parameters including teaching, learning and resources, research and professional practices, graduation outcome outreach and inclusivity, and perception.

Besides the overall rankings, NIRF also lists out best institutions across another nine categories — college, university, medical, engineering, management, pharmacy, law, architecture and dental. Last year, a new category of "research" was added to the list making it to a total of 11 categories for which rankings will be announced today.

The NIRF 2022 will be announced by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in a virtual event. Last year, the rankings were too were announced in virtual mode due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ranking was first initiated in 2016 and since then every year, the government releases a list of top universities, colleges, best engineering, medical, law and management institutes. Last year, the overall category was added where IIT-Madras bagged number 1 position.