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

Q: How many ranked colleges are shown for Bengaluru?

5 colleges from Bengaluru appear in this NIRF 2025 list.

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

Indian Institute of Science leads the Bengaluru entries in 2025 at national rank 1 with a score of 85.05.

Bengaluru colleges featured across NIRF University 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 Government University colleges in Bengaluru

Indian Institute of Science 2025 · National rank 1 · Listed this year
Bangalore University 2025 · National rank 65 · Listed this year
University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore 2025 · National rank 95 · Listed this year
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 2017 · National rank 1 · Historical entry
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research 2017 · National rank 4 · Historical entry

Top Private University colleges in Bengaluru

Jain university,Bangalore 2025 · National rank 62 · Listed this year
Christ University 2025 · National rank 63 · Listed this year
PES University 2018 · National rank 99 · 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 University ranks, not positions within Bengaluru.

Bengaluru University ranking history

Explore Bengaluru institutions in the published NIRF University 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 University 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

5 Bengaluru institutions appear in the 2025 published University list. Indian Institute of Science is the highest-ranked Bengaluru entry at national rank 1 with a score of 85.05.

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Major changes from 2024 to 2025

Bangalore University recorded the largest rise, moving from national rank 81 to 65, an improvement of 16 places. University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore recorded the largest fall, moving from national rank 90 to 95. 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
65	Bangalore University	81	↑ 16 places
62	Jain university,Bangalore	65	↑ 3 places
95	University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore	90	↓ 5 places
63	Christ University	60	↓ 3 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 University rankings 2024

5 Bengaluru institutions appear in the 2024 published University list. Indian Institute of Science is the highest-ranked Bengaluru entry at national rank 1 with a score of 83.29.

2024 rank	Institution	2023 rank	Score
1	Indian Institute of Science	1	83.29
60	Christ University	67	49.87
65	Jain university,Bangalore	68	49.47
81	Bangalore University	—	47.45
90	University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore	—	46.47

Major changes from 2023 to 2024

Christ University recorded the largest rise, moving from national rank 67 to 60, an improvement of 7 places. 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
60	Christ University	67	↑ 7 places
65	Jain university,Bangalore	68	↑ 3 places

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

2024 rank	Institution	Score	Status
81	Bangalore University	47.45	Newly present
90	University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore	46.47	Newly present

Every Bengaluru entry in the earlier list remains present.

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Bengaluru NIRF University rankings 2023

3 Bengaluru institutions appear in the 2023 published University list. Indian Institute of Science is the highest-ranked Bengaluru entry at national rank 1 with a score of 83.16.

2023 rank	Institution	2022 rank	Score
1	Indian Institute of Science	1	83.16
67	Christ University	71	46.88
68	Jain university,Bangalore	—	46.85

Major changes from 2022 to 2023

Christ University recorded the largest rise, moving from national rank 71 to 67, an improvement of 4 places. 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	Christ University	71	↑ 4 places

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

2023 rank	Institution	Score	Status
68	Jain university,Bangalore	46.85	Newly present

Every Bengaluru entry in the earlier list remains present.

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Bengaluru NIRF University rankings 2022

2 Bengaluru institutions appear in the 2022 published University list. Indian Institute of Science is the highest-ranked Bengaluru entry at national rank 1 with a score of 83.57.

2022 rank	Institution	2021 rank	Score
1	Indian Institute of Science	1	83.57
71	Christ University	—	44.31

Major changes from 2021 to 2022

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

2022 rank	Institution	Score	Status
71	Christ University	44.31	Newly present

Every Bengaluru entry in the earlier list remains present.

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Bengaluru NIRF University rankings 2021

1 Bengaluru institution appear in the 2021 published University list. Indian Institute of Science is the highest-ranked Bengaluru entry at national rank 1 with a score of 82.67.

2021 rank	Institution	2020 rank	Score
1	Indian Institute of Science	1	82.67

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 — 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 University rankings 2020

1 Bengaluru institution appear in the 2020 published University list. Indian Institute of Science is the highest-ranked Bengaluru entry at national rank 1 with a score of 84.18.

2020 rank	Institution	2019 rank	Score
1	Indian Institute of Science	1	84.18

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 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 University rankings 2019

1 Bengaluru institution appear in the 2019 published University list. Indian Institute of Science is the highest-ranked Bengaluru entry at national rank 1 with a score of 82.28.

2019 rank	Institution	2018 rank	Score
1	Indian Institute of Science	1	82.28

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 — 0 newly listed and 1 no longer listed

No newly listed Bengaluru institutions in this comparison.

2018 rank	Institution	Status
99	PES University	Not present in 2019

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Bengaluru NIRF University rankings 2018

2 Bengaluru institutions appear in the 2018 published University list. Indian Institute of Science is the highest-ranked Bengaluru entry at national rank 1 with a score of 82.16.

2018 rank	Institution	2017 rank	Score
1	Indian Institute of Science	—	82.16
99	PES University	94	37.51

Major changes from 2017 to 2018

PES University recorded the largest fall, moving from national rank 94 to 99. The table shows up to three biggest rises and three biggest falls. Equal movements are ordered by current rank.

2018 rank	Institution	2017 rank	Change
99	PES University	94	↓ 5 places

Changes to the published list — 1 newly listed and 2 no longer listed

2018 rank	Institution	Score	Status
1	Indian Institute of Science	82.16	Newly present

2017 rank	Institution	Status
1	Indian Institute of Science Bangalore	Not present in 2018
4	Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research	Not present in 2018

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Bengaluru NIRF University rankings 2017

3 Bengaluru institutions appear in the 2017 published University list. Indian Institute of Science Bangalore is the highest-ranked Bengaluru entry at national rank 1 with a score of 83.28.

2017 rank	Institution	2016 rank	Score
1	Indian Institute of Science Bangalore	—	83.28
4	Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research	—	58.25
94	PES University	—	33.94

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 — 3 newly listed and 0 no longer listed

2017 rank	Institution	Score	Status
1	Indian Institute of Science Bangalore	83.28	Newly present
4	Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research	58.25	Newly present
94	PES University	33.94	Newly present

Every Bengaluru entry in the earlier list remains present.

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Bengaluru NIRF University rankings 2016

0 Bengaluru institutions appear in the 2016 published University list.

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

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

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1 Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru, Karnataka Govt 85.05 0

NIRF Rank Trend (University)

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Held the #1 position for five consecutive years.

Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.

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62 Jain university Bengaluru, Karnataka Private 50.95 3

NIRF Rank Trend (University)

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Improved by 37 places from #99 in 2021 to #62 in 2025.

Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.

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63 Christ University Bengaluru, Karnataka Private 50.92 3

NIRF Rank Trend (University)

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Improved by 8 places from #71 in 2022 to #63 in 2025.

Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.

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65 Bangalore University Bengaluru, Karnataka Govt 50.72 16

NIRF Rank Trend (University)

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Improved by 4 places from #69 in 2021 to #65 in 2025.

Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.

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95 University of Agricultural Sciences Bengaluru Bengaluru, Karnataka Govt 47.95 5

NIRF Rank Trend (University)

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Moved down 5 places from #90 in 2023 to #95 in 2025.

Consistently ranked among India's top university 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 University college in Bengaluru as per NIRF 2025?

Indian Institute of Science leads the city list at rank #1.

How many ranked colleges are shown for Bengaluru?

5 colleges from Bengaluru appear in the official 2025 list.

Can I compare these colleges?

Yes. Open any expanded row and use the comparison action to review ranks, scores and historical performance.

How is the city filter created?

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