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Private universities, ranked on official NIRF data.

Annamalai University Not ranked · Overall 2025 GOVT BENCHMARK Full profile
SRMIST Chennai NIRF #22 · 2025 PRIVATE Full profile

Category scoreboard

Every NIRF category in 2025 — expand for scores and history through this edition. Green marks the winner.

Engineering2025 — #14
NIRF 2025 Annamalai University SRMIST Chennai
NIRF Rank — #14
Score — 65.83
TLR — 78.7
RPC — 68.9
GO — 65.4
OI — 67.1
PR — 17.5

Year-wise rank

201720182019202020212022202320242025
Annamalai University · · · · #166 NEW · · · ·
SRMIST Chennai #35 NEW #46 11 #36 10 #41 5 #34 7 #24 10 #28 4 #13 15 #14 1
Overall2025 — #22
NIRF 2025 Annamalai University SRMIST Chennai
NIRF Rank — #22
Score — 62.87
TLR — 70.3
RPC — 54.6
GO — 82.5
OI — 68.9
PR — 20.3

Year-wise rank

201720182019202020212022202320242025
Annamalai University #92 NEW · · · · · · · ·
SRMIST Chennai #55 NEW #63 8 #52 11 #58 6 #53 5 #36 17 #32 4 #21 11 #22 1
University2025 — #11
NIRF 2025 Annamalai University SRMIST Chennai
NIRF Rank — #11
Score — 65.26
TLR — 70.3
RPC — 54.6
GO — 82.5
OI — 68.9
PR — 44.2

Year-wise rank

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Annamalai University #57 NEW #56 1 · · · · · · · ·
SRMIST Chennai #43 NEW #34 9 #41 7 #32 9 #35 3 #30 5 #19 11 #18 1 #12 6 #11 1
Management2025 — #56
NIRF 2025 Annamalai University SRMIST Chennai
NIRF Rank — #56
Score — 52.74
TLR — 72.3
RPC — 33.0
GO — 74.9
OI — 53.3
PR — 8.6

Year-wise rank

20192025
Annamalai University · ·
SRMIST Chennai #73 NEW #56 17
Medical2025 — #18
NIRF 2025 Annamalai University SRMIST Chennai
NIRF Rank — #18
Score — 63.22
TLR — 76.8
RPC — 52.3
GO — 77.4
OI — 72.7
PR — 17.2

Year-wise rank

20182019202020212022202320242025
Annamalai University #24 NEW #26 2 #35 9 #40 5 · · · ·
SRMIST Chennai #22 NEW #22 0 #31 9 #20 11 #20 0 #20 0 #18 2 #18 0
Pharmacy2025 #42 #10
NIRF 2025 Annamalai University SRMIST Chennai
NIRF Rank #42 #10
Score 54.68 70.84
TLR 63.9 79.0
RPC 45.7 66.8
GO 65.6 82.8
OI 46.3 59.4
PR 40.4 46.2

Year-wise rank

201720182019202020212022202320242025
Annamalai University #13 NEW #20 7 #12 8 #12 0 #16 4 #15 1 #26 11 #27 1 #42 15
SRMIST Chennai #9 NEW #27 18 #14 13 #19 5 #15 4 #12 3 #15 3 #11 4 #10 1
Law2025 — #25
NIRF 2025 Annamalai University SRMIST Chennai
NIRF Rank — #25
Score — 58.00
TLR — 75.8
RPC — 28.9
GO — 56.6
OI — 47.3
PR — 44.5

Year-wise rank

2025
Annamalai University ·
SRMIST Chennai #25 NEW
Architecture2025 — #18
NIRF 2025 Annamalai University SRMIST Chennai
NIRF Rank — #18
Score — 58.63
TLR — 62.3
RPC — 61.0
GO — 69.8
OI — 56.3
PR — 19.1

Year-wise rank

2022202320242025
Annamalai University · · · ·
SRMIST Chennai #11 NEW #14 3 #11 3 #18 7
Research2025 — #25
NIRF 2025 Annamalai University SRMIST Chennai
NIRF Rank — #25
Score — 55.41
TLR — —
RPC — —
GO — —
OI — 68.9
PR — 17.4

Year-wise rank

20212022202320242025
Annamalai University · · · · ·
SRMIST Chennai #46 NEW #36 10 #39 3 #24 15 #25 1
Agriculture2025 #38 #33
NIRF 2025 Annamalai University SRMIST Chennai
NIRF Rank #38 #33
Score 47.30 49.38
TLR 53.1 58.5
RPC 23.8 42.3
GO 69.2 60.0
OI 46.5 50.7
PR 57.4 20.8

Year-wise rank

202320242025
Annamalai University #23 NEW #27 4 #38 11
SRMIST Chennai · · #33 NEW

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Leader — NIRF Overall 2025

SRMIST Chennai

SRMIST Chennai leads at #22 with a score of 62.87. Fastest climber: SRMIST Chennai, up 33 places since 2017.

Ranking trend — who’s climbing?

NIRF rank by year; lower is better.

NIRF parameter summary

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TLR Teaching, Learning & Resources
70.31 70.3
RPC Research & Professional Practice
54.56 54.6
GO Graduation Outcomes
82.47 82.5
OI Outreach & Inclusivity
68.94 68.9
PR Perception
20.28 20.3
Annamalai University not ranked SRMIST Chennai

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SRMIST Chennai leads at #22 with a score of 62.87. Fastest climber: SRMIST Chennai, up 33 places since 2017.

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Data source: NIRF, Ministry of Education, Government of India — 2025 edition selected; history is limited through this year.

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