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, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi secured the top position in the Dental category, followed by Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai in second place, and Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, Delhi in third.
NIRF Ranking 2025: List of Top Dental Colleges in India
Take a look at the top 10 dental colleges in India.
| COLLEGES | SCORE | RANKING |
| All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi | 89.12 | |
| Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai | 85.31 | 2 |
| Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, Delhi | 72.55 | 3 |
| Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune | 72.36 | 4 |
| Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal | 70.58 | 5 |
| A.B.Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangaluru | 69.00 | 6 |
| King George`s Medical University, Lucknow | 68.89 | 7 |
| SRM Dental College, Chennai | 68.19 | 8 |
| Siksha `O` Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar | 63.12 | 9 |
| JSS Dental College and Hospital, Mysuru | 62.59 | 10 |
Direct link to see the full list of top universities in India as per NIRF Ranking 2025- MoE, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF)
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