IIT Kharagpur NIRF ranking 2025
Explore Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Architecture #3 in NIRF 2025.
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur, West Bengal · NIRF ID IR-A-U-0573
At a glance
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur is a government institution in Kharagpur, West Bengal. Its best current NIRF result is #3 in Architecture (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 76.1% and a ₹19.76L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 9,334 students.
2023-24
517 / 679
NIRF 2025
full + part-time
NIRF Architecture journey & 2025 category scoreboard
Rank in every category published for this edition. Open any category to understand its result and movement.
ArchitectureNIRF 2025 Rank#3 Score77.38
NIRF Architecture journey
Rank #1 → #3 since 2018; score 78.41 → 77.38.
The rank line is IIT Kharagpur's all-India position in NIRF Architecture: #1 in 2018 to #3 in 2025. Lower is better.
Architecture 2025 summary
- Current rank
- #3
- Score (out of 100)
- 77.38
- Last year rank
- #2
- Movement vs previous
- 1
- Best rank
- #1
- Ranking trend
- Declining
EngineeringNIRF 2025 Rank#5 Score78.69
ResearchNIRF 2025 Rank#5 Score71.61
OverallNIRF 2025 Rank#6 Score73.99
LawNIRF 2025 Rank#6 Score74.09
ManagementNIRF 2025 Rank#12 Score66.97
Placements — official numbers
UG placement rate 82.3% → 76.1%; latest median salary ₹19.76L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.
- 517 placed — 76.1% of the batch
- 83 chose higher studies
- 79 reported another outcome
Half of the 517 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.
- Seven-year high
- ₹19.76L
- Placement rate
- 76.1%
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 82.3% to 76.1%. The reported median salary moved from ₹12.75L in 2017-18 to ₹19.76L 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 ₹157.01 Cr → ₹563.25 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: ₹157.01 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹563.25 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹29.24 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹148.98 Cr.
Official sources
Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.
The five NIRF pillars
Perception (PR) improved most: 78.5 → 81.2. 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 Kharagpur improved most in Perception (PR) (78.5 → 81.2). Its latest strongest pillar is Graduation Outcomes (GO) at 89.5, while Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) is lowest at 66.9.
Questions about IIT Kharagpur
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
IIT Kharagpur ranking questions
What is IIT Kharagpur NIRF ranking 2025?
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is Architecture rank #3 with a score of 77.38.
Which NIRF categories include IIT Kharagpur in 2025?
IIT Kharagpur appears in the NIRF 2025 Architecture, Engineering, Research, Overall, Law and Management ranking categories on this profile.
Is Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur private or government?
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur is marked as a government institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur located?
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur is listed in Kharagpur, West Bengal.
Students also ask
What is the median placement salary of IIT Kharagpur graduates?
The official submission reports a ₹19.76L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 517 of 679 graduates placed (76.1%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹14L.
What is IIT Kharagpur's best NIRF category?
Architecture is its best current result at #3 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 77.38.
How many students does IIT Kharagpur have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 9,334 students, including 7,952 from outside the state and 45 international students.
Is IIT Kharagpur improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 82.8 in 2018 to 84.4 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 3,409 PhD scholars.
How much does IIT Kharagpur spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹563.25 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹148.98 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹29.24 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.