NIRF 2025

NIT Delhi NIRF ranking 2025

Explore National Institute of Technology Delhi NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Engineering #65 in NIRF 2025.

National Institute of Technology Delhi

Delhi, Delhi · NIRF ID IR-E-U-0622

Government Best in 2025: Engineering #65 1 categories in 2025 1,262 students
Ranking edition · Profile data year NIRF 2025 snapshot
Official-data brief

At a glance

National Institute of Technology Delhi is a government institution in Delhi, Delhi. Its best current NIRF result is #65 in Engineering (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 83.2% and a ₹15.9L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 1,262 students.

₹15.9LUG median salary
2023-24
83.2% UG placed
134 / 161
#65Engineering rank
NIRF 2025
71PhD scholars
full + part-time

NIRF Engineering 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 67.7% → 83.2%; latest median salary ₹15.9L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.

What happened to the UG batch? 161 graduates
83.2%
  • 134 placed — 83.2% of the batch
  • 19 chose higher studies
  • 8 reported another outcome
Median salary · 2023-24 ₹15.9L

Half of the 134 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.

Seven-year high
₹15.9L
Placement rate
83.2%

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 67.7% to 83.2%. The reported median salary moved from ₹6.63L in 2018-19 to ₹15.9L in 2023-24.

PG (two-year) placements

Latest three graduating batches.

BatchPlacedRateMedian
2020-21 16 / 54 29.6% ₹11.98L
2021-22 33 / 56 58.9% ₹15L
2022-23 42 / 69 60.9% ₹12.46L

Who studies here

Student strength from the NIRF 2025 submission.

Total students1,262All reported programmes
From outside the state66.4%838 students
International32Students from outside India
Women26.9%340 students
Full fee reimbursement745Funded by the institution
Largest programme group1,074UG [4 Years Program(s)]

Research & PhD

Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.

PhD scholars7168 full-time · 3 part-time
PhDs awarded 2023-242322 in 2021-22 → 23 in 2023-24
Sponsored projects32Peak reported year 2023-24
RPC pillar score29.4Was 48.3 in 2016

Where the institution spends its money

Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹7.42 Cr → ₹25.63 Cr.

Faculty & staff salaries₹25.63 Cr₹7.42 Cr in 2018-19 → +245%
Academic maintenance₹52.68 CrConsumables and infrastructure upkeep
Lab equipment₹14.32 CrNew equipment in the latest reported year
Library₹80.83 CrBooks, journals and databases

Year by year, 2018-19–2023-24

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: ₹7.42 Cr in 2018-19 to ₹25.63 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹80.83 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹14.32 Cr.

Official sources

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

The five NIRF pillars

Teaching & Resources (TLR) improved most: 41.3 → 62.8. 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. NIT Delhi improved most in Teaching & Resources (TLR) (41.3 → 62.8). Its latest strongest pillar is Graduation Outcomes (GO) at 71.3, while Perception (PR) is lowest at 19.5.

Questions about NIT Delhi

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

NIT Delhi ranking questions

What is NIT Delhi NIRF ranking 2025?

National Institute of Technology Delhi's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is Engineering rank #65 with a score of 50.79.

Which NIRF categories include NIT Delhi in 2025?

NIT Delhi appears in the NIRF 2025 Engineering ranking categories on this profile.

Is National Institute of Technology Delhi private or government?

National Institute of Technology Delhi is marked as a government institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.

Where is National Institute of Technology Delhi located?

National Institute of Technology Delhi is listed in Delhi, Delhi.

Students also ask

What is the median placement salary of NIT Delhi graduates?

The official submission reports a ₹15.9L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 134 of 161 graduates placed (83.2%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹12.46L.

What is NIT Delhi's best NIRF category?

Engineering is its best current result at #65 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 50.79.

How many students does NIT Delhi have?

The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 1,262 students, including 838 from outside the state and 32 international students.

Is NIT Delhi improving in research?

Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 48.3 in 2016 to 29.4 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 71 PhD scholars.

How much does NIT Delhi spend on faculty, labs and its library?

Latest reported expenditure includes ₹25.63 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹14.32 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹80.83 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.