NIRF 2025: Top 10 Engineering Colleges in India
IIT Madras tops the NIRF 2025 engineering ranking for another year. Here is the full top-10 list, what it means and how to use it while choosing a college.
The Ministry of Education’s National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2025 again places the older IITs at the top of the engineering list. IIT Madras is No. 1, followed by IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay, and NIT Tiruchirappalli is the highest-ranked NIT.
NIRF 2025 engineering ranking: top 10
| Rank | Institute |
|---|---|
| 1 | IIT Madras |
| 2 | IIT Delhi |
| 3 | IIT Bombay |
| 4 | IIT Kanpur |
| 5 | IIT Kharagpur |
| 6 | IIT Roorkee |
| 7 | IIT Hyderabad |
| 8 | IIT Guwahati |
| 9 | NIT Tiruchirappalli |
| 10 | IIT (BHU) Varanasi |
How NIRF ranks institutes
NIRF scores institutes on five parameters: Teaching, Learning & Resources; Research and Professional Practice; Graduation Outcomes; Outreach and Inclusivity; and Perception. The data is submitted by the institutes themselves and published on nirfindia.org.
How to use the ranking
- Look at the right category. A university’s Overall rank and its Engineering rank can differ a lot.
- Check your realistic options. Rankings tell you about the institute, cut-offs tell you whether you can get in — compare both on each college’s page.
- Branch matters as much as institute. A core branch at a top IIT and CSE at a newer IIT lead to different careers.
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NIT Tiruchirappalli, at 9th in the engineering list.
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