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Private universities, ranked on official NIRF data.

IIIT Hyderabad NIRF #89 · 2025 PRIVATE Full profile
MAHE Manipal NIRF #14 · 2025 PRIVATE Full profile

Category scoreboard

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

Engineering2025 #38 —
NIRF 2025 IIIT Hyderabad MAHE Manipal
NIRF Rank #38 —
Score 58.45 —
TLR 75.8 —
RPC 43.2 —
GO 70.7 —
OI 63.3 —
PR 22.6 —

Year-wise rank

201720182019202020212022202320242025
IIIT Hyderabad #75 NEW #38 37 #39 1 #43 4 #54 11 #62 8 #55 7 #47 8 #38 9
MAHE Manipal · · · · · · · · ·
Overall2025 #89 #14
NIRF 2025 IIIT Hyderabad MAHE Manipal
NIRF Rank #89 #14
Score 49.91 66.86
TLR 68.8 79.4
RPC 35.0 61.8
GO 52.5 78.5
OI 63.7 67.7
PR 19.0 20.3

Year-wise rank

201720182019202020212022202320242025
IIIT Hyderabad · · · · · · · · #89 NEW
MAHE Manipal #30 NEW #18 12 #16 2 #14 2 #15 1 #17 2 #16 1 #14 2 #14 0
University2025 #55 #3
NIRF 2025 IIIT Hyderabad MAHE Manipal
NIRF Rank #55 #3
Score 52.34 69.25
TLR 68.8 79.4
RPC 35.0 61.8
GO 52.5 78.5
OI 63.7 67.7
PR 43.3 44.2

Year-wise rank

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
IIIT Hyderabad · · #98 NEW #82 16 #78 4 #83 5 · #84 1 #74 10 #55 19
MAHE Manipal #32 NEW #18 14 #11 7 #9 2 #8 1 #7 1 #7 0 #6 1 #4 2 #3 1
Architecture2025 — #27
NIRF 2025 IIIT Hyderabad MAHE Manipal
NIRF Rank — #27
Score — 54.68
TLR — 63.7
RPC — 21.0
GO — 73.1
OI — 66.4
PR — 37.4

Year-wise rank

2018202020212022202320242025
IIIT Hyderabad · · · · · · ·
MAHE Manipal #10 NEW #12 2 #18 6 #15 3 #25 10 #28 3 #27 1
Research2025 — #19
NIRF 2025 IIIT Hyderabad MAHE Manipal
NIRF Rank — #19
Score — 56.41
TLR — —
RPC — —
GO — —
OI — 67.7
PR — 16.0

Year-wise rank

20212022202320242025
IIIT Hyderabad · · · · ·
MAHE Manipal #27 NEW #30 3 #25 5 #23 2 #19 4

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Leader — NIRF Overall 2025

MAHE Manipal

MAHE Manipal leads at #14 with a score of 66.86. IIIT Hyderabad is #89. Fastest climber: MAHE Manipal, up 16 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
68.83 68.8
79.44 79.4
RPC Research & Professional Practice
34.96 35.0
61.76 61.8
GO Graduation Outcomes
52.52 52.5
78.52 78.5
OI Outreach & Inclusivity
63.68 63.7
67.71 67.7
PR Perception
19 19.0
20.28 20.3
IIIT Hyderabad MAHE Manipal

Students also ask

Which selected college is ranked higher?

MAHE Manipal leads at #14 with a score of 66.86. IIIT Hyderabad is #89. Fastest climber: MAHE Manipal, up 16 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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