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Private universities, ranked on official NIRF data.

IIT Roorkee NIRF #1 · 2025 GOVT BENCHMARK Full profile
NIT Calicut NIRF #2 · 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 #21
NIRF 2025 IIT Roorkee NIT Calicut
NIRF Rank #6 #21
Score 75.44 63.05
TLR 76.1 83.7
RPC 76.6 40.0
GO 85.8 79.1
OI 63.9 66.7
PR 61.0 34.7

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
NIT Calicut #35 NEW #44 9 #50 6 #28 22 #23 5 #25 2 #31 6 #23 8 #25 2 #21 4
Overall2025 #7 #45
NIRF 2025 IIT Roorkee NIT Calicut
NIRF Rank #7 #45
Score 71.73 56.16
TLR 73.1 73.0
RPC 72.1 36.1
GO 82.9 72.3
OI 65.0 67.5
PR 51.2 22.5

Year-wise rank

201720182019202020212022202320242025
IIT Roorkee #9 NEW #8 1 #8 0 #9 1 #7 2 #7 0 #8 1 #8 0 #7 1
NIT Calicut · · · · · · #54 NEW #54 0 #45 9
Management2025 #22 #85
NIRF 2025 IIT Roorkee NIT Calicut
NIRF Rank #22 #85
Score 61.77 47.30
TLR 68.7 70.2
RPC 54.6 19.6
GO 81.0 67.4
OI 63.0 54.4
PR 22.9 14.6

Year-wise rank

201720182019202020212022202320242025
IIT Roorkee #8 NEW #9 1 #11 2 #12 1 #14 2 #19 5 #18 1 #18 0 #22 4
NIT Calicut · · · · · #84 NEW #75 9 #76 1 #85 9
Architecture2025 #1 #2
NIRF 2025 IIT Roorkee NIT Calicut
NIRF Rank #1 #2
Score 83.95 77.89
TLR 80.1 89.5
RPC 95.7 59.5
GO 89.3 84.7
OI 75.2 74.6
PR 74.2 58.3

Year-wise rank

20182019202020212022202320242025
IIT Roorkee #2 NEW #2 0 #2 0 #1 1 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0
NIT Calicut · #3 NEW #3 0 #2 1 #2 0 #2 0 #3 1 #2 1
Research2025 #8 —
NIRF 2025 IIT Roorkee NIT Calicut
NIRF Rank #8 —
Score 67.27 —
TLR — —
RPC — —
GO — —
OI 65.0 —
PR 42.3 —

Year-wise rank

20212022202320242025
IIT Roorkee #7 NEW #8 1 #7 1 #9 2 #8 1
NIT Calicut · · · · ·

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Leader — NIRF Architecture 2025

IIT Roorkee

IIT Roorkee leads at #1 with a score of 83.95. NIT Calicut is #2. Fastest climber: IIT Roorkee, up 1 places since 2018.

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
80.06 80.1
89.46 89.5
RPC Research & Professional Practice
95.65 95.7
59.45 59.5
GO Graduation Outcomes
89.28 89.3
84.65 84.7
OI Outreach & Inclusivity
75.2 75.2
74.59 74.6
PR Perception
74.22 74.2
58.26 58.3
IIT Roorkee NIT Calicut

Students also ask

Which selected college is ranked higher?

IIT Roorkee leads at #1 with a score of 83.95. NIT Calicut is #2. Fastest climber: IIT Roorkee, up 1 places since 2018.

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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