SASTRA NIRF ranking 2025
Explore Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Law #11 in NIRF 2025.
Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu · NIRF ID IR-L-U-0476
At a glance
Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy is a private institution in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. Its best current NIRF result is #11 in Law (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 87.7% and a ₹7.6L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 11,847 students.
2023-24
1,684 / 1,920
NIRF 2025
full + part-time
NIRF Law journey & 2025 category scoreboard
Rank in every category published for this edition. Open any category to understand its result and movement.
LawNIRF 2025 Rank#11 Score65.29
NIRF Law journey
Rank #17 → #11 since 2021; score 50.40 → 65.29.
The rank line is SASTRA's all-India position in NIRF Law: #17 in 2021 to #11 in 2025. Lower is better.
Law 2025 summary
- Current rank
- #11
- Score (out of 100)
- 65.29
- Last year rank
- #14
- Movement vs previous
- 3
- Best rank
- #11
- Ranking trend
- Improving
UniversityNIRF 2025 Rank#29 Score58.06
EngineeringNIRF 2025 Rank#40 Score58.02
OverallNIRF 2025 Rank#51 Score55.32
Placements — official numbers
UG placement rate 86.0% → 87.7%; latest median salary ₹7.6L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.
- 1,684 placed — 87.7% of the batch
- 134 chose higher studies
- 102 reported another outcome
Half of the 1,684 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.
- Seven-year high
- ₹7.6L
- Placement rate
- 87.7%
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 86.0% to 87.7%. The reported median salary moved from ₹3.5L in 2017-18 to ₹7.6L 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 ₹72.55 Cr → ₹115.26 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: ₹72.55 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹115.26 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹5.94 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹28.76 Cr.
Official sources
Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.
The five NIRF pillars
Teaching & Resources (TLR) improved most: 56.4 → 82.0. 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. SASTRA improved most in Teaching & Resources (TLR) (56.4 → 82.0). Its latest strongest pillar is Teaching & Resources (TLR) at 82.0, while Research (RPC) is lowest at 30.0.
Questions about SASTRA
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
SASTRA ranking questions
What is SASTRA NIRF ranking 2025?
Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is Law rank #11 with a score of 65.29.
Which NIRF categories include SASTRA in 2025?
SASTRA appears in the NIRF 2025 Law, University, Engineering and Overall ranking categories on this profile.
Is Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy private or government?
Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy is marked as a private institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy located?
Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy is listed in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.
Students also ask
What is the median placement salary of SASTRA graduates?
The official submission reports a ₹7.6L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 1,684 of 1,920 graduates placed (87.7%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹4L.
What is SASTRA's best NIRF category?
Law is its best current result at #11 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 65.29.
How many students does SASTRA have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 11,847 students, including 7,650 from outside the state and 23 international students.
Is SASTRA improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 34.4 in 2021 to 30.0 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 813 PhD scholars.
How much does SASTRA spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹115.26 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹28.76 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹5.94 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.