Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced the much-awaited 9th edition of National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Rankings 2024 on Monday (August 12, 2024). The NIRF Rankings, released annually, assess and rank higher education institutions in India based on various criteria.
IIT Madras was ranked the best higher educational institution across the nation, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru came second, and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay secured third place followed by the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in an overall category ranking conducted by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) and National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF).
As usual, IITs have maintained their stronghold in the engineering category of the NIRF Rankings 2024, occupying most of the top 10 positions.
Indian Institute of Science (Bengaluru) ranked the best university in the country followed by JNU Delhi and Jamia Millia Islamia. Delhi University’s Hindu College ranked as the best college in the country followed by Miranda House College and St. Stephen’s College.
The Chennai-based institute retained the No 1 position in categories “overall and engineering.”
The NIRF introduced three new categories this year: Open Universities, Skill Universities and State-funded universities. The NIRF is also planning to introduce sustainability as a new category in 2025.
After announcing the NIRF Ranking 2024, the Union Education Minister said, “I want to appeal through this programme that every Indian higher education institution should come at ranking. This will help the students and their parents better understand the institution. This will also promote quality education.”
“The participation of educational institutions of the country in NIRF is gradually increasing… I would like to appeal through today’s program that gradually all the higher education institutions of India should come in it. Due to this, the students and parents of the country will be able to know in which type of institutions their children are studying and the children themselves will also be able to know in which type of institution they are studying. This competition will increase the quality of education in the country…A lot of reform has been done in the existing accreditation process. It has been made very transparent…” the Education Minister added.
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— ANI (@ANI) August 12, 2024
The 13-category rankings were unveiled at an event in Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. Minister of State for Education Sukanto Majumdar also attended the event.
NIRF Ranking 2024: Check the complete list here
NIRF Rankings 2024: Top 10 institutes in the Universities category
- IISc, Bengaluru
- JNU, New Delhi
- JMI, New Delhi
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
- BHU, Varanasi
- Delhi University
- Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
- AMU, Aligarh
- Jadavpur University, Kolkata
- VIT, Vellore
NIRF Rankings 2024: Top 10 institutes in management category
- IIM Ahmedabad
- IIM Bangalore
- IIM Kozhikode
- IIT Delhi
- IIM Calcutta
- IIM Mumbai
- IIM Lucknow
- IIM Indore
- XLRI, Jamshedpur
- IIT Bombay
NIRF Rankings 2024: Top 10 Institutes in College Category
- Hindu College, Delhi
- Miranda House, Delhi
- St. Stephens’s College, Delhi
- Rama Krishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Kolkata
- Atma Ram Sanatan Dharm College, Delhi
- St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata
- PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore
- Loyola College, Chennai
- Kirori Mal College, Delhi
- Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi
NIRF Rankings 2024: Top 10 state public universities
- Anna University, Chennai
- Jadavpur University, Kolkata
- Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune
- Calcutta University, Kolkata
- Panjab University, Chandigarh
- Osmania University, Hyderabad
- Andhra University, Visakhapatnam
- Bharathiar University, Coimbatore
- Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram
- Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin
NIRF Ranking 2024: Top 10 institutes under the innovation category
- IIT Bombay
- IIT Madras
- IIT Hyderabad
- IISc, Bengaluru
- IIT Kanpur
- IIT Roorkee
- IIT Delhi
- IIT Mandi
- IIT Kharagpur
- Anna University
NIRF Rankings 2024: Top 5 Research Institutions
- Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras
- Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
- Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
NIRF Rankings 2024: Top 5 Medical Colleges
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi
- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
- Christian Medical College, Vellore
- National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bengaluru
- Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry
NIRF Rankings 2024: Top 5 Dental Institutions
- Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai
- Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal
- Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi
- King George’s Medical University, Lucknow
- Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune
NIRF Ranking 2024: Top 5 Institutes in agriculture & allied sectors
- Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
- ICAR- National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal
- Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
- BHU, Varanasi
- Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar
NIRF Rankings 2024: Skill Universities category
The NIRF placed three universities in the debut edition of the Skill Universities
- Symbiosis Skills and Professional University, Pune
- Shri Vishwakarma Skill University, Palwal
- Bhartiya Skill Development University, Jaipur
NIRF Ranking 2024: Top Institutes under Open Universities Category
- IGNOU
- Netaji Subhash Open University, Kolkata
- Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University, Ahmedabad
The NIRF Rankings 2024 are now available for viewing on nirfindia.org. The rankings are based on various parameters, including teaching learning and resources, research and professional practice, graduation outcome, outreach and inclusivity, and perception.
It is important to note that the NIRF was officially launched by the Minister of Human Resource Development in September 2015. The framework was approved by the MHRD as a standardized tool to rank institutions across India. Since its inception, NIRF has become a trusted benchmark for academic institutions, guiding students, educators, and policymakers in understanding and comparing the performance of universities and colleges nationwide.
