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Private universities, ranked on official NIRF data.

NIT Rourkela NIRF #13 · 2025 GOVT BENCHMARK Full profile
IIT Roorkee NIRF #6 · 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 #13 #6
NIRF 2025 NIT Rourkela IIT Roorkee
NIRF Rank #13 #6
Score 66.62 75.44
TLR 83.6 76.1
RPC 59.3 76.6
GO 76.9 85.8
OI 61.7 63.9
PR 22.4 61.0

Year-wise rank

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
NIT Rourkela · #12 NEW #15 3 #16 1 #16 0 #20 4 #15 5 #16 1 #19 3 #13 6
IIT Roorkee #6 NEW #6 0 #6 0 #6 0 #6 0 #6 0 #6 0 #5 1 #6 1 #6 0
Overall2025 #34 #7
NIRF 2025 NIT Rourkela IIT Roorkee
NIRF Rank #34 #7
Score 58.55 71.73
TLR 64.9 73.1
RPC 53.6 72.1
GO 77.0 82.9
OI 60.5 65.0
PR 15.8 51.2

Year-wise rank

201720182019202020212022202320242025
NIT Rourkela #46 NEW #42 4 #38 4 #32 6 #41 9 #39 2 #37 2 #34 3 #34 0
IIT Roorkee #9 NEW #8 1 #8 0 #9 1 #7 2 #7 0 #8 1 #8 0 #7 1
Management2025 — #22
NIRF 2025 NIT Rourkela IIT Roorkee
NIRF Rank — #22
Score — 61.77
TLR — 68.7
RPC — 54.6
GO — 81.0
OI — 63.0
PR — 22.9

Year-wise rank

201720182019202020212022202320242025
NIT Rourkela · · · · · · · · ·
IIT Roorkee #8 NEW #9 1 #11 2 #12 1 #14 2 #19 5 #18 1 #18 0 #22 4
Architecture2025 #7 #1
NIRF 2025 NIT Rourkela IIT Roorkee
NIRF Rank #7 #1
Score 65.72 83.95
TLR 63.9 80.1
RPC 66.3 95.7
GO 74.8 89.3
OI 66.1 75.2
PR 53.5 74.2

Year-wise rank

20182019202020212022202320242025
NIT Rourkela · · · · · #8 NEW #9 1 #7 2
IIT Roorkee #2 NEW #2 0 #2 0 #1 1 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0
Research2025 #30 #8
NIRF 2025 NIT Rourkela IIT Roorkee
NIRF Rank #30 #8
Score 52.69 67.27
TLR — —
RPC — —
GO — —
OI 60.5 65.0
PR 14.3 42.3

Year-wise rank

20212022202320242025
NIT Rourkela #31 NEW #24 7 #29 5 #30 1 #30 0
IIT Roorkee #7 NEW #8 1 #7 1 #9 2 #8 1

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Leader — NIRF Engineering 2025

IIT Roorkee

IIT Roorkee leads at #6 with a score of 75.44. NIT Rourkela is #13.

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
83.55 83.6
76.06 76.1
RPC Research & Professional Practice
59.25 59.3
76.57 76.6
GO Graduation Outcomes
76.89 76.9
85.82 85.8
OI Outreach & Inclusivity
61.74 61.7
63.92 63.9
PR Perception
22.37 22.4
60.98 61.0
NIT Rourkela IIT Roorkee

Students also ask

Which selected college is ranked higher?

IIT Roorkee leads at #6 with a score of 75.44. NIT Rourkela is #13.

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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