NIRF 2025

IGNOU NIRF ranking 2025

Explore Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends.

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)

New Delhi, Delhi · NIRF ID IR-V-U-0104

Government 0 categories in 2025 655,291 students
Ranking edition · Profile data year NIRF 2025 snapshot
Official-data brief

At a glance

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is a government institution in New Delhi, Delhi. Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of — and a ₹0L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 655,291 students.

₹0LUG median salary
2023-24
UG placed
0 / 0
#—Overall rank
NIRF 2025
897PhD scholars
full + part-time

NIRF Open University journey & 2025 category scoreboard

Rank in every category published for this edition. Open any category to understand its result and movement.

Placements — official numbers

UG placement rate — → —; latest median salary ₹0L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.

What happened to the UG batch? 0 graduates
0.0%
  • 0 placed — 0.0% of the batch
  • 0 chose higher studies
  • 0 reported another outcome
Median salary · 2023-24 ₹0L

Half of the 0 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.

Seven-year high
₹0L
Placement rate

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 change cannot be calculated from the published values. The reported median salary moved from ₹0L in 2021-22 to ₹0L in 2023-24.

PG (two-year) placements

Latest three graduating batches.

BatchPlacedRateMedian
2021-22 18,750 / 31,292 59.9% ₹2.88L
2022-23 23,715 / 39,524 60.0% ₹3.36L
2023-24 15,989 / 45,945 34.8% ₹3.5L

Who studies here

Student strength from the NIRF 2025 submission.

Total students655,291All reported programmes
From outside the state0.0%0 students
International0Students from outside India
Women49.0%321,348 students
Full fee reimbursement0Funded by the institution
Largest programme group300,590PG [2 Year Program(s)]

Research & PhD

Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.

PhD scholars897548 full-time · 349 part-time
PhDs awarded 2023-2411775 in 2021-22 → 117 in 2023-24
Sponsored projects15Peak reported year 2023-24

Where the institution spends its money

Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹232.53 Cr → ₹289.01 Cr.

Faculty & staff salaries₹289.01 Cr₹232.53 Cr in 2020-21 → +24%
Academic maintenance₹385.63 CrConsumables and infrastructure upkeep
Lab equipment₹0 CrNew equipment in the latest reported year
Library₹0.12 CrBooks, journals and databases

Year by year, 2020-21–2023-24

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: ₹232.53 Cr in 2020-21 to ₹289.01 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹0.12 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹0 Cr.

Official sources

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

The five NIRF pillars

Teaching & Resources (TLR) improved most: 0.0 → 0.0. the pillar 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. IGNOU improved most in Teaching & Resources (TLR) (0.0 → 0.0). Its latest strongest pillar is the pillar at 0.0, while the pillar is lowest at 0.0.

Questions about IGNOU

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

IGNOU ranking questions

Is Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) private or government?

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is marked as a government institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.

Where is Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) located?

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is listed in New Delhi, Delhi.

Students also ask

What is the median placement salary of IGNOU graduates?

The official submission reports a ₹0L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 0 of 0 graduates placed (—). The latest PG two-year median is ₹3.5L.

How many students does IGNOU have?

The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 655,291 students, including 0 from outside the state and 0 international students.

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

Latest reported expenditure includes ₹289.01 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹0 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹0.12 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.