NIRF Ranking 2024 Top MBA Colleges in India: IIM Ahmedabad Retains No. 1 Spot

NIRF Ranking 2024 Top MBA Colleges in India: IIM Ahmedabad Retains No. 1 Spot

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Updated on Aug 12, 2024 16:58 IST

NIRF Ranking 2024 has been announced for top MBA colleges India by the MHRD today. According to the NIRF ranking 2024 MBA colleges that have grabbed the top 10 positions are IIMs and IITs, yet again. Read the article below to know the NIRF MBA ranking 2024.

NIRF rankings 2024: MBA

NIRF MBA rankings 2024

NIRF MBA rankings 2024 have been released today. The top ranked MBA college in India is IIM Ahmedabad, followed by IIM Bangalore. The NIRF 2024 rankings for all course streams were released today by Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan. Among Management institutes, IIM Ahmedabad has continued domination of top rank for the fifth year in a row. Apart from IIM A, six positions in the top 10 MBA college ranking have been grabbed by IIMs, while two have been grabbed by IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay. XLRI Jamshedpur has maintained its 9th position this year. Check below the list of top MBA colleges in India 2024 ranked by NIRF. Also know the parameters and process of this prestigious college rankings. 

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Latest: NIRF Management Ranking 2024: IIM-A secures Top Spot followed by IIM Bangalore, IIM Kozhikode

NIRF Rankings 2024: Top 10 MBA Colleges India

Check below the list of top 10 MBA colleges in India ranked by NIRF for the year 2024.

Institute Name

NIRF Rankings 2024

Overall Score

IIM Ahmedabad

1

83.32

IIM Bangalore

2

81.16

IIM Kozhikode

3

77.90

IIT Delhi

4

76.25

IIM Calcutta

5

75.07

IIM Mumbai (NITIE)

6

74.73

IIM Lucknow

7

74.43

IIM Indore

8

73.53

XLRI Jamshedpur

9

68.13

IIT Bombay

10

67.16

NIRF Ranking 2024: Parameters

The all India ranking is done on the basis of five parameters. According to the NIRF framework, each parameter carries 100 points. The NIRF allots ranks to participating MBA institutions category-wise and on the basis of overall score. Check the table below for details of the five parameters of the MBA colleges NIRF ranking.

Q:   Can I get admission in MBA at IIM Calcutta if my rank is between 90 and 95?

A:

To get admission in MBA at IIM Calcutta, candidates must qualify the CAT exam and attain the required percentile. The IIM Calcutta CAT Cutoff 2023 (Overall) for the General AI Category candidates was 99. Therefore, it was not possible for candidate having cutoff percentile of 90-95 to get MBA at IIM Calcutta. 

Among the OBC AI category candidates also, the Cutoff percentile to get MBA at IIM Calcutta was 99. Thus, there is a very rare of change of getting admission at IIM Calcutta at this score. 

Q:   What is the rank of IIM Indore in world rankings?

A:

As per IIM Indore’s official website, the institute is listed in the top 100 in the Financial Times Rankings for its flagship PGP in Management (PGP) under the Masters in Management category. It has also bagged 25 positions amongst all the top B-schools in Asia under QS Global MBA Rankings, with a position of 5 amongst the IIMs and 5 amongst the top B-Schools in India. Additionally, the institute has been ranked in the 151-200 band in the QS Ranking.

Q:   What is the ranking of IIM Mumbai?

