. Indian Institute of Technology Madras secured the top position in the overall category.
NIRF Ranking 2025: The Ministry of Education has officially released the National Institutional Ranking Framework – NIRF 2025 rankings today, September 4, 2025. The list of top institutes in each category and the overall category is now available on the official NIRF website at nirfindia.org. The NIRF Rankings 2025 marked the tenth edition developed by the Ministry, which ranks higher education institutions across India based on five criteria: Teaching, Learning, and Resources (TLR), Research and Professional Practices (RPC), Graduation Outcomes (GO), Outreach and Inclusivity (OI), and Perception (PER).
In the 2025 rankings, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras secured the top position in the overall category, followed by the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, in second place and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in third.
Take a look at the Full list of Top 10 colleges in the overall category in India.
| COLLEGES | RANKINGS |
| Indian Institute of Technology Madras | 1 |
| Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru | 2 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | 3 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | 4 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | 5 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | 6 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | 7 |
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All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi |
8 |
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Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi |
9 |
|
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi |
10 |
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