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Top Pharmacy Colleges in Bengaluru@elseTop Pharmacy colleges in Bengaluru: NIRF ranking 2025

Q: How many ranked colleges are shown for Bengaluru?

3 colleges from Bengaluru appear in this NIRF 2025 list.

3 Bengaluru institutions appear in the NIRF 2025 Pharmacy list, with national ranks, scores and cities. Use the list to explore college profiles and compare options.

M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences leads the Bengaluru entries in 2025 at national rank 56 with a score of 50.20.

Bengaluru colleges featured across NIRF Pharmacy editions

These institutions appeared in the available Bengaluru lists from 2016 to 2025. Ownership uses our current classification; each entry shows its latest listed year and national rank.

Top Private Pharmacy colleges in Bengaluru

M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences 2025 · National rank 56 · Listed this year
Acharya & B M Reddy College of Pharmacy 2025 · National rank 82 · Listed this year
Krupanidhi College of Pharmacy 2025 · National rank 91 · Listed this year
KLE College of Pharmacy 2022 · National rank 95 · Historical entry
Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy 2019 · National rank 75 · Historical entry

This page covers published NIRF entries, not every good institution in Bengaluru offering programmes in this category. An institution's absence does not mean it is a poor choice. Ranks are national Pharmacy ranks, not positions within Bengaluru.

Bengaluru Pharmacy ranking history

Explore Bengaluru institutions in the published NIRF Pharmacy lists by year. Every rank below is a national category rank, not a position within Bengaluru. A lower rank number is better.

Comparisons use the preceding available Pharmacy edition and the state and city recorded in each year's list. Newly listed means absent from the previous Bengaluru list, not necessarily a first NIRF appearance. Absence does not establish why an institution is missing, and movement alone does not explain changes in quality.

Highlights and changes in 2025

3 Bengaluru institutions appear in the 2025 published Pharmacy list. M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences is the highest-ranked Bengaluru entry at national rank 56 with a score of 50.20.

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Major changes from 2024 to 2025

M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences recorded the largest rise, moving from national rank 68 to 56, an improvement of 12 places. The table shows up to three biggest rises and three biggest falls. Equal movements are ordered by current rank.

2025 rank	Institution	2024 rank	Change
56	M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences	68	↑ 12 places
91	Krupanidhi College of Pharmacy	98	↑ 7 places
82	Acharya & B M Reddy College of Pharmacy	86	↑ 4 places

Changes to the published list — 0 newly listed and 0 no longer listed

No newly listed Bengaluru institutions in this comparison.

Every Bengaluru entry in the earlier list remains present.

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Bengaluru NIRF Pharmacy rankings 2024

3 Bengaluru institutions appear in the 2024 published Pharmacy list. M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences is the highest-ranked Bengaluru entry at national rank 68 with a score of 45.02.

2024 rank	Institution	2023 rank	Score
68	M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences	—	45.02
86	Acharya & B M Reddy College of Pharmacy	67	41.35
98	Krupanidhi College of Pharmacy	—	40.10

Major changes from 2023 to 2024

Acharya & B M Reddy College of Pharmacy recorded the largest fall, moving from national rank 67 to 86. The table shows up to three biggest rises and three biggest falls. Equal movements are ordered by current rank.

2024 rank	Institution	2023 rank	Change
86	Acharya & B M Reddy College of Pharmacy	67	↓ 19 places

Changes to the published list — 2 newly listed and 0 no longer listed

2024 rank	Institution	Score	Status
68	M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences	45.02	Newly present
98	Krupanidhi College of Pharmacy	40.10	Newly present

Every Bengaluru entry in the earlier list remains present.

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Bengaluru NIRF Pharmacy rankings 2023

1 Bengaluru institution appear in the 2023 published Pharmacy list. Acharya & B M Reddy College of Pharmacy is the highest-ranked Bengaluru entry at national rank 67 with a score of 44.17.

2023 rank	Institution	2022 rank	Score
67	Acharya & B M Reddy College of Pharmacy	57	44.17

Major changes from 2022 to 2023

Acharya & B M Reddy College of Pharmacy recorded the largest fall, moving from national rank 57 to 67. The table shows up to three biggest rises and three biggest falls. Equal movements are ordered by current rank.

2023 rank	Institution	2022 rank	Change
67	Acharya & B M Reddy College of Pharmacy	57	↓ 10 places

Changes to the published list — 0 newly listed and 2 no longer listed

No newly listed Bengaluru institutions in this comparison.

2022 rank	Institution	Status
95	KLE College of Pharmacy	Not present in 2023
98	Krupanidhi College of Pharmacy	Not present in 2023

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Bengaluru NIRF Pharmacy rankings 2022

3 Bengaluru institutions appear in the 2022 published Pharmacy list. Acharya & B M Reddy College of Pharmacy is the highest-ranked Bengaluru entry at national rank 57 with a score of 44.33.

2022 rank	Institution	2021 rank	Score
57	Acharya & B M Reddy College of Pharmacy	60	44.33
95	KLE College of Pharmacy	—	38.05
98	Krupanidhi College of Pharmacy	—	37.73

Major changes from 2021 to 2022

Acharya & B M Reddy College of Pharmacy recorded the largest rise, moving from national rank 60 to 57, an improvement of 3 places. The table shows up to three biggest rises and three biggest falls. Equal movements are ordered by current rank.

