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Private universities, ranked on official NIRF data.

IIT ISM Dhanbad NIRF #15 · 2025 GOVT BENCHMARK Full profile
IIT Madras NIRF #1 · 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 #15 #1
NIRF 2025 IIT ISM Dhanbad IIT Madras
NIRF Rank #15 #1
Score 65.37 88.72
TLR 72.8 95.7
RPC 62.5 90.7
GO 77.0 82.3
OI 61.4 63.3
PR 32.3 100.0

Year-wise rank

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
IIT ISM Dhanbad · · #13 NEW #15 2 #12 3 #11 1 #14 3 #17 3 #15 2 #15 0
IIT Madras #1 NEW #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0
Overall2025 #35 #1
NIRF 2025 IIT ISM Dhanbad IIT Madras
NIRF Rank #35 #1
Score 58.33 87.31
TLR 62.1 90.6
RPC 55.4 88.0
GO 73.6 87.0
OI 60.6 63.3
PR 23.2 100.0

Year-wise rank

201720182019202020212022202320242025
IIT ISM Dhanbad · #27 NEW #25 2 #22 3 #26 4 #38 12 #42 4 #35 7 #35 0
IIT Madras #2 NEW #2 0 #1 1 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0
Management2025 #48 #13
NIRF 2025 IIT ISM Dhanbad IIT Madras
NIRF Rank #48 #13
Score 54.34 66.50
TLR 68.8 79.0
RPC 41.5 52.5
GO 66.1 76.5
OI 63.2 65.5
PR 17.3 52.1

Year-wise rank

2019202020212022202320242025
IIT ISM Dhanbad #32 NEW #29 3 #30 1 #46 16 #44 2 #46 2 #48 2
IIT Madras #15 NEW #14 1 #13 1 #10 3 #15 5 #16 1 #13 3
Research2025 #27 #2
NIRF 2025 IIT ISM Dhanbad IIT Madras
NIRF Rank #27 #2
Score 54.28 82.99
TLR — —
RPC — —
GO — —
OI 60.6 63.3
PR 27.5 89.7

Year-wise rank

20212022202320242025
IIT ISM Dhanbad #20 NEW #20 0 #24 4 #22 2 #27 5
IIT Madras #2 NEW #2 0 #2 0 #2 0 #2 0

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Leader — NIRF Engineering 2025

IIT Madras

IIT Madras leads at #1 with a score of 88.72. IIT ISM Dhanbad is #15.

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
72.84 72.8
95.7 95.7
RPC Research & Professional Practice
62.49 62.5
90.74 90.7
GO Graduation Outcomes
77.02 77.0
82.29 82.3
OI Outreach & Inclusivity
61.36 61.4
63.25 63.3
PR Perception
32.29 32.3
100 100.0
IIT ISM Dhanbad IIT Madras

Students also ask

Which selected college is ranked higher?

IIT Madras leads at #1 with a score of 88.72. IIT ISM Dhanbad is #15.

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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