NIRF 2025

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

Government Best in 2025: Engineering #19 3 categories in 2025 2,407 students
Ranking edition · Profile data year NIRF 2025 snapshot
Official-data brief

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.

₹22.5LUG median salary
2023-24
95.5% UG placed
320 / 335
#36Overall rank
NIRF 2025
742PhD 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#36 Score57.63
IIT Patna is ranked #36 in Overall for NIRF 2025 with a score of 57.63.
ResearchNIRF 2025 Rank#39 Score48.75
IIT Patna is ranked #39 in Research for NIRF 2025 with a score of 48.75.

Placements — official numbers

UG placement rate 73.1% → 95.5%; latest median salary ₹22.5L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.

What happened to the UG batch? 335 graduates
95.5%
  • 320 placed — 95.5% of the batch
  • 15 chose higher studies
  • 0 reported another outcome
Median salary · 2023-24 ₹22.5L

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

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 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.

BatchPlacedRateMedian
2021-22 96 / 109 88.1% ₹20.5L
2022-23 81 / 88 92.0% ₹23L
2023-24 120 / 130 92.3% ₹28L

Who studies here

Student strength from the NIRF 2025 submission.

Total students2,407All reported programmes
From outside the state78.7%1,895 students
International3Students from outside India
Women17.4%420 students
Full fee reimbursement1,188Funded by the institution
Largest programme group1,997UG [4 Years Program(s)]

Research & PhD

Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.

PhD scholars742636 full-time · 106 part-time
PhDs awarded 2023-24132102 in 2021-22 → 132 in 2023-24
Sponsored projects100Peak reported year 2023-24
RPC pillar score55.0Was 44.9 in 2021

Where the institution spends its money

Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹31.76 Cr → ₹66.22 Cr.

Faculty & staff salaries₹66.22 Cr₹31.76 Cr in 2017-18 → +109%
Academic maintenance₹77.64 CrConsumables and infrastructure upkeep
Lab equipment₹33.73 CrNew equipment in the latest reported year
Library₹12.4 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: ₹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.