NIRF 2024 Rankings - Top 100 Universities in India, Ranks Parameters with Weightage

NIRF 2024 Rankings - Top 100 Universities in India, Ranks Parameters with Weightage

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Aayushi Madavi
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Updated on Aug 13, 2024 11:54 IST

NIRF 2024 Rankings have been announced on August 12, 2024. IISc, Bangalore has topped the universities list this year. Check the full list of the top universities in India. 

NIRF Rankings 2024 Top Universities in India

NIRF 2024 Universities List

The Ministry of Education, GOI under Union Education Minister, Mr Dharmendra Pradhan, released the NIRF 2024 Rankings on August 12, 2024. According to the list, the top three universities this year are Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc, Bangalore), Jawaharlal Nehru University, and Jamia Millia Islamia. Students can check the top universities in India as per NIRF Rankings 2024 on this page. This will be a guide to select the best institute for your higher education. Read on to check the parameters based on which the NIRF 2024 Rankings have been determined. 

Top 10 Universities based on NIRF Ranking 2024

India’s top universities based on the NIRF 2024 Ranking, and their scores are tabulated below.

University

State

Score 

Rank

Indian Institute of Sciences, Bengaluru

Karnataka 

83.29

1

JNU 

New Delhi 

69.80

2

JMI 

New Delhi 

68.11

3

Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal

Karnataka 

67.18

4

BHU, Varanasi 

U.P.

66.05

5

Delhi University 

New Delhi 

65.90

6

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore 

Tamil Nadu

65.73

7

AMU, Aligarh 

U.P.

65.57

8

Jadavpur University, Kolkata

West Bengal 

65.39

9

VIT, Vellore

Tamil Nadu

64.79

10

In addition to the top universities, the Ministry of Education also releases the NIRF Ranking for several other categories. This year 3 new categories - Open Universities, Skill Universities and State Public Universities have been added. You can find the links for these categories in the table below. 

Overall 

Colleges 

Research Institutions 

Pharmacy 

Management 

Engineering 

Medical 

Dental 

Law

Innovation 

Agriculture and Allied Sectors 

Architecture and Planning 

Open University

Skill University 

State Public University 

NIRF 2024 Ranking - Parameters and Their Weightage 

The ministry ranks universities and colleges based on 5 parameters. These parameters have some sub-parameters or criteria, each with their weightage. This weightage determines the score obtained by each institution. These 5 determining parameters are mentioned in the table below. 

Q:   Can I get admission to BTech in Computer Engineering course at Jamia Millia Islamia [JMI]? My rank is between 5000 and 10000.

A:

For last year, the closing rank for BTech in Computer Engineering was 7216 which is very close to this range. This was for the General category under the All India quota. Unless the candidate belongs to some other category or domicile, one cannot afford to score less than this. With this rank, there is a probability of getting admission however, the cut-offs keep changing year after year, it's advisable to try to score better ranks to increase your chances of getting admission to the BTech in Computer Engineering course offered at the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI).

Q:   Can I get admission to BTech course at Jamia Millia Islamia [JMI] if my rank is between 15000 and 20000?

A:

For last year, the closing rank for BTech in Electronics and Communication Engineering was 15851 which is very close to this range. This was for the General category under the All India quota. Unless the candidate belongs to some other category or domicile, one cannot afford to score less than this. With this rank, there is a probability of getting admission however, the cut-offs keep changing year on year, it's advisable to try to score better ranks to increase your chances of admission.

Q:   Can I get admission in Jamia Millia Islamia [JMI] in BDS if my rank is between 35000 and 40000?

A:

For last year, the closing rank for Discontinued (Jan 2023)- Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) was 35224 which is very close to this range. This was for general category under All India quota. Unless the candidate belongs to some other category or domicile, one cannot afford to score less than this. With this rank, there is a probability of getting admission however since, the cut offs keep changing year on year, it is advisable to try to score better ranks to increase your chances of getting admission in Jamia Millia Islamia [JMI].

