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Private universities, ranked on official NIRF data.

NIT Calicut NIRF #2 · 2025 GOVT BENCHMARK Full profile
IIT Madras Not ranked · Architecture 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 #21 #1
NIRF 2025 NIT Calicut IIT Madras
NIRF Rank #21 #1
Score 63.05 88.72
TLR 83.7 95.7
RPC 40.0 90.7
GO 79.1 82.3
OI 66.7 63.3
PR 34.7 100.0

Year-wise rank

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
NIT Calicut #35 NEW #44 9 #50 6 #28 22 #23 5 #25 2 #31 6 #23 8 #25 2 #21 4
IIT Madras #1 NEW #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0
Overall2025 #45 #1
NIRF 2025 NIT Calicut IIT Madras
NIRF Rank #45 #1
Score 56.16 87.31
TLR 73.0 90.6
RPC 36.1 88.0
GO 72.3 87.0
OI 67.5 63.3
PR 22.5 100.0

Year-wise rank

201720182019202020212022202320242025
NIT Calicut · · · · · · #54 NEW #54 0 #45 9
IIT Madras #2 NEW #2 0 #1 1 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0
Management2025 #85 #13
NIRF 2025 NIT Calicut IIT Madras
NIRF Rank #85 #13
Score 47.30 66.50
TLR 70.2 79.0
RPC 19.6 52.5
GO 67.4 76.5
OI 54.4 65.5
PR 14.6 52.1

Year-wise rank

2019202020212022202320242025
NIT Calicut · · · #84 NEW #75 9 #76 1 #85 9
IIT Madras #15 NEW #14 1 #13 1 #10 3 #15 5 #16 1 #13 3
Architecture2025 #2 —
NIRF 2025 NIT Calicut IIT Madras
NIRF Rank #2 —
Score 77.89 —
TLR 89.5 —
RPC 59.5 —
GO 84.7 —
OI 74.6 —
PR 58.3 —

Year-wise rank

2019202020212022202320242025
NIT Calicut #3 NEW #3 0 #2 1 #2 0 #2 0 #3 1 #2 1
IIT Madras · · · · · · ·
Research2025 — #2
NIRF 2025 NIT Calicut IIT Madras
NIRF Rank — #2
Score — 82.99
TLR — —
RPC — —
GO — —
OI — 63.3
PR — 89.7

Year-wise rank

20212022202320242025
NIT Calicut · · · · ·
IIT Madras #2 NEW #2 0 #2 0 #2 0 #2 0

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Leader — NIRF Architecture 2025

NIT Calicut

NIT Calicut leads at #2 with a score of 77.89. Fastest climber: NIT Calicut, up 1 places since 2019.

Ranking trend — who’s climbing?

NIRF rank by year; lower is better.

NIRF parameter summary

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TLR Teaching, Learning & Resources
89.46 89.5
RPC Research & Professional Practice
59.45 59.5
GO Graduation Outcomes
84.65 84.7
OI Outreach & Inclusivity
74.59 74.6
PR Perception
58.26 58.3
NIT Calicut IIT Madras not ranked

Students also ask

Which selected college is ranked higher?

NIT Calicut leads at #2 with a score of 77.89. Fastest climber: NIT Calicut, up 1 places since 2019.

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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