NIT Patna NIRF ranking 2025
Explore National Institute of Technology Patna NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Architecture #13 in NIRF 2025.
National Institute of Technology Patna
Patna, Bihar · NIRF ID IR-A-U-0072
At a glance
National Institute of Technology Patna is a government institution in Patna, Bihar. Its best current NIRF result is #13 in Architecture (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 80.1% and a ₹7L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 3,125 students.
2023-24
591 / 738
NIRF 2025
full + part-time
NIRF Architecture journey & 2025 category scoreboard
Rank in every category published for this edition. Open any category to understand its result and movement.
ArchitectureNIRF 2025 Rank#13 Score60.16
NIRF Architecture journey
Rank #30 → #13 since 2022; score 46.28 → 60.16.
The rank line is NIT Patna's all-India position in NIRF Architecture: #30 in 2022 to #13 in 2025. Lower is better.
Architecture 2025 summary
- Current rank
- #13
- Score (out of 100)
- 60.16
- Last year rank
- #27
- Movement vs previous
- 14
- Best rank
- #13
- Ranking trend
- Improving
EngineeringNIRF 2025 Rank#53 Score53.89
Placements — official numbers
UG placement rate 77.5% → 80.1%; latest median salary ₹7L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.
- 591 placed — 80.1% of the batch
- 51 chose higher studies
- 96 reported another outcome
Half of the 591 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.
- Seven-year high
- ₹7L
- Placement rate
- 80.1%
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 77.5% to 80.1%. The reported median salary moved from ₹6L in 2017-18 to ₹7L 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 ₹43.56 Cr → ₹68.27 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: ₹43.56 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹68.27 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹4.82 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹3.84 Cr.
Official sources
Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.
The five NIRF pillars
Graduation Outcomes (GO) improved most: 41.4 → 73.3. 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 Patna improved most in Graduation Outcomes (GO) (41.4 → 73.3). Its latest strongest pillar is Graduation Outcomes (GO) at 73.3, while Perception (PR) is lowest at 32.1.
Questions about NIT Patna
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
NIT Patna ranking questions
What is NIT Patna NIRF ranking 2025?
National Institute of Technology Patna's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is Architecture rank #13 with a score of 60.16.
Which NIRF categories include NIT Patna in 2025?
NIT Patna appears in the NIRF 2025 Architecture and Engineering ranking categories on this profile.
Is National Institute of Technology Patna private or government?
National Institute of Technology Patna is marked as a government institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is National Institute of Technology Patna located?
National Institute of Technology Patna is listed in Patna, Bihar.
Students also ask
What is the median placement salary of NIT Patna graduates?
The official submission reports a ₹7L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 591 of 738 graduates placed (80.1%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹6.8L.
What is NIT Patna's best NIRF category?
Architecture is its best current result at #13 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 60.16.
How many students does NIT Patna have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 3,125 students, including 1,256 from outside the state and 17 international students.
Is NIT Patna improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 51.1 in 2022 to 61.8 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 1,342 PhD scholars.
How much does NIT Patna spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹68.27 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹3.84 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹4.82 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.