A:

Being one of the renowned institutes of India, IIM Mumbai has been ranked by multiple organisations under various categories. Some of the IIM Mumbai rankings are as follows:

  • Ranked 7th by the NIRF Ranking 2023 (Management category)
  • Ranked in the band of 401-600 under the Impact category by the Times Higher Education 2023

Parameters

Constituents

Teaching Learning and Resource (TLR)

 

Student Strength including Doctoral Students

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

Combined metric for Faculty with PhD (or equivalent) & Experience (FQE)

Total Budget and Its Utilisation: (CBTU)

Research and Professional Practice (RPC)

Combined metric for Publications (PU)

Combined metric for Quality of Publications (QP)

IPR and Patents: Filed, Published, Granted and Licensed (IPR)

Footprint of Projects & Professional Practice and Executive Development Programs (FPPP)

Graduation Outcome (GO)

Combined % for Placement, Higher Studies, and Entrepreneurship (GPHE)

Metric for University Examinations: GUE

Median Salary

Metric for Graduating Students Admitted into Top Universities (GTOP)

Metric for Number of PhD Students Graduated GPHD

Outreach and Inclusivity (OI)

Percent Students from other states/countries (Region Diversity RD)

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

Economically and Socially Challenged Students (ESCS)

Facilities for Physically Challenged Students (PCS)

Perception

Peer Perception: Employers and Research Investors (PREMP)

Peer Perception: Academics (PRACD)

Public Perception (PRPUB)

Competitiveness (PRCMP)

NIRF MBA ranking 2024: Top 100 Colleges

Among nom-IIMs, SIBM Pune has climbed four ranks up at Number 13. IIFT Delhi climbed 12 spots from last year to be placed at 17. Check the list of top 100 MBA colleges in NIRF ranking 2024.

Institute Name

Overall Score

NIRF Ranking 2024

IIM Ahmedabad

83.32

1

IIM Bangalore

81.16

2

IIM Kozhikode

77.90

3

IIT Delhi

76.25

4

IIM Calcutta

75.07

5

IIM Mumbai (NITIE)

74.73

7

IIM Lucknow

74.43

6

IIM Indore

73.53

8

XLRI Jamshedpur

68.13

9

IIT Bombay

67.16

10

MDI Gurgaon

66.85

11

IIM Rohtak

66.49

12

SIBM Pune

65.13

13

IIM Raipur

64.40

14

IIFT Delhi

62.36

15

IIT Madras

62.83

16

IIM Ranchi

61.27

17

IIT Roorkee

61.21

18

IIT Kharagpur

61.03

19

S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research

60.97

20

SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies

60.96

21

IIM Udaipur

60.93

22

IIM Kashipur

60.82

23

IIM Shillong

60.49

24

Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

60.32

25

IIM Visakhapatnam

59.20

26

IIM Tiruchirappalli

57.67

27

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

57.40

28

Amity University Noida

57.23

29

IIT Kanpur

57.23

29

IIM Nagpur

56.94

31

MICA Ahmedabad

56.62

32

IIM Bodh Gaya

56.27

33

Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai

56.15

34

IMT Ghaziabad

56.03

35

Chandigarh University

55.71

36

Goa Institute of Management

55.67

37

Lovely Professional University

55.49

38

ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad

55.31

39

International Management Institute Delhi

54.89

40

UPES Dehradun

54.82

41

IIM Jammu

54.64

42

XIM University Bhubaneswar

54.49

43

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology Patiala

53.26

44

Jaipuria Institute of Management Noida

53.23

45

IIT-ISM Dhanbad

52.78

46

IIM Amritsar

52.57

47

Banaras Hindu University

52.26

48

IRMA Anand

51.54

49

IIM Sambalpur

51.47

50

NIT Trichy

51.40

51

Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon

51.35

52

Fore School of Management Delhi

51.08

53

Chitkara University

51.02

54

Nirma University

51.01

55

International Management Institute Kolkata

50.97

56

IIM Sirmaur

50.92

57

TA Pai Management Institute Manipal

50.78

58

Graphic Era University

50.59

59

Christ University

50.56

60

International Management Institute Bhubaneswar

50.38

61

Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Bhubaneswar

49.69

62

K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research

49.66

63

BIMTECH Gr Noida

49.44

64

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

49.40

65

Loyola Institute of Business Administration

49.26

66

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology

49.24

67

Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur

49.14

68

Anna University Chennai

48.92

69

Aligarh Muslim University

48.68

70

Alliance University Bangalore

48.38

71

Jaipuria Institute of Management Lucknow

48.32

72

Manipal University Jaipur

48.10

73

Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences Chennai

47.92

74

Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow

47.56

75

NIT Calicut

47.55

76

Jain University, Bangalore

45.63

77

Jamia Hamdard, Delhi

47.39

78

Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University (K L College of Engineering)

