NIRF 2025

IIT Guwahati NIRF ranking 2025

Explore Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Engineering #8 in NIRF 2025.

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Guwahati, Assam · NIRF ID IR-E-U-0053

Government Best in 2025: Engineering #8 3 categories in 2025 5,413 students
Ranking edition · Profile data year NIRF 2025 snapshot
Official-data brief

At a glance

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati is a government institution in Guwahati, Assam. Its best current NIRF result is #8 in Engineering (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 76.9% and a ₹19.48L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 5,413 students.

₹19.48LUG median salary
2023-24
76.9% UG placed
658 / 856
#11Overall rank
NIRF 2025
2,320PhD 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#10 Score64.18
IIT Guwahati is ranked #10 in Research for NIRF 2025 with a score of 64.18.
OverallNIRF 2025 Rank#11 Score67.67
IIT Guwahati is ranked #11 in Overall for NIRF 2025 with a score of 67.67.

Placements — official numbers

UG placement rate 75.1% → 76.9%; latest median salary ₹19.48L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.

What happened to the UG batch? 856 graduates
76.9%
  • 658 placed — 76.9% of the batch
  • 179 chose higher studies
  • 19 reported another outcome
Median salary · 2023-24 ₹19.48L

Half of the 658 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.

Seven-year high
₹19.48L
Placement rate
76.9%

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 75.1% to 76.9%. The reported median salary moved from ₹13.3L in 2017-18 to ₹19.48L in 2023-24.

PG (two-year) placements

Latest three graduating batches.

BatchPlacedRateMedian
2021-22 357 / 567 63.0% ₹13.5L
2022-23 473 / 636 74.4% ₹12L
2023-24 440 / 599 73.5% ₹11L

Who studies here

Student strength from the NIRF 2025 submission.

Total students5,413All reported programmes
From outside the state95.8%5,183 students
International21Students from outside India
Women20.1%1,087 students
Full fee reimbursement1,487Funded by the institution
Largest programme group3,914UG [4 Years Program(s)]

Research & PhD

Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.

PhD scholars2,3202,146 full-time · 174 part-time
PhDs awarded 2023-24263209 in 2021-22 → 263 in 2023-24
Sponsored projects348Peak reported year 2023-24
RPC pillar score72.9Was 70.3 in 2021

Where the institution spends its money

Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹127.11 Cr → ₹197.75 Cr.

Faculty & staff salaries₹197.75 Cr₹127.11 Cr in 2017-18 → +56%
Academic maintenance₹132.3 CrConsumables and infrastructure upkeep
Lab equipment₹50.85 CrNew equipment in the latest reported year
Library₹49.47 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: ₹127.11 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹197.75 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹49.47 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹50.85 Cr.

Official sources

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

The five NIRF pillars

Research (RPC) improved most: 70.3 → 72.9. 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. IIT Guwahati improved most in Research (RPC) (70.3 → 72.9). Its latest strongest pillar is Graduation Outcomes (GO) at 84.7, while Perception (PR) is lowest at 52.1.

Questions about IIT Guwahati

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

IIT Guwahati ranking questions

What is IIT Guwahati NIRF ranking 2025?

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is Engineering rank #8 with a score of 72.24.

Which NIRF categories include IIT Guwahati in 2025?

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

Is Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati private or government?

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

Where is Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati located?

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati is listed in Guwahati, Assam.

Students also ask

What is the median placement salary of IIT Guwahati graduates?

The official submission reports a ₹19.48L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 658 of 856 graduates placed (76.9%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹11L.

What is IIT Guwahati's best NIRF category?

Engineering is its best current result at #8 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 72.24.

How many students does IIT Guwahati have?

The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 5,413 students, including 5,183 from outside the state and 21 international students.

Is IIT Guwahati improving in research?

Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 70.3 in 2021 to 72.9 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 2,320 PhD scholars.

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

Latest reported expenditure includes ₹197.75 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹50.85 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹49.47 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.