NIRF Rankings 2025: IISc Bangalore, JNU retain top two ranks in Universities category, check list here

NIRF Rankings 2025: IISc Bangalore and JNU have retained top two ranks in Universities category.

Published on: Sep 4, 2025, 12:07:13 IST

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The Ministry of Education released the National Institutional Ranking Framework, NIRF Rankings 2025, on Thursday, September 4, 2025. The tenth edition of NIRF India Rankings was released by the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan at the Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi

NIRF Rankings 2025: IISc Bangalore, JNU bagged top two ranks in Universities category,

Also read: NIRF Ranking 2025: India ranking released at nirfindia.org, here's how to check

In 2025, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru has emerged as the top university in India. Besides, the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi also retained its former positions in the second spot. In the third spot is Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal.

Jamia Millia Islamia, meanwhile, went down to the fourth spot this year.

Also read: NIRF Ranking 2025: IIT Madras tops, check 10 institutes under overall category

The top 10 institutions in the University category are as follows:

Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
University of Delhi, Delhi
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
Birla University of Science and Technology - Pilani
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

Notably, this year, the ministry has ranked institutions on 17 categories, introducing the SDG or sustainable rankings. The Open University, Skill University and State Private University rankings were released last year.

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