NIRF Rankings 2024: Top institutes, colleges and universities in India

The NIRF 2024 rankings showcase India's higher education excellence, with a significant increase in participating institutions. IIT-Madras and IISc Bengaluru lead in engineering and overall categories, respectively. The expanded 16 ranking categories demonstrate the NIRF's comprehensive assessment of India's dynamic, equitable higher education ecosystem through collaborative efforts between the government, institutions, and stakeholders.

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024 showcasing the incredible talent and potential of India's higher education institutions. The Ministry of Education's announcement has been met with great enthusiasm, as the number of participating institutions has risen significantly, from 5,543 last year to an impressive 10,885 this year.

The rankings have once again highlighted the excellence of IIT-Madras, which has secured the top positions in both the engineering and overall categories. Meanwhile, IISc Bengaluru has been recognized as the leading university in the country, cementing its reputation as a hub of academic excellence.

Institutions are ranked across 16 categories: overall, universities, medical, engineering, management, law, architecture and planning, colleges, research institutions, pharmacy, dental, agriculture and allied sectors, state-funded government universities, skill universities, open universities, and innovation.

The growing participation and the addition of new categories demonstrate the widespread recognition of the NIRF as a valuable tool for benchmarking and assessing the quality of higher education in India. This collaborative effort between the government, educational institutions, and stakeholders serves as a testament to the nation's commitment to fostering a dynamic and equitable higher education ecosystem.

Top 10 institutes in overall category

1.        IIT Madras

2.        IISc Bengaluru

3.        IIT Bombay

4.        IIT Delhi

5.        IIT Kanpur

6.        IIT Kharagpur

7.        AIIMS, New Delhi

8.        IIT Roorkee

9.        IIT Guwahati

10.   JNU, New Delhi

Top institutes in universities category

• Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

• Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

• Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

• Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal

• Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

• University of Delhi, New Delhi

• Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore

• Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

• Jadavpur University, Kolkata

• Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore

Top institutes under Engineering category

1. IIT Madras

2. IIT Delhi

3. IIT Bombay

4. IIT Kanpur

5. IIT Kharagpur

6. IIT Roorkee

7. IIT Guwahati

8. IIT Hyderabad

9. NIT Tiruchirappalli

10. IIT-BHU Varanasi

Top management institutes

1. IIM Ahmedabad

2. IIM Bangalore

3. IIM Kozhikode

4. IIT Delhi

5. IIM Calcutta

6. IIM Mumbai

7. IIM Lucknow

8. IIM Indore

9. XLRI, JAMSHEDPUR

10. IIT Bombay

Top colleges in India

1. Hindu College, Delhi

2. Miranda House, Delhi

3. St. Stephen’s College, Delhi

4. Rama Krishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Kolkata

5. Atma Ram Sanatan Dharm College, Delhi

6. St. St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata

7. PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore

8. Loyola College, Chennai

9. Kirori Mal College, Delhi

10. Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi

Top law institutes this year

1. National Law School of India University, Bengaluru

2. National Law University, Delhi

3. Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad

4. The West Bengal National University of Juridical Science, Kolkata

5. Symbiosis Law School, Pune

Top institutes under open universities category

1. IGNOU

2. Netaji Subhash Open University, Kolkata

3. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University, Ahmedabad

   
   

Top institutes under skill universities category

1. Symbiosis Skills and Professional University, Pune

2. Shri Vishwakarma Skill University, Palwal

3. Bhartiya Skill Development University, Jaipur

State public universities category list

1. Anna University, Chennai

2. Jadavpur University, Kolkata

3. Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune

4. Calcutta University, Kolkata

5. Panjab University, Chandigarh

6. Osmania University, Hyderabad

7. Andhra University, Visakhapatnam

8. Bharathiar University, Coimbatore

9. Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram

10. CUSAT, Cochin

Top 10 list under innovation category

1. IIT Bombay

2. IIT Madras

3. IIT Hyderabad

4. IISc, Bengaluru

5. IIT Kanpur

6. IIT Roorkee

7. IIT Delhi

8. IIT Mandi

9. IIT Kharagpur

10. Anna University

Top institutes in agriculture and allied sectors category

1. Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi

2. ICAR- National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal

3. Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana

4. BHU, Varanasi

5. Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar

Top research institutes

1. IISc, Bengaluru

2. IIT Madras

3. IIT Delhi

4. IIT Bombay

5. IIT Kharagpur

   
   

Top dental colleges

1. Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Science, Chennai

2. Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal

3. Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Science, New Delhi

4. King George’s Medical University, Lucknow

5. Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune

   
   

Top institutes under Architecture and Planning category

1. IIT Roorkee

2. IIT Kharagpur

3. NIT Calicut

4. IIEST, Shibpur

5. School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi