Top Overall colleges in West Bengal: NIRF ranking 2021
Explore West Bengal Overall colleges ranked in the official NIRF 2021 list, including rank, score, city and private/government labels.
West Bengal Overall ranking list
Avg score 54.616 IIT Kharagpur 75.62 1
- 2017: rank 4
- 2018: rank 5
- 2019: rank 5
- 2020: rank 5
- 2021: rank 6
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 2 places from #4 in 2017 to #6 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
11 Calcutta University 61.45 0
- 2017: rank 27
- 2018: rank 21
- 2019: rank 12
- 2020: rank 11
- 2021: rank 11
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 16 places from #27 in 2017 to #11 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
14 Jadavpur University 58.93 2
- 2017: rank 12
- 2018: rank 13
- 2019: rank 13
- 2020: rank 12
- 2021: rank 14
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 2 places from #12 in 2017 to #14 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
35 IISER Kolkata 50.48 6
- 2017: rank 44
- 2018: rank 25
- 2019: rank 40
- 2020: rank 29
- 2021: rank 35
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 9 places from #44 in 2017 to #35 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
46 IIEST Shibpur 48.70 3
- 2017: rank 73
- 2018: rank 44
- 2019: rank 36
- 2020: rank 43
- 2021: rank 46
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 27 places from #73 in 2017 to #46 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
71 NIT Durgapur 45.36 25
- 2017: not ranked
- 2018: not ranked
- 2019: rank 93
- 2020: rank 96
- 2021: rank 71
Lower rank is better.
Improved by 22 places from #93 in 2019 to #71 in 2021.
Consistently ranked among India's top overall institutions.
97 Visva Bharati 41.74 28
- 2017: rank 31
- 2018: rank 48
- 2019: rank 59
- 2020: rank 69
- 2021: rank 97
Lower rank is better.
Moved down 66 places from #31 in 2017 to #97 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.
West Bengal ranking questions
Which is the top Overall college in West Bengal as per NIRF 2021?
IIT Kharagpur is the top West Bengal entry, ranked #6 with a score of 75.62.
Does this include private colleges?
Yes. Private and government labels appear when the institution is resolved in NIRFRank's curated registry.
How many West Bengal 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.