UPES Dehradun NIRF ranking 2025
Explore UPES (University of Petroleum and Energy Studies) NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Law #18 in NIRF 2025.
UPES (University of Petroleum and Energy Studies)
Dehradun, Uttarakhand · NIRF ID IR-L-U-0564
At a glance
UPES (University of Petroleum and Energy Studies) is a private institution in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Its best current NIRF result is #18 in Law (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 84.8% and a ₹6.5L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 14,064 students.
2023-24
1,260 / 1,485
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#18 Score61.45
NIRF Law journey
Rank #25 → #18 since 2021; score 46.03 → 61.45.
The rank line is UPES Dehradun's all-India position in NIRF Law: #25 in 2021 to #18 in 2025. Lower is better.
Law 2025 summary
- Current rank
- #18
- Score (out of 100)
- 61.45
- Last year rank
- #28
- Movement vs previous
- 10
- Best rank
- #18
- Ranking trend
- Improving
ManagementNIRF 2025 Rank#36 Score58.33
EngineeringNIRF 2025 Rank#43 Score56.99
ResearchNIRF 2025 Rank#45 Score46.46
UniversityNIRF 2025 Rank#45 Score54.44
OverallNIRF 2025 Rank#64 Score53.22
Placements — official numbers
UG placement rate 72.2% → 84.8%; latest median salary ₹6.5L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.
- 1,260 placed — 84.8% of the batch
- 18 chose higher studies
- 207 reported another outcome
Half of the 1,260 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.
- Seven-year high
- ₹6.5L
- Placement rate
- 84.8%
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 72.2% to 84.8%. The reported median salary moved from ₹4L in 2017-18 to ₹6.5L 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 ₹120.94 Cr → ₹241.51 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: ₹120.94 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹241.51 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹25.74 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹7.52 Cr.
Official sources
Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.
The five NIRF pillars
Perception (PR) improved most: 17.3 → 68.7. 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. UPES Dehradun improved most in Perception (PR) (17.3 → 68.7). Its latest strongest pillar is Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) at 74.9, while Research (RPC) is lowest at 39.8.
Questions about UPES Dehradun
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
UPES Dehradun ranking questions
What is UPES Dehradun NIRF ranking 2025?
UPES (University of Petroleum and Energy Studies)'s best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is Law rank #18 with a score of 61.45.
Which NIRF categories include UPES Dehradun in 2025?
UPES Dehradun appears in the NIRF 2025 Law, Management, Engineering, Research, University and Overall ranking categories on this profile.
Is UPES (University of Petroleum and Energy Studies) private or government?
UPES (University of Petroleum and Energy Studies) is marked as a private institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is UPES (University of Petroleum and Energy Studies) located?
UPES (University of Petroleum and Energy Studies) is listed in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
Students also ask
What is the median placement salary of UPES Dehradun graduates?
The official submission reports a ₹6.5L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 1,260 of 1,485 graduates placed (84.8%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹7.3L.
What is UPES Dehradun's best NIRF category?
Law is its best current result at #18 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 61.45.
How many students does UPES Dehradun have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 14,064 students, including 10,790 from outside the state and 17 international students.
Is UPES Dehradun improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 28.3 in 2021 to 39.8 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 523 PhD scholars.
How much does UPES Dehradun spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹241.51 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹7.52 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹25.74 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.