47.27

79

PSG College of Technology Coimbatore

47.13

80

Cochin University of Science and Technology

47.08

81

Thiagarajar School of Management Madurai

47.02

82

BML Munjal University Gurgaon

46.67

83

Principal L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research

46.53

84

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior

46.47

85

Babasheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Lucknow

46.42

86

Jagan Institute of Management Studies Delhi

46.38

87

New Delhi Institute Of Management

46.29

88

Pandit Deendayal Energy University Gandhinagar

45.39

89

Birla Institute of Technology Ranchi

45.00

90

National Institute of Bank Management Pune

44.85

91

Panjab University

44.70

92

Rajagiri Business School

44.33

93

Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Trichy

44.17

94

Tezpur University Assam

43.48

95

National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management Hyderabad

43.17

96

IMT Hyderabad

43.01

97

Galgotias University, Gautam Buddha Nagar

42.90

98

Krea University, Chittoor

42.82

99

NIT Warangal

42.63

100

Top 10 MBA Colleges: NIRF Rankings 2023, 2022, 2021

IIM Ahmedabad has been ranked Number 1 continuously for the past three years, followed by IIM Bangalore. XLRI Jamshedpur has managed to remain in the top 10, though been ranked lower than the top 6 IIMs. Check below the top 10 MBA colleges in India for 2023, 2022 and 2021.

Institute

NIRF Rank 2023

NIRF Rank 2022

NIRF Rank 2021

IIM Ahmedabad

1

1

1

IIM Bangalore

2

2

2

IIM Calcutta

4

3

3

IIT Delhi

5

4

5

IIM Kozhikode

3

5

4

IIM Lucknow

6

6

7

IIM Indore

8

7

6

Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI)

9

8

8

NITIE Mumbai

7

9

12

IIT Madras

15

10

13

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Q:   Is IIT Bombay MBA ranked?

A:

IIT Bombay Management course is ranked by various agencies.

  • In 2022, the institute was ranked at 5th position in QS World Rankings (Business & Management Studies).
  • It also acquired 11th position in Eduniversal B-School ranking. 
  • NIRF has ranked IIT Bombay under the 'Management' Category in 2023 at 10th position.

Q:   What is the international ranking of IIM Bangalore?

A:

IIMB has been ranked by the renowned international ranking bodies, including QS World Ranking and Financial Times. The institute has been ranked 37 under the Masters in Management category by the QS World Ranking in 2023.

Financial Times Rankings2022
2023
Global MBA5352
QS World Rankings20222023
Masters in Management (MiM)3337
World University Ranking by Subject6361

Q:   Is IIM Ahmedabad ranked well for MBA?

A:

Internationally, IIMA has been ranked 29 by the QS Masters in Management Rankings (MBA) and 44 by the QS Global MBA Rankings. Nationally, IIM Ahmedabad ranks 1 by the NIRF 2022 and The Week 2022. IIM Ahmedabad, being an elite Management institute, has received several international and national rankings in recent years. A few top accolades received by IIMA are enlisted below:

International Ranking Authority

2021 Ranking

2022 Ranking

2023 Ranking

QS Masters in Management Rankings (MBA)

31

29

29

QS Global MBA Rankings (MBA-PGPX)

50

46

44

Financial Times Global MBA Ranking (MBA-PGPX)

48

62

To be announced

National Ranking Authority

2021 Ranking

2022 Ranking

2023 Ranking

NIRF (Management category)

1

1

1

Businessworld

1

1

-

The Week

1

1

-

Business Today

2

2

-
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