MAHE Manipal NIRF ranking 2025
Explore Manipal Academy of Higher Education NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: University #3 in NIRF 2025.
Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Manipal, Karnataka · NIRF ID IR-O-U-0234
At a glance
Manipal Academy of Higher Education is a private institution in Manipal, Karnataka. Its best current NIRF result is #3 in University (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 58.3% and a ₹8L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 25,179 students.
2023-24
1,650 / 2,832
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#3 Score69.25
NIRF University journey
Rank #32 → #3 since 2016; score 65.74 → 69.25.
The rank line is MAHE Manipal's all-India position in NIRF University: #32 in 2016 to #3 in 2025. Lower is better.
University 2025 summary
- Current rank
- #3
- Score (out of 100)
- 69.25
- Last year rank
- #4
- Movement vs previous
- 1
- Best rank
- #3
- Ranking trend
- Improving
OverallNIRF 2025 Rank#14 Score66.86
ResearchNIRF 2025 Rank#19 Score56.41
ArchitectureNIRF 2025 Rank#27 Score54.68
Placements — official numbers
UG placement rate 51.6% → 58.3%; latest median salary ₹8L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.
- 1,650 placed — 58.3% of the batch
- 591 chose higher studies
- 591 reported another outcome
Half of the 1,650 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.
- Seven-year high
- ₹8L
- Placement rate
- 58.3%
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 51.6% to 58.3%. The reported median salary moved from ₹5.5L in 2017-18 to ₹8L 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 ₹532.21 Cr → ₹891.34 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: ₹532.21 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹891.34 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹59.14 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹83.06 Cr.
Official sources
Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.
The five NIRF pillars
Teaching & Resources (TLR) improved most: 57.2 → 79.4. 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. MAHE Manipal improved most in Teaching & Resources (TLR) (57.2 → 79.4). Its latest strongest pillar is Teaching & Resources (TLR) at 79.4, while Perception (PR) is lowest at 44.2.
Questions about MAHE Manipal
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
MAHE Manipal ranking questions
What is MAHE Manipal NIRF ranking 2025?
Manipal Academy of Higher Education's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is University rank #3 with a score of 69.25.
Which NIRF categories include MAHE Manipal in 2025?
MAHE Manipal appears in the NIRF 2025 University, Overall, Research and Architecture ranking categories on this profile.
Is Manipal Academy of Higher Education private or government?
Manipal Academy of Higher Education is marked as a private institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is Manipal Academy of Higher Education located?
Manipal Academy of Higher Education is listed in Manipal, Karnataka.
Students also ask
What is the median placement salary of MAHE Manipal graduates?
The official submission reports a ₹8L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 1,650 of 2,832 graduates placed (58.3%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹11.8L.
What is MAHE Manipal's best NIRF category?
University is its best current result at #3 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 69.25.
How many students does MAHE Manipal have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 25,179 students, including 18,777 from outside the state and 447 international students.
Is MAHE Manipal improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 61.6 in 2016 to 61.8 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 3,186 PhD scholars.
How much does MAHE Manipal spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹891.34 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹83.06 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹59.14 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.