NIRF 2025

Kurukshetra University NIRF ranking 2025

Explore Kurukshetra University NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends.

Kurukshetra University

Kurukshetra, Haryana · NIRF ID IR-O-U-0164

Government 0 categories in 2025 13,145 students
Ranking edition · Profile data year NIRF 2025 snapshot
Official-data brief

At a glance

Kurukshetra University is a government institution in Kurukshetra, Haryana. Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 68.9% and a ₹4.5L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 13,145 students.

₹4.5LUG median salary
2023-24
68.9% UG placed
343 / 498
#—Overall rank
NIRF 2025
880PhD scholars
full + part-time

NIRF State Public 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 0.9% → 68.9%; latest median salary ₹4.5L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.

What happened to the UG batch? 498 graduates
68.9%
  • 343 placed — 68.9% of the batch
  • 95 chose higher studies
  • 60 reported another outcome
Median salary · 2023-24 ₹4.5L

Half of the 343 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.

Seven-year high
₹4.5L
Placement rate
68.9%

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 0.9% to 68.9%. The reported median salary moved from ₹3.25L in 2020-21 to ₹4.5L in 2023-24.

PG (two-year) placements

Latest three graduating batches.

BatchPlacedRateMedian
2021-22 494 / 2,292 21.6% ₹4L
2022-23 770 / 2,636 29.2% ₹3.75L
2023-24 944 / 2,547 37.1% ₹4.75L

Who studies here

Student strength from the NIRF 2025 submission.

Total students13,145All reported programmes
From outside the state23.5%3,091 students
International140Students from outside India
Women54.3%7,142 students
Full fee reimbursement1,850Funded by the institution
Largest programme group5,631PG [2 Year Program(s)]

Research & PhD

Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.

PhD scholars880833 full-time · 47 part-time
PhDs awarded 2023-24194163 in 2021-22 → 194 in 2023-24
Sponsored projects69Peak reported year 2021-22
RPC pillar score31.2Was 25.2 in 2024

Where the institution spends its money

Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹185.52 Cr → ₹207.23 Cr. Latest library expenditure is below the first reported year.

Faculty & staff salaries₹207.23 Cr₹185.52 Cr in 2020-21 → +12%
Academic maintenance₹373.96 CrConsumables and infrastructure upkeep
Lab equipment₹3.64 CrNew equipment in the latest reported year
Library₹1.34 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: ₹185.52 Cr in 2020-21 to ₹207.23 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹1.34 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹3.64 Cr.

Official sources

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

The five NIRF pillars

Research (RPC) improved most: 25.2 → 31.2. 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. Kurukshetra University improved most in Research (RPC) (25.2 → 31.2). Its latest strongest pillar is Graduation Outcomes (GO) at 82.3, while Research (RPC) is lowest at 31.2.

Questions about Kurukshetra University

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

Kurukshetra University ranking questions

Is Kurukshetra University private or government?

Kurukshetra University is marked as a government institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.

Where is Kurukshetra University located?

Kurukshetra University is listed in Kurukshetra, Haryana.

Students also ask

What is the median placement salary of Kurukshetra University graduates?

The official submission reports a ₹4.5L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 343 of 498 graduates placed (68.9%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹4.75L.

How many students does Kurukshetra University have?

The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 13,145 students, including 3,091 from outside the state and 140 international students.

Is Kurukshetra University improving in research?

Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 25.2 in 2024 to 31.2 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 880 PhD scholars.

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

Latest reported expenditure includes ₹207.23 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹3.64 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹1.34 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.