Does this include private University colleges in Maharashtra?

Yes. When a ranked institution is part of the curated NIRFRank registry, the page marks whether it is private or government.

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

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

Homi Bhabha National Institute leads the Maharashtra entries in 2025 at national rank 12 with a score of 65.08.

Maharashtra colleges featured across NIRF University editions

These institutions appeared in the available Maharashtra 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 Maharashtra

Homi Bhabha National Institute 2025 · National rank 12 · Listed this year
Institute of Chemical Technology 2025 · National rank 40 · Listed this year
Mumbai University 2025 · National rank 54 · Listed this year
Savitribai Phule Pune University 2025 · National rank 56 · Listed this year
Tata Institute of Social Sciences 2025 · National rank 72 · Listed this year
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University 2022 · National rank 83 · Historical entry
Shivaji University 2016 · National rank 28 · Historical entry

Top Private University colleges in Maharashtra

Symbiosis International University 2025 · National rank 24 · Listed this year
Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth 2025 · National rank 41 · Listed this year
Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research 2025 · National rank 49 · Listed this year
SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies 2025 · National rank 52 · Listed this year
Bharati Vidyapeeth 2025 · National rank 59 · Listed this year
Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Mumbai 2025 · National rank 91 · Listed this year
Krishna Vishwa Vidyapeeth 2022 · National rank 73 · Historical entry
Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences 2020 · National rank 90 · Historical entry
D. Y. Patil Educational Society 2018 · National rank 97 · Historical entry
Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth Pune 2017 · National rank 47 · Historical entry

Ownership not confirmed

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies -Mumbai 2017 · National rank 98 · Historical entry
Instituteof Armamrnt Technology 2016 · National rank 38 · Historical entry
North Maharashtra University 2016 · National rank 59 · Historical entry

This page covers published NIRF entries, not every good institution in Maharashtra 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 Maharashtra.

Maharashtra University ranking history

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

Comparisons use the preceding available University edition and the state recorded in each year's list. Newly listed means absent from the previous Maharashtra 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

11 Maharashtra institutions appear in the 2025 published University list. Homi Bhabha National Institute is the highest-ranked Maharashtra entry at national rank 12 with a score of 65.08.

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Major changes from 2024 to 2025

Bharati Vidyapeeth recorded the largest rise, moving from national rank 78 to 59, an improvement of 19 places. Savitribai Phule Pune University recorded the largest fall, moving from national rank 23 to 56. 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
59	Bharati Vidyapeeth	78	↑ 19 places
24	Symbiosis International University	31	↑ 7 places
54	Mumbai University	61	↑ 7 places
56	Savitribai Phule Pune University	23	↓ 33 places
72	Tata Institute of Social Sciences	58	↓ 14 places
49	Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research	42	↓ 7 places

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

2025 rank	Institution	Score	Status
91	Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Mumbai	48.41	Newly present

Every Maharashtra entry in the earlier list remains present.

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Maharashtra NIRF University rankings 2024

10 Maharashtra institutions appear in the 2024 published University list. Homi Bhabha National Institute is the highest-ranked Maharashtra entry at national rank 16 with a score of 62.31.

2024 rank	Institution	2023 rank	Score
16	Homi Bhabha National Institute	17	62.31
23	Savitribai Phule Pune University	19	57.96
31	Symbiosis International University	32	56.41
35	Institute of Chemical Technology	23	55.67
42	Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research	39	54.71
44	Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth	46	54.59
49	SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies	47	52.43
58	Tata Institute of Social Sciences	98	50.20
61	Mumbai University	56	49.86
78	Bharati Vidyapeeth	91	47.94

Major changes from 2023 to 2024

Tata Institute of Social Sciences recorded the largest rise, moving from national rank 98 to 58, an improvement of 40 places. Institute of Chemical Technology recorded the largest fall, moving from national rank 23 to 35. 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
58	Tata Institute of Social Sciences	98	↑ 40 places
78	Bharati Vidyapeeth	91	↑ 13 places
44	Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth	46	↑ 2 places
35	Institute of Chemical Technology	23	↓ 12 places
61	Mumbai University	56	↓ 5 places
23	Savitribai Phule Pune University	19	↓ 4 places

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

No newly listed Maharashtra institutions in this comparison.

Every Maharashtra entry in the earlier list remains present.

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Maharashtra NIRF University rankings 2023

10 Maharashtra institutions appear in the 2023 published University list. Homi Bhabha National Institute is the highest-ranked Maharashtra entry at national rank 17 with a score of 59.31.

