NIRF 2024 Rankings - Top 50 Research Institutions in India, Ranks Parameters with Weightage

NIRF 2024 Rankings are now out. Check out the top 50 Research Institutes in India as announced by the Ministry of Education this year.

Top 50 Research Institutes in India 2024 - Like each year, the Ministry of Education and the Union Education Minister, Mr Dharmendra Pradhan, has announced NIRF 2024 Rankings. These ranks are announced for several categories including the best Research Institutes in India. Based on NIRF Rankings, 2024, the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru is the best Research Institute in the country followed by the Indian Institutes of Technology, Madras, and the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, at second and third places. On this page, you will find the top 50 research institutions in India based on NIRF 2024 Rankings along with their scores and ranks. The parameters on which the ranks are determined are also provided on this page. This is a guide for choosing the best institute for your PhD programme. Read on for more. 

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Top 50 Research Institutes in India - NIRF Rankings 2024

Check out the list of the Top 50 Research Institutes in India as per NIRF Rankings along with their scores in the table below:

Research Institution	State	Score	NIRF Rank
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru	Karnataka	84.98	1
Indian Institute of Technology Madras	Tamil Nadu	83.29	2
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	Delhi	81.08	3
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	Maharashtra	77.75	4
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	West Bengal	72.65	5
Homi Bhabha National Institute	Maharashtra	70.11	6
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh	70.04	7
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi	Delhi	67.43	8
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	Uttarakhand	66.78	9
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati	Assam	64.94	10
Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research	Uttar Pradesh	64.20	11
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research	Maharashtra	60.54	12
Vellore Institute of Technology	Tamil Nadu	60.28	13
University of Delhi	Delhi	60.07	14
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad	Telangana	59.96	15
Banaras Hindu University	Uttar Pradesh	58.52	16
Anna University	Tamil Nadu	58.39	17
Jawaharlal Nehru University	Delhi	56.43	18
Jamia Millia Islamia	Delhi	56.12	19
Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences	Tamil Nadu	55.85	20
Jadavpur University	West Bengal	54.85	21
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad	Jharkhand	54.77	22
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal	Karnataka	54.31	23
S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology	Tamil Nadu	53.34	24
Aligarh Muslim University	Uttar Pradesh	53.29	25
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani	Rajasthan	53.06	26
Indian Institute of Technology Indore	Madhya Pradesh	52.70	27
University of Hyderabad	Telangana	51.90	28
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune	Maharashtra	51.53	29
National Institute of Technology Rourkela	Odisha	51.16	30
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu	50.94	31
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar	Gujarat	50.78	32
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham	Tamil Nadu	50.38	33
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research	Karnataka	50.06	34
Panjab University	Chandigarh	49.73	35
Calcutta University	West Bengal	48.57	36
Indian Agricultural Research Institute	Delhi	48.55	37
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata	West Bengal	47.31	38
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Deemed-to-be-university)	Punjab	47.30	39
Institute of Chemical Technology	Maharashtra	46.83	40
Bharathiar University	Tamil Nadu	46.79	41
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal	Karnataka	45.41	42
National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore	Karnataka	45.18	43
Lovely Professional University	Punjab	45.01	44
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar	Punjab	44.99	45
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology	Odisha	44.64	46
Amity University	Uttar Pradesh	44.57	47
Bharathidasan University	Tamil Nadu	44.41	48
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali	Punjab	44.09	49
Siksha `O` Anusandhan	Odisha	43.87	50

Usually, the Ministry of Education announces NIRF Rankings for 13 categories including Engineering, Management, Pharmacy, Medical, Architecture and Law, etc. However, this year, they have introduced three new categories - Open Universities, Skill Universities and State Public Universities. Check them out in the table below.

Overall	Colleges	Universities
Pharmacy	Management	Engineering
Medical	Dental	Law
Innovation	Agriculture and Allied Sectors	Architecture and Planning
Open University	Skill University	State Public University

NIRF Ranking Parameters with Weightage for Top Universities in India 2024

NIRF selects universities every year based on several parameters. Each parameter has a certain weightage and universities are evaluated out of a total score of 500. The NIRF ranking parameters along with their assigned weightage are listed below -   

• Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR) - 100 Marks 

• Student Strength including doctoral students (SS) - 20 
• 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) - 100 Marks 

• Combined metric for publications (PU) - 30
• 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) - 100 Marks

• Percentage of students from other states/ countries [Region Diversity (RD)] - 30
• Percentage of women (WF) + (WS) + (WA) - 25
• Economically and socially challenged students (ESCS) - 25
• Facilities for physically challenged students (PCS) - 20

• Perception (PR) - 100 Marks 

• Peer Perception: Employers and research investors (PREMP) - 25
• Peer perception: Academics (PRACD) - 25
• Public perception (PRPUB) - 25
• Competitiveness (PRCMP) - 25

• Graduation Outcome (GO) - 100 Marks 

• Combined % for placement, higher studies, and entrepreneurship (GPHE) - 40
• 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

Choosing the Right College 

Choosing the right college for yourself can be tricky business. Students must keep several points in mind while selecting their ideal college and university. They must consider if they want to move away from home or not. Remember that accommodation in a new place costs extra. You might also want to consider the tuition fee, entrance exams and the eligibility criteria set by colleges. Click on the university of your choice in the tables above and find out all the details about them and then make a calculated decision.

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