Top Overall colleges in Punjab: NIRF ranking 2021
Explore Punjab Overall colleges ranked in the official NIRF 2021 list, including rank, score, city and private/government labels.
Punjab Overall ranking list
Avg score 46.8031 IIT Ropar 52.89 8
- 2017: rank 32
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 39
- 2021: rank 31
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 1 places from #32 in 2017 to #31 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
40 IISER Mohali 49.58 19
- 2017: rank 52
- 2018: rank 55
- 2019: rank 66
- 2020: rank 59
- 2021: rank 40
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 12 places from #52 in 2017 to #40 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
45 Thapar Patiala 48.83 6
- 2017: rank 75
- 2018: rank 50
- 2019: rank 45
- 2020: rank 51
- 2021: rank 45
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 30 places from #75 in 2017 to #45 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
77 Chandigarh University 44.62 NEW
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: rank 77
Lower rank is better.
Ranked #77 in both 2021 and 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
78 NIT Jalandhar 44.53 NEW
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: rank 78
Lower rank is better.
Ranked #78 in both 2021 and 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
81 LPU 43.95 18
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 99
- 2021: rank 81
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 18 places from #99 in 2020 to #81 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
85 Guru Nanak Dev University 43.21 3
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: rank 86
- 2019: rank 81
- 2020: rank 88
- 2021: rank 85
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 1 places from #86 in 2018 to #85 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
Data source: NIRF, Ministry of Education, Government of India. Ownership labels apply only to institutions classified in the NIRFRank database.
Punjab ranking questions
Which is the top Overall college in Punjab as per NIRF 2021?
IIT Ropar is the top Punjab entry, ranked #31 with a score of 52.89.
Does this include private colleges?
Yes. Private and government labels appear when the institution is resolved in NIRFRank's curated registry.
How many Punjab colleges are in the NIRF 2021 list?
7 ranked colleges are shown across 6 cities in this state.
What does the rank trend inside each row show?
Open any row to see that college's NIRF Overall rank across the latest available editions.