Jawaharlal Nehru University NIRF ranking 2025
Explore Jawaharlal Nehru University NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: University #2 in NIRF 2025.
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi, Delhi · NIRF ID IR-O-U-0109
At a glance
Jawaharlal Nehru University is a government institution in New Delhi, Delhi. Its best current NIRF result is #2 in University (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 21.8% and a ₹6.5L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 4,914 students.
2023-24
17 / 78
NIRF 2025
full + part-time
NIRF University journey & 2025 category scoreboard
Rank in every category published for this edition. Open any category to understand its result and movement.
UniversityNIRF 2025 Rank#2 Score71.00
NIRF University journey
Rank #3 → #2 since 2016; score 86.45 → 71.00.
The rank line is Jawaharlal Nehru University's all-India position in NIRF University: #3 in 2016 to #2 in 2025. Lower is better.
University 2025 summary
- Current rank
- #2
- Score (out of 100)
- 71.00
- Last year rank
- #2
- Movement vs previous
- 0
- Best rank
- #2
- Ranking trend
- Stable
OverallNIRF 2025 Rank#9 Score69.62
ResearchNIRF 2025 Rank#21 Score56.06
Placements — official numbers
UG placement rate — → 21.8%; latest median salary ₹6.5L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.
- 17 placed — 21.8% of the batch
- 61 chose higher studies
- 0 reported another outcome
Half of the 17 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.
- Seven-year high
- ₹6.5L
- Placement rate
- 21.8%
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 change cannot be calculated from the published values. The reported median salary moved from ₹0L in 2021-22 to ₹6.5L 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 ₹401.9 Cr → ₹501.09 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: ₹401.9 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹501.09 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹1.44 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹1.81 Cr.
Official sources
Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.
The five NIRF pillars
Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) improved most: 73.6 → 78.8. Research (RPC) 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. Jawaharlal Nehru University improved most in Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) (73.6 → 78.8). Its latest strongest pillar is Graduation Outcomes (GO) at 99.9, while Research (RPC) is lowest at 45.6.
Questions about Jawaharlal Nehru University
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
Jawaharlal Nehru University ranking questions
What is Jawaharlal Nehru University NIRF ranking 2025?
Jawaharlal Nehru University's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is University rank #2 with a score of 71.00.
Which NIRF categories include Jawaharlal Nehru University in 2025?
Jawaharlal Nehru University appears in the NIRF 2025 University, Overall and Research ranking categories on this profile.
Is Jawaharlal Nehru University private or government?
Jawaharlal Nehru University is marked as a government institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is Jawaharlal Nehru University located?
Jawaharlal Nehru University is listed in New Delhi, Delhi.
Students also ask
What is the median placement salary of Jawaharlal Nehru University graduates?
The official submission reports a ₹6.5L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 17 of 78 graduates placed (21.8%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹9.5L.
What is Jawaharlal Nehru University's best NIRF category?
University is its best current result at #2 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 71.00.
How many students does Jawaharlal Nehru University have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 4,914 students, including 4,625 from outside the state and 42 international students.
Is Jawaharlal Nehru University improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 84.3 in 2016 to 45.6 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 2,904 PhD scholars.
How much does Jawaharlal Nehru University spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹501.09 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹1.81 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹1.44 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.