VISTAS NIRF ranking 2025
Explore Vels Institute of Science Technology and Advanced Studies (VISTAS) NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: Pharmacy #61 in NIRF 2025.
Vels Institute of Science Technology and Advanced Studies (VISTAS)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu · NIRF ID IR-P-U-0491
At a glance
Vels Institute of Science Technology and Advanced Studies (VISTAS) is a private institution in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Its best current NIRF result is #61 in Pharmacy (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 54.1% and a ₹4.81L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 673 students.
2023-24
53 / 98
NIRF 2025
full + part-time
NIRF Pharmacy journey & 2025 category scoreboard
Rank in every category published for this edition. Open any category to understand its result and movement.
PharmacyNIRF 2025 Rank#61 Score49.03
NIRF Pharmacy journey
Rank #37 → #61 since 2021; score 49.06 → 49.03.
The rank line is VISTAS's all-India position in NIRF Pharmacy: #37 in 2021 to #61 in 2025. Lower is better.
Pharmacy 2025 summary
- Current rank
- #61
- Score (out of 100)
- 49.03
- Last year rank
- #64
- Movement vs previous
- 3
- Best rank
- #34
- Ranking trend
- Improving
Placements — official numbers
UG placement rate 28.4% → 54.1%; latest median salary ₹4.81L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.
- 53 placed — 54.1% of the batch
- 45 chose higher studies
- 0 reported another outcome
Half of the 53 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.
- Seven-year high
- ₹4.81L
- Placement rate
- 54.1%
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 28.4% to 54.1%. The reported median salary moved from ₹3L in 2017-18 to ₹4.81L 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 ₹2.92 Cr → ₹5.3 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: ₹2.92 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹5.3 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹0.26 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹0.8 Cr.
Official sources
Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.
The five NIRF pillars
Graduation Outcomes (GO) improved most: 49.7 → 63.4. 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. VISTAS improved most in Graduation Outcomes (GO) (49.7 → 63.4). Its latest strongest pillar is Teaching & Resources (TLR) at 71.6, while Perception (PR) is lowest at 24.2.
Questions about VISTAS
Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.
VISTAS ranking questions
What is VISTAS NIRF ranking 2025?
Vels Institute of Science Technology and Advanced Studies (VISTAS)'s best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is Pharmacy rank #61 with a score of 49.03.
Which NIRF categories include VISTAS in 2025?
VISTAS appears in the NIRF 2025 Pharmacy ranking categories on this profile.
Is Vels Institute of Science Technology and Advanced Studies (VISTAS) private or government?
Vels Institute of Science Technology and Advanced Studies (VISTAS) is marked as a private institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.
Where is Vels Institute of Science Technology and Advanced Studies (VISTAS) located?
Vels Institute of Science Technology and Advanced Studies (VISTAS) is listed in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Students also ask
What is the median placement salary of VISTAS graduates?
The official submission reports a ₹4.81L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 53 of 98 graduates placed (54.1%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹5.32L.
What is VISTAS's best NIRF category?
Pharmacy is its best current result at #61 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 49.03.
How many students does VISTAS have?
The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 673 students, including 58 from outside the state and 3 international students.
Is VISTAS improving in research?
Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 40.7 in 2021 to 24.3 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 124 PhD scholars.
How much does VISTAS spend on faculty, labs and its library?
Latest reported expenditure includes ₹5.3 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹0.8 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹0.26 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.