Anna University NIRF ranking 2025
Explore Anna University NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: University #20 in NIRF 2025.
Anna University
Chennai, Tamil Nadu · NIRF ID IR-O-U-0439
At a glance
Anna University is a government institution in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Its best current NIRF result is #20 in University (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 72.4% and a ₹8L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 10,458 students.
2023-24
1,149 / 1,588
NIRF 2025
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.
UniversityNIRF 2025 Rank#20 Score61.22
NIRF University journey
Rank #6 → #20 since 2017; score 56.50 → 61.22.
The rank line is Anna University's all-India position in NIRF University: #6 in 2017 to #20 in 2025. Lower is better.
University 2025 summary
- Current rank
- #20
- Score (out of 100)
- 61.22
- Last year rank
- #13
- Movement vs previous
- 7
- Best rank
- #4
- Ranking trend
- Declining
EngineeringNIRF 2025 Rank#20 Score63.51
ResearchNIRF 2025 Rank#26 Score55.09
ArchitectureNIRF 2025 Rank#28 Score54.60
OverallNIRF 2025 Rank#29 Score60.06
ManagementNIRF 2025 Rank#88 Score46.92
Placements — official numbers
UG placement rate 50.0% → 72.4%; latest median salary ₹8L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.
- 1,149 placed — 72.4% of the batch
- 189 chose higher studies
- 250 reported another outcome
Half of the 1,149 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.
- Seven-year high
- ₹8L
- Placement rate
- 72.4%
Salary and placement rate, year by year
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 50.0% to 72.4%. The reported median salary moved from ₹5L in 2017-18 to ₹8L in 2023-24.
PG (two-year) placements
Latest three graduating batches.
Who studies here
Student strength from the NIRF 2025 submission.
Research & PhD
Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.
Where the institution spends its money
Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹197.56 Cr → ₹317.34 Cr. Latest library expenditure is below the first reported year.
Year by year, 2017-18–2023-24
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: ₹197.56 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹317.34 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹1.83 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹30.21 Cr.
Official sources
Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.
The five NIRF pillars
Perception (PR) improved most: 43.9 → 72.8. Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) 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. Anna University improved most in Perception (PR) (43.9 → 72.8). Its latest strongest pillar is Perception (PR) at 72.8, while Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) is lowest at 51.3.
Questions about Anna University
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
Anna University ranking questions
What is Anna University NIRF ranking 2025?
Anna University's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is University rank #20 with a score of 61.22.
Which NIRF categories include Anna University in 2025?
Anna University appears in the NIRF 2025 University, Engineering, Research, Architecture, Overall and Management ranking categories on this profile.
Is Anna University private or government?
Anna University is marked as a government institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is Anna University located?
Anna University is listed in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Students also ask
What is the median placement salary of Anna University graduates?
The official submission reports a ₹8L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 1,149 of 1,588 graduates placed (72.4%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹7.5L.
What is Anna University's best NIRF category?
University is its best current result at #20 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 61.22.
How many students does Anna University have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 10,458 students, including 204 from outside the state and 82 international students.
Is Anna University improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 54.6 in 2017 to 54.9 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 1,736 PhD scholars.
How much does Anna University spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹317.34 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹30.21 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹1.83 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.