Kumaun University, Nainital NIRF ranking 2025
Explore Kumaun University, Nainital NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Pharmacy #73 in NIRF 2025.
Kumaun University, Nainital
Nainital, Uttarakhand · NIRF ID IR-P-U-0562
At a glance
Kumaun University, Nainital is a government institution in Nainital, Uttarakhand. Its best current NIRF result is #73 in Pharmacy (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 10.5% and a ₹2.5L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 249 students.
2023-24
4 / 38
NIRF 2025
full + part-time
NIRF Pharmacy journey & 2025 category scoreboard
Rank in every category published for this edition. Open any category to understand its result and movement.
PharmacyNIRF 2025 Rank#73 Score45.06
NIRF Pharmacy journey
Rank #58 → #73 since 2021; score 41.89 → 45.06.
The rank line is Kumaun University, Nainital's all-India position in NIRF Pharmacy: #58 in 2021 to #73 in 2025. Lower is better.
Pharmacy 2025 summary
- Current rank
- #73
- Score (out of 100)
- 45.06
- Last year rank
- #62
- Movement vs previous
- 11
- Best rank
- #58
- Ranking trend
- Declining
Placements — official numbers
UG placement rate 15.6% → 10.5%; latest median salary ₹2.5L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.
- 4 placed — 10.5% of the batch
- 22 chose higher studies
- 12 reported another outcome
Half of the 4 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.
- Seven-year high
- ₹2.5L
- Placement rate
- 10.5%
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 fell from 15.6% to 10.5%. The reported median salary moved from ₹2.2L in 2017-18 to ₹2.5L 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 ₹1.44 Cr → ₹3.46 Cr. Latest library expenditure is below the first reported year.
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: ₹1.44 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹3.46 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹0.04 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹0.05 Cr.
Official sources
Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.
The five NIRF pillars
Research (RPC) improved most: 21.8 → 28.8. 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. Kumaun University, Nainital improved most in Research (RPC) (21.8 → 28.8). Its latest strongest pillar is Graduation Outcomes (GO) at 61.2, while Perception (PR) is lowest at 5.1.
Questions about Kumaun University, Nainital
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
Kumaun University, Nainital ranking questions
What is Kumaun University, Nainital NIRF ranking 2025?
Kumaun University, Nainital's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is Pharmacy rank #73 with a score of 45.06.
Which NIRF categories include Kumaun University, Nainital in 2025?
Kumaun University, Nainital appears in the NIRF 2025 Pharmacy ranking categories on this profile.
Is Kumaun University, Nainital private or government?
Kumaun University, Nainital is marked as a government institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is Kumaun University, Nainital located?
Kumaun University, Nainital is listed in Nainital, Uttarakhand.
Students also ask
What is the median placement salary of Kumaun University, Nainital graduates?
The official submission reports a ₹2.5L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 4 of 38 graduates placed (10.5%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹4L.
What is Kumaun University, Nainital's best NIRF category?
Pharmacy is its best current result at #73 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 45.06.
How many students does Kumaun University, Nainital have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 249 students, including 35 from outside the state and 0 international students.
Is Kumaun University, Nainital improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 21.8 in 2021 to 28.8 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 33 PhD scholars.
How much does Kumaun University, Nainital spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹3.46 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹0.05 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹0.04 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.