Top Overall colleges in Punjab: NIRF ranking 2023
Explore Punjab Overall colleges ranked in the official NIRF 2023 list, including rank, score, city and private/government labels.
Punjab Overall ranking list
Avg score 51.9133 IIT Ropar 56.16 2
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 39
- 2021: rank 31
- 2022: rank 35
- 2023: rank 33
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 6 places from #39 in 2020 to #33 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
40 Thapar Patiala 55.17 17
- 2019: rank 45
- 2020: rank 51
- 2021: rank 45
- 2022: rank 57
- 2023: rank 40
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 5 places from #45 in 2019 to #40 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
45 Chandigarh University 53.29 3
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: rank 77
- 2022: rank 48
- 2023: rank 45
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 32 places from #77 in 2021 to #45 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
46 LPU 53.22 12
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: rank 99
- 2021: rank 81
- 2022: rank 58
- 2023: rank 46
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 53 places from #99 in 2020 to #46 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
51 IISER Mohali 51.86 4
- 2019: rank 66
- 2020: rank 59
- 2021: rank 40
- 2022: rank 47
- 2023: rank 51
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 15 places from #66 in 2019 to #51 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
72 NIT Jalandhar 49.04 13
- 2019: not ranked
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: rank 78
- 2022: rank 85
- 2023: rank 72
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 6 places from #78 in 2021 to #72 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
74 Punjab Agricultural University 48.97 1
- 2019: rank 75
- 2020: not ranked
- 2021: not ranked
- 2022: not ranked
- 2023: rank 74
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 1 places from #75 in 2019 to #74 in 2023.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
87 Guru Nanak Dev University 47.55 7
- 2019: rank 81
- 2020: rank 88
- 2021: rank 85
- 2022: rank 80
- 2023: rank 87
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 6 places from #81 in 2019 to #87 in 2023.
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 2023?
IIT Ropar is the top Punjab entry, ranked #33 with a score of 56.16.
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 2023 list?
8 ranked colleges are shown across 7 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.