2023 rank	Institution	2022 rank	Score
17	Homi Bhabha National Institute	17	59.31
19	Savitribai Phule Pune University	12	58.31
23	Institute of Chemical Technology	14	57.06
32	Symbiosis International University	32	53.13
39	Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research	54	51.92
46	Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth	41	50.62
47	SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies	51	50.31
56	Mumbai University	45	48.63
91	Bharati Vidyapeeth	76	43.63
98	Tata Institute of Social Sciences	60	43.03

Major changes from 2022 to 2023

Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research recorded the largest rise, moving from national rank 54 to 39, an improvement of 15 places. Tata Institute of Social Sciences recorded the largest fall, moving from national rank 60 to 98. 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
39	Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research	54	↑ 15 places
47	SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies	51	↑ 4 places
98	Tata Institute of Social Sciences	60	↓ 38 places
91	Bharati Vidyapeeth	76	↓ 15 places
56	Mumbai University	45	↓ 11 places

Changes to the published list — 0 newly listed and 3 no longer listed

No newly listed Maharashtra institutions in this comparison.

2022 rank	Institution	Status
73	Krishna Vishwa Vidyapeeth	Not present in 2023
81	Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Mumbai	Not present in 2023
83	Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University	Not present in 2023

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Maharashtra NIRF University rankings 2022

13 Maharashtra institutions appear in the 2022 published University list. Savitribai Phule Pune University is the highest-ranked Maharashtra entry at national rank 12 with a score of 59.48.

2022 rank	Institution	2021 rank	Score
12	Savitribai Phule Pune University	11	59.48
14	Institute of Chemical Technology	15	58.61
17	Homi Bhabha National Institute	18	57.09
32	Symbiosis International University	38	51.45
41	Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth	49	49.43
45	Mumbai University	71	48.93
51	SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies	55	48.46
54	Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research	61	48.18
60	Tata Institute of Social Sciences	37	47.16
73	Krishna Vishwa Vidyapeeth	—	44.14
76	Bharati Vidyapeeth	68	43.54
81	Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Mumbai	72	42.64
83	Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University	76	42.59

Major changes from 2021 to 2022

Mumbai University recorded the largest rise, moving from national rank 71 to 45, an improvement of 26 places. Tata Institute of Social Sciences recorded the largest fall, moving from national rank 37 to 60. 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
45	Mumbai University	71	↑ 26 places
41	Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth	49	↑ 8 places
54	Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research	61	↑ 7 places
60	Tata Institute of Social Sciences	37	↓ 23 places
81	Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Mumbai	72	↓ 9 places
76	Bharati Vidyapeeth	68	↓ 8 places

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

2022 rank	Institution	Score	Status
73	Krishna Vishwa Vidyapeeth	44.14	Newly present

Every Maharashtra entry in the earlier list remains present.

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Maharashtra NIRF University rankings 2021

12 Maharashtra institutions appear in the 2021 published University list. Savitribai Phule Pune University is the highest-ranked Maharashtra entry at national rank 11 with a score of 58.34.

2021 rank	Institution	2020 rank	Score
11	Savitribai Phule Pune University	9	58.34
15	Institute of Chemical Technology	18	56.10
18	Homi Bhabha National Institute	14	53.24
37	Tata Institute of Social Sciences	34	48.37
38	Symbiosis International University	43	48.22
49	Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth	46	46.74
55	SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies	57	45.44
61	Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research	61	44.05
68	Bharati Vidyapeeth	63	42.10
71	Mumbai University	65	41.56
72	Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Mumbai	77	41.47
76	Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University	69	41.14

Major changes from 2020 to 2021

Symbiosis International University recorded the largest rise, moving from national rank 43 to 38, an improvement of 5 places. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University recorded the largest fall, moving from national rank 69 to 76. The table shows up to three biggest rises and three biggest falls. Equal movements are ordered by current rank.

2021 rank	Institution	2020 rank	Change
38	Symbiosis International University	43	↑ 5 places
72	Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Mumbai	77	↑ 5 places
15	Institute of Chemical Technology	18	↑ 3 places
76	Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University	69	↓ 7 places
71	Mumbai University	65	↓ 6 places
68	Bharati Vidyapeeth	63	↓ 5 places

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

No newly listed Maharashtra institutions in this comparison.

2020 rank	Institution	Status
90	Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences	Not present in 2021

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Maharashtra NIRF University rankings 2020

13 Maharashtra institutions appear in the 2020 published University list. Savitribai Phule Pune University is the highest-ranked Maharashtra entry at national rank 9 with a score of 61.13.