NIRF Ranking Parameter

NIRF Ranking Criteria 

Marks Assigned 

Total Marks 

Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR)

Student Strength including doctoral students (SS)

20

100

Faculty-student ratio with emphasis on permanent faculty  (FSR)

30

Combined metric for faculty with PhD (or equivalent) and experience (FQE)

20

Total budget and its utilisation (CBTU)

30

Research and Professional Practice (RP)

Combined metric for publications (PU)

30

100

Combined metric for quality of publications (QP)

40

IPR and patents: Filed, published, granted and licensed (IPR)

15

Footprint of projects and professional practice and executive development programmes (FPPP)

15

Outreach and Inclusivity (OI)

Percentage of students from other states/ countries [Region Diversity (RD)]

30

100

Percentage of women (WF) + (WS) + (WA)

25

Economically and socially challenged students (ESCS)

25

Facilities for physically challenged students (PCS)

20

Graduation Outcome (GO)

Combined % for placement, higher studies, and entrepreneurship (GPHE)

40

100

Metric for university examinations (GUE)

15

Median Salary

20

Metric for graduating students admitted into top universities (GTOP)

15

Metric for number of PhD students graduated (GPHD)

10

Perception (PR)

Peer Perception: Employers and research investors (PREMP)

25

100

Peer perception: Academics (PRACD)

25

Public perception (PRPUB)

25

Competitiveness (PRCMP)

25

Top 100 universities based on NIRF rankings 2024

Given below is the list of the top 100 universities as per NIRF 2024 rankings. You can also check their ranks in the past few years. 

University 

NIRF 2024 Ranking

NIRF 2023 Ranking

NIRF 2022 Ranking

NIRF 2021 Ranking

Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore

1

1

1

1

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi

2

2

2

2

Jamia Milia Islamia

3

3

3

6

Jadavpur University, Kolkata

9

4

8

Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi

5

5

6

3

Manipal Academy of Higher Education-Manipal

4

6

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore

7

7

5

Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore

10

8

9

13 

Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

8

9

11

10 

University of Hyderabad (UoH), Hyderabad

17

10

10 

9

University of Delhi

6

11

13 

12

Calcutta University

18

12

8

4

Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences

11

13

26 

29

Anna University

13

14

21 

16

Siksha`O`Anusandhan University

14

15

16

20

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology

15

16

20 

21

Homi Bhabha National Institute

16

17

17 

18

SRM Institute of Science and Technology

12

18

19 

30

Savitribai Phule Pune University

23

19

12 

11

Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani

19

20

18 

17

Bharathiar University

26

21

15 

14

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

29

22

31 

26

Institute of Chemical Technology

35

23

14 

15

Kerala University

21

24

40 

27

Panjab University

38

25

25 

23

Shanmugha Arts Science Technology & Research Academy (SASTRA)

28

26

24 

22

Chandigarh University

20

27

29 

52

Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University

22

28

27 

35

Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Higher Education

30

29

35 

50

Alagappa University

47

30

28 

33

Mahatma Gandhi University

37

31 

30 

31

Symbiosis International University

31

32

32 

38

University of Kashmir

45

33

53 

48

JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research

24

34

34 

34

Amity University

32

35

23 

25

Osmania University

43

36

22 

32

Cochin University of Science and Technology

34

37

41 

44

Lovely Professional University

27

38

47 

62

Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences

42

39

54 

61

Delhi Technological University

48

40

38 

42

Bharathidasan University

36

41

57 

57

Babasheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University

33

42

55 

65

Andhra University

25

43

36 

24

Mysore University

54

44

33 

19

King George’s Medical University, Lucknow

53

45

50 

39

Dr DY Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune

44

46

42 

49

SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai

49

47

51 

55

Guru Nanak Dev University

-

48

44 

53

Jamia Hamdard

40

49

46 

41

University of Madras

39

50

39 

28

Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology

51

51

43 

40

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies

-

52

65 

100

Madurai Kamraj University

63

53

52 

63

Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana

57

54

-

-

Graphic Era University

52

55

74

98

Mumbai University

61

56

45 

71

Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research

55

57

48 

47

Banasthali Vidyapith

67

58

49 

35

Periyar University

56

59

63 

73

Sri Venkateswara University

87

60

67 

54

Gujarat University

76

61

58 

43

Shiv Nadar University

62

62

61 

56

University of Jammu

50

63

56 

66

Visvesvaraya Technological University

75

63

72

82

NITTE University, Mangalore

66

65

75

77

Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research

73

66

62 

51

Christ University

60

67

71

-

Jain University, Bangalore

65

68

79

99

Tezpur University

69

69

59 

46

Calicut University

89

70

69 

60

Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi

82

71

99

86

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Tamil Nadu

84

72

-

-

Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences

70

73

96

89

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

80

74 

77

79

Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology and Research

72

75

95

97

Mizoram University

77

76

78

-

Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth Mahatma Gandhi Medical College Campus

