NIRF 2025

IIT Bombay NIRF ranking 2025

Explore Indian Institute of Technology Bombay NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Engineering #3 in NIRF 2025.

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Mumbai, Maharashtra · NIRF ID IR-E-U-0306

Government Best in 2025: Engineering #3 4 categories in 2025 8,826 students
Ranking edition · Profile data year NIRF 2025 snapshot
Official-data brief

At a glance

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay is a government institution in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Its best current NIRF result is #3 in Engineering (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 73.8% and a ₹19.61L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 8,826 students.

₹19.61LUG median salary
2023-24
73.8% UG placed
731 / 990
#3Overall rank
NIRF 2025
3,989PhD 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.

OverallNIRF 2025 Rank#3 Score81.62
IIT Bombay is ranked #3 in Overall for NIRF 2025 with a score of 81.62.
ResearchNIRF 2025 Rank#4 Score77.80
IIT Bombay is ranked #4 in Research for NIRF 2025 with a score of 77.80.
ManagementNIRF 2025 Rank#14 Score65.82
IIT Bombay is ranked #14 in Management for NIRF 2025 with a score of 65.82.

Placements — official numbers

UG placement rate 72.0% → 73.8%; latest median salary ₹19.61L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.

What happened to the UG batch? 990 graduates
73.8%
  • 731 placed — 73.8% of the batch
  • 259 chose higher studies
  • 0 reported another outcome
Median salary · 2023-24 ₹19.61L

Half of the 731 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.

Seven-year high
₹19.61L
Placement rate
73.8%

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 72.0% to 73.8%. The reported median salary moved from ₹10.11L in 2017-18 to ₹19.61L in 2023-24.

PG (two-year) placements

Latest three graduating batches.

BatchPlacedRateMedian
2021-22 623 / 853 73.0% ₹14.76L
2022-23 641 / 870 73.7% ₹15L
2023-24 552 / 851 64.9% ₹15.4L

Who studies here

Student strength from the NIRF 2025 submission.

Total students8,826All reported programmes
From outside the state71.9%6,348 students
International39Students from outside India
Women18.3%1,611 students
Full fee reimbursement1,533Funded by the institution
Largest programme group5,164UG [4 Years Program(s)]

Research & PhD

Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.

PhD scholars3,9893,523 full-time · 466 part-time
PhDs awarded 2023-24491442 in 2021-22 → 491 in 2023-24
Sponsored projects1,572Peak reported year 2023-24
RPC pillar score84.8Was 92.6 in 2021

Where the institution spends its money

Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹185.13 Cr → ₹834.23 Cr.

Faculty & staff salaries₹834.23 Cr₹185.13 Cr in 2017-18 → +351%
Academic maintenance₹463.84 CrConsumables and infrastructure upkeep
Lab equipment₹281.71 CrNew equipment in the latest reported year
Library₹17.71 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: ₹185.13 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹834.23 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹17.71 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹281.71 Cr.

Official sources

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

The five NIRF pillars

Graduation Outcomes (GO) improved most: 79.7 → 87.1. 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 Bombay improved most in Graduation Outcomes (GO) (79.7 → 87.1). Its latest strongest pillar is Teaching & Resources (TLR) at 88.0, while Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) is lowest at 59.1.

Questions about IIT Bombay

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

IIT Bombay ranking questions

What is IIT Bombay NIRF ranking 2025?

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is Engineering rank #3 with a score of 83.65.

Which NIRF categories include IIT Bombay in 2025?

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

Is Indian Institute of Technology Bombay private or government?

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

Where is Indian Institute of Technology Bombay located?

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay is listed in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Students also ask

What is the median placement salary of IIT Bombay graduates?

The official submission reports a ₹19.61L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 731 of 990 graduates placed (73.8%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹15.4L.

What is IIT Bombay's best NIRF category?

Engineering is its best current result at #3 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 83.65.

How many students does IIT Bombay have?

The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 8,826 students, including 6,348 from outside the state and 39 international students.

Is IIT Bombay improving in research?

Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 92.6 in 2021 to 84.8 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 3,989 PhD scholars.

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

Latest reported expenditure includes ₹834.23 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹281.71 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹17.71 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.