NIRF 2025

Acharya Nagarjuna University NIRF ranking 2025

Explore Acharya Nagarjuna University NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: University #84 in NIRF 2025.

Acharya Nagarjuna University

Guntur, Andhra Pradesh · NIRF ID IR-O-U-0003

Government Best in 2025: University #84 1 categories in 2025 5,433 students
Ranking edition · Profile data year NIRF 2025 snapshot
Official-data brief

At a glance

Acharya Nagarjuna University is a government institution in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. Its best current NIRF result is #84 in University (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 86.4% and a ₹9.5L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 5,433 students.

₹9.5LUG median salary
2023-24
86.4% UG placed
469 / 543
#84University rank
NIRF 2025
1,620PhD scholars
full + part-time

NIRF University journey & 2025 category scoreboard

Rank in every category published for this edition. Open any category to understand its result and movement.

Placements — official numbers

UG placement rate 67.4% → 86.4%; latest median salary ₹9.5L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.

What happened to the UG batch? 543 graduates
86.4%
  • 469 placed — 86.4% of the batch
  • 72 chose higher studies
  • 2 reported another outcome
Median salary · 2023-24 ₹9.5L

Half of the 469 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.

Seven-year high
₹9.5L
Placement rate
86.4%

Salary and placement rate, year by year

Median salary (₹L)Placement rate %

What this means: These are graduate outcomes, not staff pay. Median salary means half of placed graduates earned more and half earned less, so one unusually large offer cannot distort it like an average. The placement rate rose from 67.4% to 86.4%. The reported median salary moved from ₹6L in 2020-21 to ₹9.5L in 2023-24.

PG (two-year) placements

Latest three graduating batches.

BatchPlacedRateMedian
2021-22 968 / 1,545 62.7% ₹6.5L
2022-23 1,527 / 1,595 95.7% ₹8L
2023-24 1,531 / 1,598 95.8% ₹9.5L

Who studies here

Student strength from the NIRF 2025 submission.

Total students5,433All reported programmes
From outside the state23.8%1,295 students
International255Students from outside India
Women54.4%2,958 students
Full fee reimbursement0Funded by the institution
Largest programme group3,196PG [2 Year Program(s)]

Research & PhD

Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.

PhD scholars1,620926 full-time · 694 part-time
PhDs awarded 2023-24476550 in 2021-22 → 476 in 2023-24
Sponsored projects73Peak reported year 2023-24
RPC pillar score14.3Was 17.0 in 2024

Where the institution spends its money

Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹109.9 Cr → ₹229.49 Cr.

Faculty & staff salaries₹229.49 Cr₹109.9 Cr in 2020-21 → +109%
Academic maintenance₹42.59 CrConsumables and infrastructure upkeep
Lab equipment₹32.54 CrNew equipment in the latest reported year
Library₹2.48 CrBooks, journals and databases

Year by year, 2020-21–2023-24

Library (₹Cr)Lab equipment (₹Cr)Faculty & staff salaries (₹Cr)

Keep these charts separate: This chart is what the institution spends, while the placement chart is what graduates earn. The salary line is the faculty and staff pay bill: ₹109.9 Cr in 2020-21 to ₹229.49 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹2.48 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹32.54 Cr.

Official sources

Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.

The five NIRF pillars

Graduation Outcomes (GO) improved most: 83.0 → 83.7. Research (RPC) is the lowest latest pillar.

What the lines mean: Each line is a score out of 100: TLR covers teaching and resources, RPC research, GO graduation outcomes, OI outreach and inclusion, and PR peer perception. Acharya Nagarjuna University improved most in Graduation Outcomes (GO) (83.0 → 83.7). Its latest strongest pillar is Graduation Outcomes (GO) at 83.7, while Research (RPC) is lowest at 14.3.

Questions about Acharya Nagarjuna University

Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.

Acharya Nagarjuna University ranking questions

What is Acharya Nagarjuna University NIRF ranking 2025?

Acharya Nagarjuna University's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is University rank #84 with a score of 49.08.

Which NIRF categories include Acharya Nagarjuna University in 2025?

Acharya Nagarjuna University appears in the NIRF 2025 University ranking categories on this profile.

Is Acharya Nagarjuna University private or government?

Acharya Nagarjuna University is marked as a government institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.

Where is Acharya Nagarjuna University located?

Acharya Nagarjuna University is listed in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.

Students also ask

What is the median placement salary of Acharya Nagarjuna University graduates?

The official submission reports a ₹9.5L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 469 of 543 graduates placed (86.4%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹9.5L.

What is Acharya Nagarjuna University's best NIRF category?

University is its best current result at #84 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 49.08.

How many students does Acharya Nagarjuna University have?

The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 5,433 students, including 1,295 from outside the state and 255 international students.

Is Acharya Nagarjuna University improving in research?

Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 17.0 in 2024 to 14.3 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 1,620 PhD scholars.

How much does Acharya Nagarjuna University spend on faculty, labs and its library?

Latest reported expenditure includes ₹229.49 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹32.54 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹2.48 Cr for the library. These are institution expenses, not graduate placement salaries.

Data source: NIRF, Ministry of Education, Government of India. Ranking cards and deep-profile facts are limited to official data published through the selected 2025 edition.