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Private universities, ranked on official NIRF data.

SOA Bhubaneswar NIRF #22 · 2025 PRIVATE Full profile
KIIT Bhubaneswar NIRF #36 · 2025 PRIVATE Full profile

Category scoreboard

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

Engineering2025 #22 #36
NIRF 2025 SOA Bhubaneswar KIIT Bhubaneswar
NIRF Rank #22 #36
Score 62.58 58.79
TLR 85.3 78.6
RPC 43.8 47.8
GO 70.5 60.3
OI 73.3 77.3
PR 24.0 10.8

Year-wise rank

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
SOA Bhubaneswar · · · #32 NEW #34 2 #32 2 #27 5 #27 0 #26 1 #22 4
KIIT Bhubaneswar #32 NEW #47 15 #51 4 #48 3 #42 6 #39 3 #42 3 #39 3 #37 2 #36 1
Overall2025 #25 #27
NIRF 2025 SOA Bhubaneswar KIIT Bhubaneswar
NIRF Rank #25 #27
Score 61.01 60.13
TLR 75.5 74.0
RPC 42.5 44.0
GO 77.2 80.5
OI 73.0 77.7
PR 28.9 8.5

Year-wise rank

201720182019202020212022202320242025
SOA Bhubaneswar #33 NEW #38 5 #41 3 #38 3 #37 1 #30 7 #26 4 #24 2 #25 1
KIIT Bhubaneswar #79 NEW #65 14 #50 15 #44 6 #39 5 #34 5 #29 5 #28 1 #27 1
University2025 #15 #17
NIRF 2025 SOA Bhubaneswar KIIT Bhubaneswar
NIRF Rank #15 #17
Score 63.14 62.87
TLR 75.5 74.0
RPC 42.5 44.0
GO 77.2 80.5
OI 73.0 77.7
PR 50.2 35.9

Year-wise rank

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
SOA Bhubaneswar · #20 NEW #24 4 #24 0 #20 4 #20 0 #16 4 #15 1 #14 1 #15 1
KIIT Bhubaneswar #53 NEW #49 4 #42 7 #31 11 #24 7 #21 3 #20 1 #16 4 #15 1 #17 2
Management2025 #66 #68
NIRF 2025 SOA Bhubaneswar KIIT Bhubaneswar
NIRF Rank #66 #68
Score 50.88 50.68
TLR 74.5 75.3
RPC 17.2 25.9
GO 72.1 59.5
OI 75.5 77.8
PR 13.9 6.5

Year-wise rank

201720182019202020212022202320242025
SOA Bhubaneswar · · · · · · #57 NEW #62 5 #66 4
KIIT Bhubaneswar #22 NEW #30 8 #30 0 #32 2 #31 1 #48 17 #59 11 #67 8 #68 1
Medical2025 #15 #24
NIRF 2025 SOA Bhubaneswar KIIT Bhubaneswar
NIRF Rank #15 #24
Score 63.73 61.00
TLR 79.5 78.3
RPC 44.0 46.8
GO 83.4 71.8
OI 72.2 72.0
PR 27.9 19.3

Year-wise rank

20182019202020212022202320242025
SOA Bhubaneswar #19 NEW #21 2 #23 2 #21 2 #18 3 #16 2 #21 5 #15 6
KIIT Bhubaneswar #20 NEW #30 10 #32 2 #36 4 #30 6 #26 4 #25 1 #24 1
Law2025 #10 #14
NIRF 2025 SOA Bhubaneswar KIIT Bhubaneswar
NIRF Rank #10 #14
Score 65.36 65.04
TLR 73.3 86.2
RPC 37.6 35.8
GO 67.8 60.5
OI 74.0 75.4
PR 60.7 25.4

Year-wise rank

2019202020212022202320242025
SOA Bhubaneswar · · · #9 NEW #8 1 #9 1 #10 1
KIIT Bhubaneswar #12 NEW #12 0 #10 2 #11 1 #12 1 #11 1 #14 3
Dental2025 #9 #26
NIRF 2025 SOA Bhubaneswar KIIT Bhubaneswar
NIRF Rank #9 #26
Score 63.12 56.34
TLR 86.4 82.8
RPC 24.0 16.4
GO 88.7 82.0
OI 67.5 66.7
PR 55.4 35.2

Year-wise rank

202020212022202320242025
SOA Bhubaneswar #12 NEW #14 2 #10 4 #9 1 #9 0 #9 0
KIIT Bhubaneswar #17 NEW #17 0 #26 9 #20 6 #22 2 #26 4
Research2025 #49 #43
NIRF 2025 SOA Bhubaneswar KIIT Bhubaneswar
NIRF Rank #49 #43
Score 45.12 46.73
TLR — —
RPC — —
GO — —
OI 73.0 77.7
PR 20.1 9.0

Year-wise rank

2022202320242025
SOA Bhubaneswar #45 NEW #49 4 #50 1 #49 1
KIIT Bhubaneswar #47 NEW #44 3 #46 2 #43 3

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Leader — NIRF Engineering 2025

SOA Bhubaneswar

SOA Bhubaneswar leads at #22 with a score of 62.58. KIIT Bhubaneswar is #36. Fastest climber: SOA Bhubaneswar, up 10 places since 2019.

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
85.34 85.3
78.64 78.6
RPC Research & Professional Practice
43.83 43.8
47.76 47.8
GO Graduation Outcomes
70.48 70.5
60.32 60.3
OI Outreach & Inclusivity
73.26 73.3
77.29 77.3
PR Perception
24.03 24.0
10.76 10.8
SOA Bhubaneswar KIIT Bhubaneswar

Students also ask

Which selected college is ranked higher?

SOA Bhubaneswar leads at #22 with a score of 62.58. KIIT Bhubaneswar is #36. Fastest climber: SOA Bhubaneswar, up 10 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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