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Private universities, ranked on official NIRF data.

IIT Madras Not ranked · Architecture 2025 GOVT BENCHMARK Full profile
NIT Trichy NIRF #9 · 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 #9
NIRF 2025 IIT Madras NIT Trichy
NIRF Rank #1 #9
Score 88.72 68.14
TLR 95.7 73.3
RPC 90.7 57.6
GO 82.3 78.7
OI 63.3 64.8
PR 100.0 66.5

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
NIT Trichy #12 NEW #11 1 #11 0 #10 1 #9 1 #9 0 #8 1 #9 1 #9 0 #9 0
Overall2025 #1 #30
NIRF 2025 IIT Madras NIT Trichy
NIRF Rank #1 #30
Score 87.31 60.05
TLR 90.6 59.3
RPC 88.0 50.4
GO 87.0 74.2
OI 63.3 66.4
PR 100.0 56.5

Year-wise rank

201720182019202020212022202320242025
IIT Madras #2 NEW #2 0 #1 1 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0
NIT Trichy #34 NEW #31 3 #24 7 #24 0 #23 1 #21 2 #21 0 #31 10 #30 1
Management2025 #13 #57
NIRF 2025 IIT Madras NIT Trichy
NIRF Rank #13 #57
Score 66.50 52.47
TLR 79.0 54.4
RPC 52.5 46.0
GO 76.5 71.6
OI 65.5 60.5
PR 52.1 19.9

Year-wise rank

2019202020212022202320242025
IIT Madras #15 NEW #14 1 #13 1 #10 3 #15 5 #16 1 #13 3
NIT Trichy #17 NEW #35 18 #48 13 #39 9 #35 4 #51 16 #57 6
Architecture2025 — #9
NIRF 2025 IIT Madras NIT Trichy
NIRF Rank — #9
Score — 64.30
TLR — 55.9
RPC — 50.9
GO — 80.5
OI — 75.4
PR — 81.2

Year-wise rank

2019202020212022202320242025
IIT Madras · · · · · · ·
NIT Trichy #7 NEW #8 1 #7 1 #5 2 #4 1 #8 4 #9 1
Research2025 #2 #33
NIRF 2025 IIT Madras NIT Trichy
NIRF Rank #2 #33
Score 82.99 51.40
TLR — —
RPC — —
GO — —
OI 63.3 66.4
PR 89.7 47.2

Year-wise rank

20212022202320242025
IIT Madras #2 NEW #2 0 #2 0 #2 0 #2 0
NIT Trichy #35 NEW #23 12 #22 1 #31 9 #33 2

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Leader — NIRF Architecture 2025

NIT Trichy

NIT Trichy leads at #9 with a score of 64.30.

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
55.94 55.9
RPC Research & Professional Practice
50.92 50.9
GO Graduation Outcomes
80.46 80.5
OI Outreach & Inclusivity
75.4 75.4
PR Perception
81.24 81.2
IIT Madras not ranked NIT Trichy

Students also ask

Which selected college is ranked higher?

NIT Trichy leads at #9 with a score of 64.30.

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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