2022 rank	Institution	2021 rank	Change
57	Acharya & B M Reddy College of Pharmacy	60	↑ 3 places

Changes to the published list — 2 newly listed and 0 no longer listed

2022 rank	Institution	Score	Status
95	KLE College of Pharmacy	38.05	Newly present
98	Krupanidhi College of Pharmacy	37.73	Newly present

Every Bengaluru entry in the earlier list remains present.

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Bengaluru NIRF Pharmacy rankings 2021

1 Bengaluru institution appear in the 2021 published Pharmacy list. Acharya & B M Reddy College of Pharmacy is the highest-ranked Bengaluru entry at national rank 60 with a score of 41.66.

2021 rank	Institution	2020 rank	Score
60	Acharya & B M Reddy College of Pharmacy	—	41.66

Major changes from 2020 to 2021

No rank movements were found among institutions present in both Bengaluru lists.

No comparable rank movements in this edition.

Changes to the published list — 1 newly listed and 0 no longer listed

2021 rank	Institution	Score	Status
60	Acharya & B M Reddy College of Pharmacy	41.66	Newly present

Every Bengaluru entry in the earlier list remains present.

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Bengaluru NIRF Pharmacy rankings 2020

0 Bengaluru institutions appear in the 2020 published Pharmacy list.

No Bengaluru institutions appear in this edition's published list.

Major changes from 2019 to 2020

No rank movements were found among institutions present in both Bengaluru lists.

No comparable rank movements in this edition.

Changes to the published list — 0 newly listed and 2 no longer listed

No newly listed Bengaluru institutions in this comparison.

2019 rank	Institution	Status
71	Acharya & B M Reddy College of Pharmacy	Not present in 2020
75	Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy	Not present in 2020

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Bengaluru NIRF Pharmacy rankings 2019

2 Bengaluru institutions appear in the 2019 published Pharmacy list. Acharya & B M Reddy College of Pharmacy is the highest-ranked Bengaluru entry at national rank 71 with a score of 36.65.

2019 rank	Institution	2018 rank	Score
71	Acharya & B M Reddy College of Pharmacy	—	36.65
75	Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy	—	36.25

Major changes from 2018 to 2019

No rank movements were found among institutions present in both Bengaluru lists.

No comparable rank movements in this edition.

Changes to the published list — 2 newly listed and 0 no longer listed

2019 rank	Institution	Score	Status
71	Acharya & B M Reddy College of Pharmacy	36.65	Newly present
75	Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy	36.25	Newly present

Every Bengaluru entry in the earlier list remains present.

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Bengaluru NIRF Pharmacy rankings 2018

0 Bengaluru institutions appear in the 2018 published Pharmacy list.

No Bengaluru institutions appear in this edition's published list.

Major changes from 2017 to 2018

No rank movements were found among institutions present in both Bengaluru lists.

No comparable rank movements in this edition.

Changes to the published list — 0 newly listed and 0 no longer listed

No newly listed Bengaluru institutions in this comparison.

Every Bengaluru entry in the earlier list remains present.

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Bengaluru NIRF Pharmacy rankings 2017

0 Bengaluru institutions appear in the 2017 published Pharmacy list.

No Bengaluru institutions appear in this edition's published list.

Major changes from 2016 to 2017

No rank movements were found among institutions present in both Bengaluru lists.

No comparable rank movements in this edition.

Changes to the published list — 0 newly listed and 0 no longer listed

No newly listed Bengaluru institutions in this comparison.

Every Bengaluru entry in the earlier list remains present.

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Bengaluru NIRF Pharmacy rankings 2016

0 Bengaluru institutions appear in the 2016 published Pharmacy list.

No Bengaluru institutions appear in this edition's published list.

This is the earliest available Pharmacy edition; an earlier-year comparison is unavailable.

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56 M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences Bengaluru, Karnataka Private 50.20 12

NIRF Rank Trend (Pharmacy)

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Moved down 4 places from #52 in 2021 to #56 in 2025.

Consistently ranked among India's top pharmacy institutions.

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82 Acharya & B M Reddy College of Pharmacy Bengaluru, Karnataka Private 43.74 4

NIRF Rank Trend (Pharmacy)

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Moved down 22 places from #60 in 2021 to #82 in 2025.

Consistently ranked among India's top pharmacy institutions.

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91 Krupanidhi College of Pharmacy Bengaluru, Karnataka Private 42.63 7

NIRF Rank Trend (Pharmacy)

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Improved by 7 places from #98 in 2022 to #91 in 2025.

Consistently ranked among India's top pharmacy institutions.

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Data source: NIRF, Ministry of Education, Government of India. This page filters the official 2025 ranking by published city and state.

Bengaluru ranking questions

Which is the top Pharmacy college in Bengaluru as per NIRF 2025?

M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences leads the city list at rank #56.

How many ranked colleges are shown for Bengaluru?

3 colleges from Bengaluru appear in the official 2025 list.

Can I compare these colleges?

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How is the city filter created?

The page uses the city published for each institution in the selected NIRF ranking edition.