NIRF 2025

VIT Vellore NIRF ranking 2025

Explore Vellore Institute of Technology NIRF ranking, category ranks, scores, rank movement and official ranking trends. Best current result: University #14 in NIRF 2025.

Vellore Institute of Technology

Vellore, Tamil Nadu · NIRF ID IR-O-U-0490

Private institution Best in 2025: University #14 4 categories in 2025 54,254 students
Ranking edition · Profile data year NIRF 2025 snapshot
Official-data brief

At a glance

Vellore Institute of Technology is a private institution in Vellore, Tamil Nadu. Its best current NIRF result is #14 in University (2025). Its official submission reports a UG placement rate of 67.6% and a ₹8.99L median annual salary for the 2023-24 graduating batch. The latest student-strength disclosure covers 54,254 students.

₹8.99LUG median salary
2023-24
67.6% UG placed
4,031 / 5,964
#21Overall rank
NIRF 2025
5,142PhD scholars
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.

ResearchNIRF 2025 Rank#14 Score60.39
VIT Vellore is ranked #14 in Research for NIRF 2025 with a score of 60.39.
EngineeringNIRF 2025 Rank#16 Score65.25
VIT Vellore is ranked #16 in Engineering for NIRF 2025 with a score of 65.25.
OverallNIRF 2025 Rank#21 Score62.88
VIT Vellore is ranked #21 in Overall for NIRF 2025 with a score of 62.88.

Placements — official numbers

UG placement rate 59.4% → 67.6%; latest median salary ₹8.99L. These are NIRF submission values, not marketing claims.

What happened to the UG batch? 5,964 graduates
67.6%
  • 4,031 placed — 67.6% of the batch
  • 1,255 chose higher studies
  • 678 reported another outcome
Median salary · 2023-24 ₹8.99L

Half of the 4,031 placed graduates earned above this and half earned below.

Seven-year high
₹8.99L
Placement rate
67.6%

Salary and placement rate, year by year

Median salary (₹L)Placement rate %

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 59.4% to 67.6%. The reported median salary moved from ₹5.2L in 2017-18 to ₹8.99L in 2023-24.

PG (two-year) placements

Latest three graduating batches.

BatchPlacedRateMedian
2021-22 1,254 / 2,123 59.1% ₹8L
2022-23 1,659 / 2,319 71.5% ₹6.8L
2023-24 1,433 / 2,451 58.5% ₹6.5L

Who studies here

Student strength from the NIRF 2025 submission.

Total students54,254All reported programmes
From outside the state60.5%32,808 students
International1,484Students from outside India
Women29.9%16,198 students
Full fee reimbursement316Funded by the institution
Largest programme group35,957UG [4 Years Program(s)]

Research & PhD

Research capacity behind the RPC pillar.

PhD scholars5,1424,516 full-time · 626 part-time
PhDs awarded 2023-24449224 in 2021-22 → 449 in 2023-24
Sponsored projects201Peak reported year 2023-24
RPC pillar score59.5Was 42.9 in 2017

Where the institution spends its money

Faculty and staff salary expenditure ₹241.57 Cr → ₹614.24 Cr.

Faculty & staff salaries₹614.24 Cr₹241.57 Cr in 2017-18 → +154%
Academic maintenance₹321.26 CrConsumables and infrastructure upkeep
Lab equipment₹66.64 CrNew equipment in the latest reported year
Library₹11.11 CrBooks, journals and databases

Year by year, 2017-18–2023-24

Library (₹Cr)Lab equipment (₹Cr)Faculty & staff salaries (₹Cr)

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: ₹241.57 Cr in 2017-18 to ₹614.24 Cr in 2023-24. Latest reported library spending is ₹11.11 Cr and new lab-equipment spending is ₹66.64 Cr.

Official sources

Every deep-profile fact links back to an official NIRF submission.

The five NIRF pillars

Perception (PR) improved most: 33.0 → 58.8. 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. VIT Vellore improved most in Perception (PR) (33.0 → 58.8). Its latest strongest pillar is Graduation Outcomes (GO) at 83.4, while Perception (PR) is lowest at 58.8.

Questions about VIT Vellore

Ranking searches on the left, wider student questions on the right — every answer is based on the same official submissions.

VIT Vellore ranking questions

What is VIT Vellore NIRF ranking 2025?

Vellore Institute of Technology's best listed NIRF 2025 result on NIRFRank is University rank #14 with a score of 64.64.

Which NIRF categories include VIT Vellore in 2025?

VIT Vellore appears in the NIRF 2025 University, Research, Engineering and Overall ranking categories on this profile.

Is Vellore Institute of Technology private or government?

Vellore Institute of Technology is marked as a private institution in the NIRFRank institution registry.

Where is Vellore Institute of Technology located?

Vellore Institute of Technology is listed in Vellore, Tamil Nadu.

Students also ask

What is the median placement salary of VIT Vellore graduates?

The official submission reports a ₹8.99L median annual salary for placed UG four-year graduates in 2023-24, with 4,031 of 5,964 graduates placed (67.6%). The latest PG two-year median is ₹6.5L.

What is VIT Vellore's best NIRF category?

University is its best current result at #14 in NIRF 2025, with a score of 64.64.

How many students does VIT Vellore have?

The latest official student-strength disclosure reports 54,254 students, including 32,808 from outside the state and 1,484 international students.

Is VIT Vellore improving in research?

Its NIRF RPC pillar moved from 42.9 in 2017 to 59.5 in 2025. The latest disclosure also reports 5,142 PhD scholars.

How much does VIT Vellore spend on faculty, labs and its library?

Latest reported expenditure includes ₹614.24 Cr for faculty and staff salaries, ₹66.64 Cr for new lab equipment, and ₹11.11 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.