KL University NIRF ranking 2025
Explore Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: University #26 in NIRF 2025.
Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation
Vaddeswaram, Andhra Pradesh · NIRF ID IR-O-U-0020
At a glance
Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation is a private institution in Vaddeswaram, Andhra Pradesh. Its best current NIRF result is #26 in University (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 69.3% and a ₹8.52L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 13,860 students.
2023-24
1,854 / 2,674
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#26 Score58.87
NIRF University journey
Rank #56 → #26 since 2018; score 42.78 → 58.87.
The rank line is KL University's all-India position in NIRF University: #56 in 2018 to #26 in 2025. Lower is better. The latest rank slipped 4 places even though the score rose, which means peers improved faster in that edition.
University 2025 summary
- Current rank
- #26
- Score (out of 100)
- 58.87
- Last year rank
- #22
- Movement vs previous
- 4
- Best rank
- #22
- Ranking trend
- Declining
EngineeringNIRF 2025 Rank#35 Score58.95
OverallNIRF 2025 Rank#46 Score55.99
ManagementNIRF 2025 Rank#70 Score49.89
Placements — official numbers
UG placement rate 33.4% → 69.3%; latest median salary ₹8.52L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.
- 1,854 placed — 69.3% of the batch
- 778 chose higher studies
- 42 reported another outcome
Half of the 1,854 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.
- Seven-year high
- ₹8.52L
- Placement rate
- 69.3%
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 33.4% to 69.3%. The reported median salary moved from ₹3L in 2017-18 to ₹8.52L 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 ₹79.67 Cr → ₹204.28 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: ₹79.67 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹204.28 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹6.76 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹19.92 Cr.
Official sources
Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.
The five NIRF pillars
Perception (PR) improved most: 0.0 → 32.7. 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. KL University improved most in Perception (PR) (0.0 → 32.7). Its latest strongest pillar is Graduation Outcomes (GO) at 73.1, while Perception (PR) is lowest at 32.7.
Questions about KL University
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
KL University ranking questions
What is KL University NIRF ranking 2025?
Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is University rank #26 with a score of 58.87.
Which NIRF categories include KL University in 2025?
KL University appears in the NIRF 2025 University, Engineering, Overall and Management ranking categories on this profile.
Is Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation private or government?
Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation is marked as a private institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation located?
Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation is listed in Vaddeswaram, Andhra Pradesh.
Students also ask
What is the median placement salary of KL University graduates?
The official submission reports a ₹8.52L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 1,854 of 2,674 graduates placed (69.3%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹7.7L.
What is KL University's best NIRF category?
University is its best current result at #26 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 58.87.
How many students does KL University have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 13,860 students, including 8,175 from outside the state and 465 international students.
Is KL University improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 15.2 in 2018 to 45.3 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 1,019 PhD scholars.
How much does KL University spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹204.28 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹19.92 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹6.76 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.