2020 rank	Institution	2019 rank	Score
9	Savitribai Phule Pune University	10	61.13
14	Homi Bhabha National Institute	17	56.04
18	Institute of Chemical Technology	15	54.10
34	Tata Institute of Social Sciences	35	50.10
43	Symbiosis International University	56	48.35
46	Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth	46	47.92
57	SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies	57	46.01
61	Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research	—	45.24
63	Bharati Vidyapeeth	62	44.84
65	Mumbai University	81	44.00
69	Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University	85	43.12
77	Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Mumbai	88	41.74
90	Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences	—	40.87

Major changes from 2019 to 2020

Mumbai University recorded the largest rise, moving from national rank 81 to 65, an improvement of 16 places. Institute of Chemical Technology recorded the largest fall, moving from national rank 15 to 18. The table shows up to three biggest rises and three biggest falls. Equal movements are ordered by current rank.

2020 rank	Institution	2019 rank	Change
65	Mumbai University	81	↑ 16 places
69	Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University	85	↑ 16 places
43	Symbiosis International University	56	↑ 13 places
18	Institute of Chemical Technology	15	↓ 3 places
63	Bharati Vidyapeeth	62	↓ 1 place

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

2020 rank	Institution	Score	Status
61	Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research	45.24	Newly present
90	Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences	40.87	Newly present

Every Maharashtra entry in the earlier list remains present.

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Maharashtra NIRF University rankings 2019

11 Maharashtra institutions appear in the 2019 published University list. Savitribai Phule Pune University is the highest-ranked Maharashtra entry at national rank 10 with a score of 58.40.

2019 rank	Institution	2018 rank	Score
10	Savitribai Phule Pune University	9	58.40
15	Institute of Chemical Technology	19	52.62
17	Homi Bhabha National Institute	26	51.95
35	Tata Institute of Social Sciences	32	46.82
46	Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth	52	45.11
56	Symbiosis International University	44	43.65
57	SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies	55	43.63
62	Bharati Vidyapeeth	66	42.89
81	Mumbai University	—	40.03
85	Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University	—	39.33
88	Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Mumbai	—	39.18

Major changes from 2018 to 2019

Homi Bhabha National Institute recorded the largest rise, moving from national rank 26 to 17, an improvement of 9 places. Symbiosis International University recorded the largest fall, moving from national rank 44 to 56. The table shows up to three biggest rises and three biggest falls. Equal movements are ordered by current rank.

2019 rank	Institution	2018 rank	Change
17	Homi Bhabha National Institute	26	↑ 9 places
46	Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth	52	↑ 6 places
15	Institute of Chemical Technology	19	↑ 4 places
56	Symbiosis International University	44	↓ 12 places
35	Tata Institute of Social Sciences	32	↓ 3 places
57	SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies	55	↓ 2 places

Changes to the published list — 3 newly listed and 1 no longer listed

2019 rank	Institution	Score	Status
81	Mumbai University	40.03	Newly present
85	Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University	39.33	Newly present
88	Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Mumbai	39.18	Newly present

2018 rank	Institution	Status
97	D. Y. Patil Educational Society	Not present in 2019

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Maharashtra NIRF University rankings 2018

9 Maharashtra institutions appear in the 2018 published University list. Savitribai Phule Pune University is the highest-ranked Maharashtra entry at national rank 9 with a score of 58.24.

2018 rank	Institution	2017 rank	Score
9	Savitribai Phule Pune University	10	58.24
19	Institute of Chemical Technology	25	51.39
26	Homi Bhabha National Institute	21	48.98
32	Tata Institute of Social Sciences	31	47.46
44	Symbiosis International University	61	44.62
52	Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth	—	43.15
55	SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies	—	42.80
66	Bharati Vidyapeeth	54	41.71
97	D. Y. Patil Educational Society	—	37.61

Major changes from 2017 to 2018

Symbiosis International University recorded the largest rise, moving from national rank 61 to 44, an improvement of 17 places. Bharati Vidyapeeth recorded the largest fall, moving from national rank 54 to 66. 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
44	Symbiosis International University	61	↑ 17 places
19	Institute of Chemical Technology	25	↑ 6 places
9	Savitribai Phule Pune University	10	↑ 1 place
66	Bharati Vidyapeeth	54	↓ 12 places
26	Homi Bhabha National Institute	21	↓ 5 places
32	Tata Institute of Social Sciences	31	↓ 1 place

Changes to the published list — 3 newly listed and 2 no longer listed

2018 rank	Institution	Score	Status
52	Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth	43.15	Newly present
55	SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies	42.80	Newly present
97	D. Y. Patil Educational Society	37.61	Newly present

2017 rank	Institution	Status
47	Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth Pune	Not present in 2018
98	Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies -Mumbai	Not present in 2018

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Maharashtra NIRF University rankings 2017

8 Maharashtra institutions appear in the 2017 published University list. Savitribai Phule Pune University is the highest-ranked Maharashtra entry at national rank 10 with a score of 52.81.

