IIT Madras NIRF ranking 2025
Explore Indian Institute of Technology Madras NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Engineering #1 in NIRF 2025.
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai, Tamil Nadu · NIRF ID IR-E-U-0456
At a glance
Indian Institute of Technology Madras is a government institution in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Its best current NIRF result is #1 in Engineering (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 76.9% and a ₹17.5L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 6,453 students.
2023-24
549 / 714
NIRF 2025
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.
EngineeringNIRF 2025 Rank#1 Score88.72
NIRF Engineering journey
Rank #1 → #1 since 2021; score 90.19 → 88.72.
The rank line is IIT Madras's all-India position in NIRF Engineering: #1 in 2021 to #1 in 2025. Lower is better.
Engineering 2025 summary
- Current rank
- #1
- Score (out of 100)
- 88.72
- Last year rank
- #1
- Movement vs previous
- 0
- Best rank
- #1
- Ranking trend
- Stable
OverallNIRF 2025 Rank#1 Score87.31
ResearchNIRF 2025 Rank#2 Score82.99
ManagementNIRF 2025 Rank#13 Score66.50
Placements — official numbers
UG placement rate 84.7% → 76.9%; latest median salary ₹17.5L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.
- 549 placed — 76.9% of the batch
- 153 chose higher studies
- 12 reported another outcome
Half of the 549 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.
- Seven-year high
- ₹17.5L
- Placement rate
- 76.9%
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 84.7% to 76.9%. The reported median salary moved from ₹13.06L in 2017-18 to ₹17.5L 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 ₹418.63 Cr → ₹660.63 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: ₹418.63 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹660.63 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹80.64 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹483.13 Cr.
Official sources
Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.
The five NIRF pillars
Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) improved most: 62.4 → 63.3. 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 Madras improved most in Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) (62.4 → 63.3). Its latest strongest pillar is Perception (PR) at 100.0, while Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) is lowest at 63.3.
Questions about IIT Madras
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
IIT Madras ranking questions
What is IIT Madras NIRF ranking 2025?
Indian Institute of Technology Madras's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is Engineering rank #1 with a score of 88.72.
Which NIRF categories include IIT Madras in 2025?
IIT Madras appears in the NIRF 2025 Engineering, Overall, Research and Management ranking categories on this profile.
Is Indian Institute of Technology Madras private or government?
Indian Institute of Technology Madras is marked as a government institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is Indian Institute of Technology Madras located?
Indian Institute of Technology Madras is listed in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Students also ask
What is the median placement salary of IIT Madras graduates?
The official submission reports a ₹17.5L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 549 of 714 graduates placed (76.9%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹15L.
What is IIT Madras's best NIRF category?
Engineering is its best current result at #1 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 88.72.
How many students does IIT Madras have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 6,453 students, including 5,140 from outside the state and 35 international students.
Is IIT Madras improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 96.4 in 2021 to 90.7 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 1,998 PhD scholars.
How much does IIT Madras spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹660.63 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹483.13 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹80.64 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.