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Private universities, ranked on official NIRF data.

NIT Trichy NIRF #30 · 2025 GOVT BENCHMARK Full profile
SRMIST Chennai NIRF #22 · 2025 PRIVATE Full profile

Category scoreboard

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

Engineering2025 #9 #14
NIRF 2025 NIT Trichy SRMIST Chennai
NIRF Rank #9 #14
Score 68.14 65.83
TLR 73.3 78.7
RPC 57.6 68.9
GO 78.7 65.4
OI 64.8 67.1
PR 66.5 17.5

Year-wise rank

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
NIT Trichy #12 NEW #11 1 #11 0 #10 1 #9 1 #9 0 #8 1 #9 1 #9 0 #9 0
SRMIST Chennai · #35 NEW #46 11 #36 10 #41 5 #34 7 #24 10 #28 4 #13 15 #14 1
Overall2025 #30 #22
NIRF 2025 NIT Trichy SRMIST Chennai
NIRF Rank #30 #22
Score 60.05 62.87
TLR 59.3 70.3
RPC 50.4 54.6
GO 74.2 82.5
OI 66.4 68.9
PR 56.5 20.3

Year-wise rank

201720182019202020212022202320242025
NIT Trichy #34 NEW #31 3 #24 7 #24 0 #23 1 #21 2 #21 0 #31 10 #30 1
SRMIST Chennai #55 NEW #63 8 #52 11 #58 6 #53 5 #36 17 #32 4 #21 11 #22 1
University2025 — #11
NIRF 2025 NIT Trichy SRMIST Chennai
NIRF Rank — #11
Score — 65.26
TLR — 70.3
RPC — 54.6
GO — 82.5
OI — 68.9
PR — 44.2

Year-wise rank

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
NIT Trichy · · · · · · · · · ·
SRMIST Chennai #43 NEW #34 9 #41 7 #32 9 #35 3 #30 5 #19 11 #18 1 #12 6 #11 1
Management2025 #57 #56
NIRF 2025 NIT Trichy SRMIST Chennai
NIRF Rank #57 #56
Score 52.47 52.74
TLR 54.4 72.3
RPC 46.0 33.0
GO 71.6 74.9
OI 60.5 53.3
PR 19.9 8.6

Year-wise rank

2019202020212022202320242025
NIT Trichy #17 NEW #35 18 #48 13 #39 9 #35 4 #51 16 #57 6
SRMIST Chennai #73 NEW · · · · · #56 17
Medical2025 — #18
NIRF 2025 NIT Trichy SRMIST Chennai
NIRF Rank — #18
Score — 63.22
TLR — 76.8
RPC — 52.3
GO — 77.4
OI — 72.7
PR — 17.2

Year-wise rank

20182019202020212022202320242025
NIT Trichy · · · · · · · ·
SRMIST Chennai #22 NEW #22 0 #31 9 #20 11 #20 0 #20 0 #18 2 #18 0
Pharmacy2025 — #10
NIRF 2025 NIT Trichy SRMIST Chennai
NIRF Rank — #10
Score — 70.84
TLR — 79.0
RPC — 66.8
GO — 82.8
OI — 59.4
PR — 46.2

Year-wise rank

201720182019202020212022202320242025
NIT Trichy · · · · · · · · ·
SRMIST Chennai #9 NEW #27 18 #14 13 #19 5 #15 4 #12 3 #15 3 #11 4 #10 1
Law2025 — #25
NIRF 2025 NIT Trichy SRMIST Chennai
NIRF Rank — #25
Score — 58.00
TLR — 75.8
RPC — 28.9
GO — 56.6
OI — 47.3
PR — 44.5

Year-wise rank

2025
NIT Trichy ·
SRMIST Chennai #25 NEW
Architecture2025 #9 #18
NIRF 2025 NIT Trichy SRMIST Chennai
NIRF Rank #9 #18
Score 64.30 58.63
TLR 55.9 62.3
RPC 50.9 61.0
GO 80.5 69.8
OI 75.4 56.3
PR 81.2 19.1

Year-wise rank

2019202020212022202320242025
NIT Trichy #7 NEW #8 1 #7 1 #5 2 #4 1 #8 4 #9 1
SRMIST Chennai · · · #11 NEW #14 3 #11 3 #18 7
Research2025 #33 #25
NIRF 2025 NIT Trichy SRMIST Chennai
NIRF Rank #33 #25
Score 51.40 55.41
TLR — —
RPC — —
GO — —
OI 66.4 68.9
PR 47.2 17.4

Year-wise rank

20212022202320242025
NIT Trichy #35 NEW #23 12 #22 1 #31 9 #33 2
SRMIST Chennai #46 NEW #36 10 #39 3 #24 15 #25 1
Agriculture2025 — #33
NIRF 2025 NIT Trichy SRMIST Chennai
NIRF Rank — #33
Score — 49.38
TLR — 58.5
RPC — 42.3
GO — 60.0
OI — 50.7
PR — 20.8

Year-wise rank

2025
NIT Trichy ·
SRMIST Chennai #33 NEW

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Leader — NIRF Overall 2025

SRMIST Chennai

SRMIST Chennai leads at #22 with a score of 62.87. NIT Trichy is #30. Fastest climber: SRMIST Chennai, up 33 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
59.31 59.3
70.31 70.3
RPC Research & Professional Practice
50.4 50.4
54.56 54.6
GO Graduation Outcomes
74.23 74.2
82.47 82.5
OI Outreach & Inclusivity
66.37 66.4
68.94 68.9
PR Perception
56.51 56.5
20.28 20.3
NIT Trichy SRMIST Chennai

Students also ask

Which selected college is ranked higher?

SRMIST Chennai leads at #22 with a score of 62.87. NIT Trichy is #30. Fastest climber: SRMIST Chennai, up 33 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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