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Private universities, ranked on official NIRF data.

IIT Roorkee NIRF #8 · 2025 GOVT BENCHMARK Full profile
IIT Kharagpur NIRF #5 · 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 #6 #5
NIRF 2025 IIT Roorkee IIT Kharagpur
NIRF Rank #6 #5
Score 75.44 78.69
TLR 76.1 85.3
RPC 76.6 77.6
GO 85.8 79.8
OI 63.9 64.2
PR 61.0 74.6

Year-wise rank

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
IIT Roorkee #6 NEW #6 0 #6 0 #6 0 #6 0 #6 0 #6 0 #5 1 #6 1 #6 0
IIT Kharagpur #3 NEW #3 0 #4 1 #4 0 #5 1 #5 0 #5 0 #6 1 #5 1 #5 0
Overall2025 #7 #6
NIRF 2025 IIT Roorkee IIT Kharagpur
NIRF Rank #7 #6
Score 71.73 73.99
TLR 73.1 77.7
RPC 72.1 71.2
GO 82.9 81.5
OI 65.0 60.6
PR 51.2 69.5

Year-wise rank

201720182019202020212022202320242025
IIT Roorkee #9 NEW #8 1 #8 0 #9 1 #7 2 #7 0 #8 1 #8 0 #7 1
IIT Kharagpur #4 NEW #5 1 #5 0 #5 0 #6 1 #6 0 #7 1 #6 1 #6 0
Management2025 #22 #12
NIRF 2025 IIT Roorkee IIT Kharagpur
NIRF Rank #22 #12
Score 61.77 66.97
TLR 68.7 57.9
RPC 54.6 78.5
GO 81.0 83.8
OI 63.0 59.4
PR 22.9 33.5

Year-wise rank

201720182019202020212022202320242025
IIT Roorkee #8 NEW #9 1 #11 2 #12 1 #14 2 #19 5 #18 1 #18 0 #22 4
IIT Kharagpur #7 NEW #7 0 #6 1 #5 1 #9 4 #12 3 #14 2 #19 5 #12 7
Law2025 — #6
NIRF 2025 IIT Roorkee IIT Kharagpur
NIRF Rank — #6
Score — 74.09
TLR — 81.2
RPC — 85.2
GO — 69.5
OI — 62.7
PR — 51.6

Year-wise rank

20182019202020212022202320242025
IIT Roorkee · · · · · · · ·
IIT Kharagpur #4 NEW #4 0 #4 0 #5 1 #6 1 #9 3 #7 2 #6 1
Architecture2025 #1 #3
NIRF 2025 IIT Roorkee IIT Kharagpur
NIRF Rank #1 #3
Score 83.95 77.38
TLR 80.1 69.5
RPC 95.7 84.4
GO 89.3 89.5
OI 75.2 66.9
PR 74.2 81.2

Year-wise rank

20182019202020212022202320242025
IIT Roorkee #2 NEW #2 0 #2 0 #1 1 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0
IIT Kharagpur #1 NEW #1 0 #1 0 #3 2 #3 0 #3 0 #2 1 #3 1
Research2025 #8 #5
NIRF 2025 IIT Roorkee IIT Kharagpur
NIRF Rank #8 #5
Score 67.27 71.61
TLR — —
RPC — —
GO — —
OI 65.0 60.6
PR 42.3 60.9

Year-wise rank

20212022202320242025
IIT Roorkee #7 NEW #8 1 #7 1 #9 2 #8 1
IIT Kharagpur #5 NEW #5 0 #5 0 #5 0 #5 0

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Leader — NIRF Research 2025

IIT Kharagpur

IIT Kharagpur leads at #5 with a score of 71.61. IIT Roorkee is #8.

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
RPC Research & Professional Practice
GO Graduation Outcomes
OI Outreach & Inclusivity
64.95 65.0
60.63 60.6
PR Perception
42.25 42.3
60.94 60.9
IIT Roorkee IIT Kharagpur

Students also ask

Which selected college is ranked higher?

IIT Kharagpur leads at #5 with a score of 71.61. IIT Roorkee is #8.

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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