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Private universities, ranked on official NIRF data.

SASTRA NIRF #29 · 2025 PRIVATE Full profile
IIT Madras Not ranked · University 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 #40 #1
NIRF 2025 SASTRA IIT Madras
NIRF Rank #40 #1
Score 58.02 88.72
TLR 80.5 95.7
RPC 35.9 90.7
GO 73.7 82.3
OI 72.8 63.3
PR 10.8 100.0

Year-wise rank

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
SASTRA · · #33 NEW #38 5 #37 1 #38 1 #41 3 #34 7 #38 4 #40 2
IIT Madras #1 NEW #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0
Overall2025 #51 #1
NIRF 2025 SASTRA IIT Madras
NIRF Rank #51 #1
Score 55.32 87.31
TLR 71.8 90.6
RPC 36.5 88.0
GO 74.0 87.0
OI 71.8 63.3
PR 8.5 100.0

Year-wise rank

201720182019202020212022202320242025
SASTRA · #54 NEW #63 9 #48 15 #42 6 #49 7 #49 0 #47 2 #51 4
IIT Madras #2 NEW #2 0 #1 1 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0 #1 0
University2025 #29 —
NIRF 2025 SASTRA IIT Madras
NIRF Rank #29 —
Score 58.06 —
TLR 71.8 —
RPC 36.5 —
GO 74.0 —
OI 71.8 —
PR 35.9 —

Year-wise rank

20182019202020212022202320242025
SASTRA #36 NEW #40 4 #25 15 #22 3 #24 2 #26 2 #28 2 #29 1
IIT Madras · · · · · · · ·
Management2025 — #13
NIRF 2025 SASTRA IIT Madras
NIRF Rank — #13
Score — 66.50
TLR — 79.0
RPC — 52.5
GO — 76.5
OI — 65.5
PR — 52.1

Year-wise rank

2019202020212022202320242025
SASTRA · · · · · · ·
IIT Madras #15 NEW #14 1 #13 1 #10 3 #15 5 #16 1 #13 3
Law2025 #11 —
NIRF 2025 SASTRA IIT Madras
NIRF Rank #11 —
Score 65.29 —
TLR 82.0 —
RPC 30.0 —
GO 70.4 —
OI 62.7 —
PR 41.1 —

Year-wise rank

20212022202320242025
SASTRA #17 NEW #19 2 #15 4 #14 1 #11 3
IIT Madras · · · · ·
Research2025 — #2
NIRF 2025 SASTRA IIT Madras
NIRF Rank — #2
Score — 82.99
TLR — —
RPC — —
GO — —
OI — 63.3
PR — 89.7

Year-wise rank

20212022202320242025
SASTRA #50 NEW #44 6 · · ·
IIT Madras #2 NEW #2 0 #2 0 #2 0 #2 0

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Leader — NIRF University 2025

SASTRA

SASTRA leads at #29 with a score of 58.06. Fastest climber: SASTRA, up 7 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
71.76 71.8
RPC Research & Professional Practice
36.5 36.5
GO Graduation Outcomes
74.04 74.0
OI Outreach & Inclusivity
71.78 71.8
PR Perception
35.92 35.9
SASTRA IIT Madras not ranked

Students also ask

Which selected college is ranked higher?

SASTRA leads at #29 with a score of 58.06. Fastest climber: SASTRA, up 7 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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