68

77

70 

80

Maharishi Markandeshwar

71

78

91

-

G.B. Pant Universtiy of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar

88

79

-

-

North Eastern Hill University

-

80

66 

59

Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science & Higher Education for Women

98

81

84

75

Chettinad Academy of Research and Education

79

82

93

92

Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli

93

83

80

70

International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad

74

84

-

Yenepoya University

95

85 

97

-

The University of Burdwan

-

86 

87

85

Sharda University, Greater Noida

86

87

-

-

Gauhati University

40

88

37 

45

Central University of Tamil Nadu

99

89

85

 

University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

90

90

-

-

Bharati Vidyapeeth

78

91

76

68

M. G. R. Educational and Research Institute

-

92

100

-

Utkal University

-

93

90

87

Amity University Haryana, Gurgaon

-

94

-

-

Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT), Delhi

100

95

-

-

Maharshi Dayanand University

-

96

94

78

Visva Bharati

-

97

98

64

Tata Institute of Social Sciences

58

98

60 

37

Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Haryana

-

99

-

-

Central University of Punjab

83

100

82

84

UPES, Dehradun

46

-

-

-

Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh

59

-

-

-

Manipal University, Jaipur, Rajasthan

64

-

-

-

Bangalore University

81

-

-

-

Sant Longowal Institute of Science and Technology, Longowal, Punjab

85

-

-

-

Chitkara University

90

-

-

-

Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies

92

-

-

-

Madan Mohan Malviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, U.P. 

94

-

-

-

Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R & D Institute of Science and Technology

96

-

-

-

University of Lucknow 

97

-

-

-

Top universities/ colleges in India 

Students looking for their ideal college can also check the stream-wise list of the best institutes in the table below. 

Q:   Can I get admission to Jamia Millia Islamia [JMI] for BTech in Mechanical Engineering if my JEE rank is between 25000 and 30000?

A:

For last year, the closing rank for B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering was 25361 which is very close to this range. This was for general category under All India quota. Unless the candidate belongs to some other category or domicile, one cannot afford to score less than this. With this rank, there is a probability of getting admission however since, the cut offs keep changing year on year, it is advisable to try to score better ranks to increase your chances of getting admission in Jamia Millia Islamia [JMI].

Q:   Can I get admission to Jamia Millia Islamia [JMI] for BTech in Civil Engineering if my rank is between 25000 and 30000?

A:

For last year, the closing rank for B.Tech. in Civil Engineering was 27730 which is very close to this range. This was for general category under All India quota. Unless the candidate belongs to some other category or domicile, one cannot afford to score less than this. With this rank, there is a probability of getting admission however since, the cut offs keep changing year on year, it is advisable to try to score better ranks to increase your chances of getting admission in Jamia Millia Islamia [JMI].

Q:   Can I get admission in JNU for BTech Electronics & Communication, if my rank is between 45000 and 50000?

A:

Last year, the closing rank for BTech in Electronics and Communication Engineering was 48464, which is very close to this range. Thus, you have a good chance of getting selected. This was for the General category under the All India quota. Unless the candidate belongs to some other category or domicile, one cannot afford to score less than this. With this rank, there is a probability of getting admission however since, the cut-offs keep changing year on year, it is advisable to try to score better ranks to increase your chances of getting admission to Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Q:   Can I get BHU at 7000 rank for MD in Anaesthesiology admission?

A:

To get into BHU for the MD and MS courses, candidates should have valid NEET PG scores. Moreover, yes, it is possible to get into BHU with 7000 rank for the MD in Anaesthesiology course, as the BHU cutoff 2024, stood between 9339 and 36098 for the General AI category candidates. And 7000 rank is quite less than 9339 rank required for MD in Anaesthesiology course. For more information, candidates can move on to the official BHU NEET PG cutoff 2024 page:

Q:   What is the NIRF ranking of AMU for BTech?

A:

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranks the universities and colleges under various categories. It has ranked AMU under the "Engineering" category. Find below the university's NIRF Ranking for the past two years:

YearNIRF Ranking (Engineering)
202332
202433
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