NIRF 2025

IIT Delhi NIRF ranking 2025

Explore Indian Institute of Technology Delhi NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Engineering #2 in NIRF 2025.

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

New Delhi, Delhi · NIRF ID IR-E-I-1074

Government Best in 2025: Engineering #2 4 categories in 2025 6,897 students
Ranking edition · Profile data year NIRF 2025 snapshot
Official-data brief

At a glance

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi is a government institution in New Delhi, Delhi. Its best current NIRF result is #2 in Engineering (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 75.2% and a ₹19.08L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 6,897 students.

₹19.08LUG median salary
2023-24
75.2% UG placed
711 / 946
#4Overall rank
NIRF 2025
3,412PhD scholars
full + part-time

NIRF Engineering journey & 2025 category scoreboard

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

ResearchNIRF 2025 Rank#3 Score80.42
IIT Delhi is ranked #3 in Research for NIRF 2025 with a score of 80.42.
OverallNIRF 2025 Rank#4 Score80.67
IIT Delhi is ranked #4 in Overall for NIRF 2025 with a score of 80.67.
ManagementNIRF 2025 Rank#4 Score78.94
IIT Delhi is ranked #4 in Management for NIRF 2025 with a score of 78.94.

Placements — official numbers

UG placement rate 65.9% → 75.2%; latest median salary ₹19.08L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.

What happened to the UG batch? 946 graduates
75.2%
  • 711 placed — 75.2% of the batch
  • 49 chose higher studies
  • 186 reported another outcome
Median salary · 2023-24 ₹19.08L

Half of the 711 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.

Seven-year high
₹19.08L
Placement rate
75.2%

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 65.9% to 75.2%. The reported median salary moved from ₹13.06L in 2017-18 to ₹19.08L in 2023-24.

PG (two-year) placements

Latest three graduating batches.

BatchPlacedRateMedian
2021-22 322 / 813 39.6% ₹12.5L
2022-23 308 / 827 37.2% ₹14L
2023-24 538 / 666 80.8% ₹15.59L

Who studies here

Student strength from the NIRF 2025 submission.

Total students6,897All reported programmes
From outside the state90.5%6,245 students
International59Students from outside India
Women20.4%1,409 students
Full fee reimbursement2,725Funded by the institution
Largest programme group4,337UG [4 Years Program(s)]

Research & PhD

Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.

PhD scholars3,4122,866 full-time · 546 part-time
PhDs awarded 2023-24464307 in 2021-22 → 464 in 2023-24
Sponsored projects1,006Peak reported year 2023-24
RPC pillar score93.5Was 95.8 in 2021

Where the institution spends its money

Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹293.83 Cr → ₹701.4 Cr. Latest library expenditure is below the first reported year.

Faculty & staff salaries₹701.4 Cr₹293.83 Cr in 2017-18 → +139%
Academic maintenance₹332.44 CrConsumables and infrastructure upkeep
Lab equipment₹256.33 CrNew equipment in the latest reported year
Library₹12.75 CrBooks, journals and databases

Year by year, 2017-18–2023-24

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: ₹293.83 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹701.4 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹12.75 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹256.33 Cr.

Official sources

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

The five NIRF pillars

Graduation Outcomes (GO) improved most: 81.0 → 81.7. 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. IIT Delhi improved most in Graduation Outcomes (GO) (81.0 → 81.7). Its latest strongest pillar is Perception (PR) at 94.0, while Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) is lowest at 62.0.

Questions about IIT Delhi

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

IIT Delhi ranking questions

What is IIT Delhi NIRF ranking 2025?

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is Engineering rank #2 with a score of 85.74.

Which NIRF categories include IIT Delhi in 2025?

IIT Delhi appears in the NIRF 2025 Engineering, Research, Overall and Management ranking categories on this profile.

Is Indian Institute of Technology Delhi private or government?

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi is marked as a government institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.

Where is Indian Institute of Technology Delhi located?

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi is listed in New Delhi, Delhi.

Students also ask

What is the median placement salary of IIT Delhi graduates?

The official submission reports a ₹19.08L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 711 of 946 graduates placed (75.2%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹15.59L.

What is IIT Delhi's best NIRF category?

Engineering is its best current result at #2 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 85.74.

How many students does IIT Delhi have?

The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 6,897 students, including 6,245 from outside the state and 59 international students.

Is IIT Delhi improving in research?

Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 95.8 in 2021 to 93.5 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 3,412 PhD scholars.

How much does IIT Delhi spend on faculty, labs and its library?

Latest reported expenditure includes ₹701.4 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹256.33 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹12.75 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.