2017 rank	Institution	2016 rank	Score
10	Savitribai Phule Pune University	—	52.81
21	Homi Bhabha National Institute	17	46.45
25	Institute of Chemical Technology	2	44.95
31	Tata Institute of Social Sciences	—	43.71
47	Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth Pune	—	40.59
54	Bharati Vidyapeeth	—	38.73
61	Symbiosis International University	—	37.67
98	Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies -Mumbai	72	33.60

Major changes from 2016 to 2017

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies -Mumbai recorded the largest fall, moving from national rank 72 to 98. The table shows up to three biggest rises and three biggest falls. Equal movements are ordered by current rank.

2017 rank	Institution	2016 rank	Change
98	Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies -Mumbai	72	↓ 26 places
25	Institute of Chemical Technology	2	↓ 23 places
21	Homi Bhabha National Institute	17	↓ 4 places

Changes to the published list — 5 newly listed and 4 no longer listed

2017 rank	Institution	Score	Status
10	Savitribai Phule Pune University	52.81	Newly present
31	Tata Institute of Social Sciences	43.71	Newly present
47	Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth Pune	40.59	Newly present
54	Bharati Vidyapeeth	38.73	Newly present
61	Symbiosis International University	37.67	Newly present

2016 rank	Institution	Status
28	Shivaji University	Not present in 2017
38	Instituteof Armamrnt Technology	Not present in 2017
59	North Maharashtra University	Not present in 2017
87	Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University	Not present in 2017

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Maharashtra NIRF University rankings 2016

7 Maharashtra institutions appear in the 2016 published University list. Institute of Chemical Technology is the highest-ranked Maharashtra entry at national rank 2 with a score of 87.58.

2016 rank	Institution	Previous rank	Score
2	Institute of Chemical Technology	—	87.58
17	Homi Bhabha National Institute	—	72.06
28	Shivaji University	—	66.53
38	Instituteof Armamrnt Technology	—	64.05
59	North Maharashtra University	—	57.28
72	Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies -Mumbai	—	54.04
87	Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University	—	50.07

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

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12 Homi Bhabha National Institute Mumbai, Maharashtra Govt 65.08 4

NIRF Rank Trend (University)

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Highlights

Improved by 6 places from #18 in 2021 to #12 in 2025.

Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.

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24 Symbiosis Pune Pune, Maharashtra Private 59.16 7

NIRF Rank Trend (University)

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Improved by 14 places from #38 in 2021 to #24 in 2025.

Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.

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40 Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai, Maharashtra Govt 55.13 5

NIRF Rank Trend (University)

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Moved down 25 places from #15 in 2021 to #40 in 2025.

Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.

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41 D. Y. Patil Pune Pune, Maharashtra Private 54.90 3

NIRF Rank Trend (University)

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Improved by 8 places from #49 in 2021 to #41 in 2025.

Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.

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49 DMIHER Wardha, Maharashtra Private 53.91 7

NIRF Rank Trend (University)

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Improved by 12 places from #61 in 2021 to #49 in 2025.

Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.

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52 NMIMS Mumbai, Maharashtra Private 52.54 3

NIRF Rank Trend (University)

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Improved by 3 places from #55 in 2021 to #52 in 2025.

Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.

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54 Mumbai University Mumbai, Maharashtra Govt 52.48 7

NIRF Rank Trend (University)

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Improved by 17 places from #71 in 2021 to #54 in 2025.

Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.

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56 Savitribai Phule Pune University Pune, Maharashtra Govt 52.33 33

NIRF Rank Trend (University)

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Moved down 45 places from #11 in 2021 to #56 in 2025.

Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.

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59 Bharati Vidyapeeth Pune, Maharashtra Private 51.37 19

NIRF Rank Trend (University)

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Improved by 9 places from #68 in 2021 to #59 in 2025.

Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.

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72 Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai, Maharashtra Govt 49.89 14

NIRF Rank Trend (University)

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Moved down 35 places from #37 in 2021 to #72 in 2025.

Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.

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91 Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth Mumbai, Maharashtra Private 48.41 10

NIRF Rank Trend (University)

Lower rank is better.

Highlights

Moved down 19 places from #72 in 2021 to #91 in 2025.

Consistently ranked among India's top university institutions.

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Maharashtra ranking questions

Which is the top University college in Maharashtra as per NIRF 2025?

Homi Bhabha National Institute is the top Maharashtra entry, ranked #12 with a score of 65.08.

Does this include private colleges?

Yes. Private and government labels appear when the institution is resolved in NIRFRank's curated registry.

How many Maharashtra colleges are in the NIRF 2025 list?

11 ranked colleges are shown across 3 cities in this state.

What does the rank trend inside each row show?

Open any row to see that college's NIRF University rank across the latest available editions.