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Private universities, ranked on official NIRF data.

SRMIST Chennai NIRF #11 · 2025 PRIVATE Full profile
LPU NIRF #31 · 2025 PRIVATE Full profile

Category scoreboard

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

Engineering2025 #14 #48
NIRF 2025 SRMIST Chennai LPU
NIRF Rank #14 #48
Score 65.83 55.99
TLR 78.7 63.0
RPC 68.9 52.9
GO 65.4 62.5
OI 67.1 66.9
PR 17.5 20.2

Year-wise rank

201720182019202020212022202320242025
SRMIST Chennai #35 NEW #46 11 #36 10 #41 5 #34 7 #24 10 #28 4 #13 15 #14 1
LPU · · #125 NEW #87 38 #66 21 #51 15 #50 1 #50 0 #48 2
Overall2025 #22 #49
NIRF 2025 SRMIST Chennai LPU
NIRF Rank #22 #49
Score 62.87 55.49
TLR 70.3 58.1
RPC 54.6 49.4
GO 82.5 69.3
OI 68.9 69.9
PR 20.3 23.9

Year-wise rank

201720182019202020212022202320242025
SRMIST Chennai #55 NEW #63 8 #52 11 #58 6 #53 5 #36 17 #32 4 #21 11 #22 1
LPU · · · #99 NEW #81 18 #58 23 #46 12 #45 1 #49 4
University2025 #11 #31
NIRF 2025 SRMIST Chennai LPU
NIRF Rank #11 #31
Score 65.26 57.77
TLR 70.3 58.1
RPC 54.6 49.4
GO 82.5 69.3
OI 68.9 69.9
PR 44.2 46.7

Year-wise rank

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
SRMIST Chennai #43 NEW #34 9 #41 7 #32 9 #35 3 #30 5 #19 11 #18 1 #12 6 #11 1
LPU · · · · #78 NEW #62 16 #47 15 #38 9 #27 11 #31 4
Management2025 #56 #44
NIRF 2025 SRMIST Chennai LPU
NIRF Rank #56 #44
Score 52.74 55.00
TLR 72.3 74.8
RPC 33.0 41.4
GO 74.9 53.3
OI 53.3 73.4
PR 8.6 21.4

Year-wise rank

20182019202020212022202320242025
SRMIST Chennai · #73 NEW · · · · · #56 17
LPU #38 NEW #52 14 #49 3 #37 12 #34 3 #32 2 #38 6 #44 6
Medical2025 #18 —
NIRF 2025 SRMIST Chennai LPU
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
SRMIST Chennai #22 NEW #22 0 #31 9 #20 11 #20 0 #20 0 #18 2 #18 0
LPU · · · · · · · ·
Pharmacy2025 #10 #13
NIRF 2025 SRMIST Chennai LPU
NIRF Rank #10 #13
Score 70.84 68.59
TLR 79.0 70.6
RPC 66.8 80.5
GO 82.8 54.9
OI 59.4 64.9
PR 46.2 57.9

Year-wise rank

201720182019202020212022202320242025
SRMIST Chennai #9 NEW #27 18 #14 13 #19 5 #15 4 #12 3 #15 3 #11 4 #10 1
LPU · #26 NEW #27 1 #29 2 #23 6 #19 4 #17 2 #16 1 #13 3
Law2025 #25 #26
NIRF 2025 SRMIST Chennai LPU
NIRF Rank #25 #26
Score 58.00 57.98
TLR 75.8 79.1
RPC 28.9 40.7
GO 56.6 43.9
OI 47.3 76.9
PR 44.5 15.7

Year-wise rank

20212022202320242025
SRMIST Chennai · · · · #25 NEW
LPU #24 NEW #13 11 #16 3 #19 3 #26 7
Architecture2025 #18 #24
NIRF 2025 SRMIST Chennai LPU
NIRF Rank #18 #24
Score 58.63 56.11
TLR 62.3 64.4
RPC 61.0 41.4
GO 69.8 65.3
OI 56.3 64.0
PR 19.1 26.1

Year-wise rank

20212022202320242025
SRMIST Chennai · #11 NEW #14 3 #11 3 #18 7
LPU #12 NEW #12 0 #16 4 #24 8 #24 0
Research2025 #25 #40
NIRF 2025 SRMIST Chennai LPU
NIRF Rank #25 #40
Score 55.41 48.72
TLR — —
RPC — —
GO — —
OI 68.9 69.9
PR 17.4 16.2

Year-wise rank

20212022202320242025
SRMIST Chennai #46 NEW #36 10 #39 3 #24 15 #25 1
LPU · · #42 NEW #44 2 #40 4
Agriculture2025 #33 #17
NIRF 2025 SRMIST Chennai LPU
NIRF Rank #33 #17
Score 49.38 57.61
TLR 58.5 59.3
RPC 42.3 69.7
GO 60.0 51.3
OI 50.7 68.4
PR 20.8 18.4

Year-wise rank

202320242025
SRMIST Chennai · · #33 NEW
LPU #27 NEW #22 5 #17 5

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Leader — NIRF University 2025

SRMIST Chennai

SRMIST Chennai leads at #11 with a score of 65.26. LPU is #31. Fastest climber: LPU, up 47 places since 2020.

Ranking trend — who’s climbing?

NIRF rank by year; lower is better.

NIRF parameter summary

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TLR Teaching, Learning & Resources
70.31 70.3
58.1 58.1
RPC Research & Professional Practice
54.56 54.6
49.4 49.4
GO Graduation Outcomes
82.47 82.5
69.31 69.3
OI Outreach & Inclusivity
68.94 68.9
69.89 69.9
PR Perception
44.19 44.2
46.72 46.7
SRMIST Chennai LPU

Students also ask

Which selected college is ranked higher?

SRMIST Chennai leads at #11 with a score of 65.26. LPU is #31. Fastest climber: LPU, up 47 places since 2020.

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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