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Private universities, ranked on official NIRF data.

IIT Madras NIRF #1 · 2025 GOVT BENCHMARK Full profile
Anna University NIRF #29 · 2025 GOVT BENCHMARK Full profile

Category scoreboard

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

Engineering2025 #1 #20
NIRF 2025 IIT Madras Anna University
NIRF Rank #1 #20
Score 88.72 63.51
TLR 95.7 69.4
RPC 90.7 62.8
GO 82.3 63.3
OI 63.3 51.1
PR 100.0 60.7

Year-wise rank

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
IIT Madras #1 NEW #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0
Anna University · #8 NEW #8 0 #9 1 #14 5 #18 4 #17 1 #13 4 #14 1 #20 6
Overall2025 #1 #29
NIRF 2025 IIT Madras Anna University
NIRF Rank #1 #29
Score 87.31 60.06
TLR 90.6 62.6
RPC 88.0 54.9
GO 87.0 67.8
OI 63.3 51.3
PR 100.0 61.2

Year-wise rank

201720182019202020212022202320242025
IIT Madras #2 NEW #2 0 #1 1 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0
Anna University #13 NEW #10 3 #14 4 #20 6 #25 5 #22 3 #18 4 #20 2 #29 9
University2025 — #20
NIRF 2025 IIT Madras Anna University
NIRF Rank — #20
Score — 61.22
TLR — 62.6
RPC — 54.9
GO — 67.8
OI — 51.3
PR — 72.8

Year-wise rank

201720182019202020212022202320242025
IIT Madras · · · · · · · · ·
Anna University #6 NEW #4 2 #7 3 #12 5 #16 4 #20 4 #14 6 #13 1 #20 7
Management2025 #13 #88
NIRF 2025 IIT Madras Anna University
NIRF Rank #13 #88
Score 66.50 46.92
TLR 79.0 56.9
RPC 52.5 30.6
GO 76.5 59.7
OI 65.5 47.9
PR 52.1 39.7

Year-wise rank

201720182019202020212022202320242025
IIT Madras · · #15 NEW #14 1 #13 1 #10 3 #15 5 #16 1 #13 3
Anna University #23 NEW #28 5 #43 15 #59 16 #57 2 #49 8 #49 0 #69 20 #88 19
Architecture2025 — #28
NIRF 2025 IIT Madras Anna University
NIRF Rank — #28
Score — 54.60
TLR — 53.2
RPC — 47.4
GO — 51.2
OI — 53.1
PR — 82.9

Year-wise rank

2018201920202021202220242025
IIT Madras · · · · · · ·
Anna University #6 NEW #12 6 #18 6 #22 4 #29 7 #34 5 #28 6
Research2025 #2 #26
NIRF 2025 IIT Madras Anna University
NIRF Rank #2 #26
Score 82.99 55.09
TLR — —
RPC — —
GO — —
OI 63.3 51.3
PR 89.7 60.0

Year-wise rank

20212022202320242025
IIT Madras #2 NEW #2 0 #2 0 #2 0 #2 0
Anna University #32 NEW #21 11 #13 8 #17 4 #26 9

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Leader — NIRF Overall 2025

IIT Madras

IIT Madras leads at #1 with a score of 87.31. Anna University is #29. Fastest climber: IIT Madras, up 1 places since 2017.

Ranking trend — who’s climbing?

NIRF rank by year; lower is better.

NIRF parameter summary

Understand how each parameter contributes to the overall score.

TLR Teaching, Learning & Resources
90.58 90.6
62.63 62.6
RPC Research & Professional Practice
88.02 88.0
54.88 54.9
GO Graduation Outcomes
87.01 87.0
67.82 67.8
OI Outreach & Inclusivity
63.34 63.3
51.3 51.3
PR Perception
100 100.0
61.18 61.2
IIT Madras Anna University

Students also ask

Which selected college is ranked higher?

IIT Madras leads at #1 with a score of 87.31. Anna University is #29. Fastest climber: IIT Madras, up 1 places since 2017.

Why focus on private universities?

Private universities are the primary comparison set here because students often shortlist them side by side. Government institutions remain available only as clearly marked benchmarks.

Does NIRF measure placements?

Partly. Graduation Outcomes includes placement, higher-studies and median-salary signals reported through the official NIRF framework.

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

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