IIT Delhi Ranking 2025: NIRF, QS, India Today, The WEEK, US News

IIT Delhi ranks amongst the top five IITs in India. IITD has ranked 2 under 'Engineering' and 4 under 'Overall' and 'Management' categories by the NIRF 2023. In the QS World University Rankings 2025, the institute has secured #150 position. Being one of the elite Engineering institutes of India, IIT Delhi has been ranked by multiple organisations under various categories such as MBA, Engineering, Research, etc. It has also ranked 4 by the NIRF 2023 under its new category 'Research Institutions'. Internationally, IIT Delhi ranked 197 by the QS World Ranking 2024 and 46 by the QS Asia Rankings 2023. It has ranked in the top 3 Engineering colleges for the last consecutive 5 years.

The cut off rank in Round 6 for BTech in Computer Science and Engineering is 118 which is very close to this range. This was for general category under All India quota. Unless the candidate belongs to some other category, one can not afford to score less than this. With this rank, there is a probability of getting admission however since, the cut offs keep changing from round to round, better ranks definitely increases your chances of getting admission in IIT Delhi - Indian Institute of Technology.

IIT Delhi MSc cutoff 2024 has been released for Round 1, wherein, JAM in Economics is the most competitive specialsiation with a closing rank of 9 for the General AII India category students. The least competitive course is M.Sc.in Biological Sciences with a cutoff rank of 488. So, candidates seeking admission to any of the MSc course must secure a rank upto 488 to be eligible for IIT Delhi 

IIT Delhi admissio to the MSc course is based on IIT JAM scores, followed by IIT JAM counselling process. Only candidates in the JAM 2024 Merit List based on JAM 2024 scorecard will be eligible to apply for admission.  

Yes, you can get into IIT Delhi with 500 rank. As per the IIT Delhi Cutoff 2024, the last round closing ranks ranged between 116 and 6102 for the General AI category students. There are a few courses available at 500 rank including BTech in CSE and BTech in Mathematics and Computer Engineering. 

The table provided below mentions the courses available at rank 500, for the General All India category candidates:

IIT Delhi is listed as the 197th best university in the world as per the QS World University Rankings 2024. The institute is ranked 46th in the Asia University Rankings and 151-200 in the Engineering and Technology (Engineering) category. The QS World University Rankings are based on several variables, such as academic standing, employer standing, faculty-to-student ratio, number of citations per faculty, and proportion of foreign students. IIT Delhi was also ranked 717 by the US News Rankings 2022.

There can be a few possible reasons for IIT Delhi's ranking decline in the recent years of QS World Rankings. One possibility is that the institute has not been able to keep pace with the rising standards of other top universities around the world. Another possibility is that the institute has not been able to attract as many top-quality faculty and students as it did in the past.
Despite the ranking decline, IIT Delhi remains one of the top engineering and technology institutes in India. The institute offers a wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programs in engineering, science, and technology. IIT Delhi also has a strong research reputation, and its faculty members have produced many notable research publications.

As per IIT Delhi cut off 2023 for JAM 2023 Fourth Admission List, the opening and closing ranks for MSc Economics are 1 and 11, respectively. Also, for MSc Physics, the opening and closing ranks stood at 3 and 183, respectively. Tabulated below are IIT JAM 2023 Opening Ranks (ORs) and Closing Ranks (CRs) for various MSc specialisations offered by IIT Delhi: 

To get into IIT Delhi for MSc admission, IIT JAM scores (ranks) are considered. The IIT Delhi JAM Cutoff 2024 was concluded for MSc courses for different categories under the AI category. For the General AI category candidates, the closing ranks for MSc courses ranged between 32 and 541. Candidates can check the IIT Delhi MSc cutoff 2024 in the table below: