Thapar Patiala NIRF ranking 2025
Explore Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: University #26 in NIRF 2025.
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology
Patiala, Punjab · NIRF ID IR-O-I-1480
At a glance
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology is a private institution in Patiala, Punjab. Its best current NIRF result is #26 in University (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 82.0% and a ₹1L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 11,124 students.
2023-24
1,708 / 2,082
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#26 Score58.87
NIRF University journey
Rank #46 → #26 since 2017; score 40.78 → 58.87.
The rank line is Thapar Patiala's all-India position in NIRF University: #46 in 2017 to #26 in 2025. Lower is better.
University 2025 summary
- Current rank
- #26
- Score (out of 100)
- 58.87
- Last year rank
- #29
- Movement vs previous
- 3
- Best rank
- #22
- Ranking trend
- Improving
EngineeringNIRF 2025 Rank#29 Score60.97
ResearchNIRF 2025 Rank#42 Score47.59
OverallNIRF 2025 Rank#44 Score56.21
ManagementNIRF 2025 Rank#46 Score54.40
Placements — official numbers
UG placement rate 77.6% → 82.0%; latest median salary ₹1L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.
- 1,708 placed — 82.0% of the batch
- 152 chose higher studies
- 222 reported another outcome
Half of the 1,708 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.
- Seven-year high
- ₹1L
- Placement rate
- 82.0%
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 77.6% to 82.0%. The reported median salary moved from ₹6.2L in 2017-18 to ₹1L 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 ₹102.44 Cr → ₹239.61 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: ₹102.44 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹239.61 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹5.19 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹19.69 Cr.
Official sources
Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.
The five NIRF pillars
Teaching & Resources (TLR) improved most: 39.4 → 68.4. 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. Thapar Patiala improved most in Teaching & Resources (TLR) (39.4 → 68.4). Its latest strongest pillar is Graduation Outcomes (GO) at 72.2, while Perception (PR) is lowest at 38.0.
Questions about Thapar Patiala
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
Thapar Patiala ranking questions
What is Thapar Patiala NIRF ranking 2025?
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is University rank #26 with a score of 58.87.
Which NIRF categories include Thapar Patiala in 2025?
Thapar Patiala appears in the NIRF 2025 University, Engineering, Research, Overall and Management ranking categories on this profile.
Is Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology private or government?
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology is marked as a private institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology located?
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology is listed in Patiala, Punjab.
Students also ask
What is the median placement salary of Thapar Patiala graduates?
The official submission reports a ₹1L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 1,708 of 2,082 graduates placed (82.0%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹7L.
What is Thapar Patiala's best NIRF category?
University is its best current result at #26 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 58.87.
How many students does Thapar Patiala have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 11,124 students, including 7,537 from outside the state and 134 international students.
Is Thapar Patiala improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 29.1 in 2017 to 45.1 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 527 PhD scholars.
How much does Thapar Patiala spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹239.61 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹19.69 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹5.19 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.