Banaras Hindu University NIRF ranking 2025
Explore Banaras Hindu University NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Agriculture #4 in NIRF 2025.
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh · NIRF ID IR-G-U-0500
At a glance
Banaras Hindu University is a government institution in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Its best current NIRF result is #4 in Agriculture (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 13.7% and a ₹9L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 28,583 students.
2023-24
49 / 358
NIRF 2025
full + part-time
NIRF Agriculture journey & 2025 category scoreboard
Rank in every category published for this edition. Open any category to understand its result and movement.
AgricultureNIRF 2025 Rank#4 Score68.95
NIRF Agriculture journey
Rank #4 → #4 since 2023; score 63.68 → 68.95.
The rank line is Banaras Hindu University's all-India position in NIRF Agriculture: #4 in 2023 to #4 in 2025. Lower is better.
Agriculture 2025 summary
- Current rank
- #4
- Score (out of 100)
- 68.95
- Last year rank
- #4
- Movement vs previous
- 0
- Best rank
- #4
- Ranking trend
- Stable
UniversityNIRF 2025 Rank#6 Score67.28
MedicalNIRF 2025 Rank#6 Score70.05
OverallNIRF 2025 Rank#10 Score68.71
DentalNIRF 2025 Rank#15 Score60.14
ResearchNIRF 2025 Rank#16 Score58.28
ManagementNIRF 2025 Rank#60 Score52.14
Placements — official numbers
UG placement rate 14.1% → 13.7%; latest median salary ₹9L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.
- 49 placed — 13.7% of the batch
- 266 chose higher studies
- 43 reported another outcome
Half of the 49 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.
- Seven-year high
- ₹9L
- Placement rate
- 13.7%
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 fell from 14.1% to 13.7%. The reported median salary moved from ₹6L in 2017-18 to ₹9L 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 ₹854.2 Cr → ₹1,460.27 Cr.
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: ₹854.2 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹1,460.27 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹9.82 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹106.61 Cr.
Official sources
Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.
The five NIRF pillars
Graduation Outcomes (GO) improved most: 58.5 → 76.0. Perception (PR) 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. Banaras Hindu University improved most in Graduation Outcomes (GO) (58.5 → 76.0). Its latest strongest pillar is Graduation Outcomes (GO) at 76.0, while Perception (PR) is lowest at 56.4.
Questions about Banaras Hindu University
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
Banaras Hindu University ranking questions
What is Banaras Hindu University NIRF ranking 2025?
Banaras Hindu University's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is Agriculture rank #4 with a score of 68.95.
Which NIRF categories include Banaras Hindu University in 2025?
Banaras Hindu University appears in the NIRF 2025 Agriculture, University, Medical, Overall, Dental, Research and Management ranking categories on this profile.
Is Banaras Hindu University private or government?
Banaras Hindu University is marked as a government institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is Banaras Hindu University located?
Banaras Hindu University is listed in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
Students also ask
What is the median placement salary of Banaras Hindu University graduates?
The official submission reports a ₹9L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 49 of 358 graduates placed (13.7%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹9L.
What is Banaras Hindu University's best NIRF category?
Agriculture is its best current result at #4 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 68.95.
How many students does Banaras Hindu University have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 28,583 students, including 13,923 from outside the state and 509 international students.
Is Banaras Hindu University improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 73.0 in 2023 to 72.0 in 2025.
How much does Banaras Hindu University spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹1,460.27 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹106.61 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹9.82 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.