IIT Madras tops NIRF 2025 for seventh consecutive year

The Ministry of Education on Thursday released the 10th edition of the National Institutional Ranking Framework, naming Indian Institute of Technology Madras as the countrys top institution in the overall category for a seventh consecutive year. The India Rankings 2025 were announced in New Delhi by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and published on the NIRF website on September 4.

IIT Madras retained first place in the overall list, followed by the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, and IIT Bombay in second and third respectively. IIT Delhi and IIT Kanpur completed the top five. The rankings also placed IIT Kharagpur, IIT Roorkee, AIIMS Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Banaras Hindu University among the top ten in the overall category. Among universities, IISc Bengaluru held the top slot, with JNU and Manipal Academy of Higher Education following. In engineering, the IITs dominated the top positions, occupying the first eight places, with National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, and IIT BHU rounding out the engineering top ten.

Officials said the NIRF 2025 covered 17 categories, expanding this year to include a Sustainable Development Goals...