IIT Patna NIRF ranking 2025
Explore Indian Institute of Technology Patna NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Engineering #19 in NIRF 2025.
Indian Institute of Technology Patna
Patna, Bihar · NIRF ID IR-E-U-0064
At a glance
Indian Institute of Technology Patna is a government institution in Patna, Bihar. Its best current NIRF result is #19 in Engineering (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 95.5% and a ₹22.5L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 2,407 students.
2023-24
320 / 335
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#19 Score64.52
NIRF Engineering journey
Rank #21 → #19 since 2021; score 57.38 → 64.52.
The rank line is IIT Patna's all-India position in NIRF Engineering: #21 in 2021 to #19 in 2025. Lower is better.
Engineering 2025 summary
- Current rank
- #19
- Score (out of 100)
- 64.52
- Last year rank
- #34
- Movement vs previous
- 15
- Best rank
- #19
- Ranking trend
- Improving
OverallNIRF 2025 Rank#36 Score57.63
ResearchNIRF 2025 Rank#39 Score48.75
Placements — official numbers
UG placement rate 73.1% → 95.5%; latest median salary ₹22.5L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.
- 320 placed — 95.5% of the batch
- 15 chose higher studies
- 0 reported another outcome
Half of the 320 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.
- Seven-year high
- ₹22.5L
- Placement rate
- 95.5%
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 73.1% to 95.5%. The reported median salary moved from ₹10L in 2017-18 to ₹22.5L 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 ₹31.76 Cr → ₹66.22 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: ₹31.76 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹66.22 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹12.4 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹33.73 Cr.
Official sources
Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.
The five NIRF pillars
Graduation Outcomes (GO) improved most: 63.8 → 78.4. 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 Patna improved most in Graduation Outcomes (GO) (63.8 → 78.4). Its latest strongest pillar is Teaching & Resources (TLR) at 79.2, while Perception (PR) is lowest at 21.7.
Questions about IIT Patna
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
IIT Patna ranking questions
What is IIT Patna NIRF ranking 2025?
Indian Institute of Technology Patna's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is Engineering rank #19 with a score of 64.52.
Which NIRF categories include IIT Patna in 2025?
IIT Patna appears in the NIRF 2025 Engineering, Overall and Research ranking categories on this profile.
Is Indian Institute of Technology Patna private or government?
Indian Institute of Technology Patna is marked as a government institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is Indian Institute of Technology Patna located?
Indian Institute of Technology Patna is listed in Patna, Bihar.
Students also ask
What is the median placement salary of IIT Patna graduates?
The official submission reports a ₹22.5L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 320 of 335 graduates placed (95.5%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹28L.
What is IIT Patna's best NIRF category?
Engineering is its best current result at #19 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 64.52.
How many students does IIT Patna have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 2,407 students, including 1,895 from outside the state and 3 international students.
Is IIT Patna improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 44.9 in 2021 to 55.0 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 742 PhD scholars.
How much does IIT Patna spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹66.22 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹33.73 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹12.4 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.