IIT ISM Dhanbad NIRF ranking 2025
Explore Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Engineering #15 in NIRF 2025.
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines)
Dhanbad, Jharkhand · NIRF ID IR-E-U-0205
At a glance
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) is a government institution in Dhanbad, Jharkhand. Its best current NIRF result is #15 in Engineering (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 80.8% and a ₹12L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 5,073 students.
2023-24
714 / 884
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#15 Score65.37
NIRF Engineering journey
Rank #11 → #15 since 2021; score 64.07 → 65.37.
The rank line is IIT ISM Dhanbad's all-India position in NIRF Engineering: #11 in 2021 to #15 in 2025. Lower is better.
Engineering 2025 summary
- Current rank
- #15
- Score (out of 100)
- 65.37
- Last year rank
- #15
- Movement vs previous
- 0
- Best rank
- #11
- Ranking trend
- Stable
ResearchNIRF 2025 Rank#27 Score54.28
OverallNIRF 2025 Rank#35 Score58.33
ManagementNIRF 2025 Rank#48 Score54.34
Placements — official numbers
UG placement rate 79.2% → 80.8%; latest median salary ₹12L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.
- 714 placed — 80.8% of the batch
- 33 chose higher studies
- 137 reported another outcome
Half of the 714 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.
- Seven-year high
- ₹12L
- Placement rate
- 80.8%
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 rose from 79.2% to 80.8%. The reported median salary moved from ₹7.1L in 2017-18 to ₹12L 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 ₹113.74 Cr → ₹198.03 Cr. Latest library expenditure is below the first reported year.
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: ₹113.74 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹198.03 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹13.4 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹20.32 Cr.
Official sources
Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.
The five NIRF pillars
Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) improved most: 54.6 → 61.4. 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 ISM Dhanbad improved most in Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) (54.6 → 61.4). Its latest strongest pillar is Graduation Outcomes (GO) at 77.0, while Perception (PR) is lowest at 32.3.
Questions about IIT ISM Dhanbad
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
IIT ISM Dhanbad ranking questions
What is IIT ISM Dhanbad NIRF ranking 2025?
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines)'s best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is Engineering rank #15 with a score of 65.37.
Which NIRF categories include IIT ISM Dhanbad in 2025?
IIT ISM Dhanbad appears in the NIRF 2025 Engineering, Research, Overall and Management ranking categories on this profile.
Is Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) private or government?
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) is marked as a government institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) located?
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) is listed in Dhanbad, Jharkhand.
Students also ask
What is the median placement salary of IIT ISM Dhanbad graduates?
The official submission reports a ₹12L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 714 of 884 graduates placed (80.8%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹10L.
What is IIT ISM Dhanbad's best NIRF category?
Engineering is its best current result at #15 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 65.37.
How many students does IIT ISM Dhanbad have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 5,073 students, including 4,644 from outside the state and 18 international students.
Is IIT ISM Dhanbad improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 65.5 in 2021 to 62.5 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 1,372 PhD scholars.
How much does IIT ISM Dhanbad spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹198.03 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹20.32 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹13.4 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.