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 Science, Bengaluru emerged as the top university in India followed by Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in second place, and Manipal Academy of Higher Education- Manipal in third.
NIRF Ranking 2025: List of Top Universities in India
Take a look at the top 10 universities in India.
| UNIVERSITY | SCORE | RANKINGS |
| Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru | 85.05 | 1 |
| Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi | 71.00 | 2 |
| Manipal Academy of Higher Education-Manipal | 69.25 | 3 |
| Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi | 69.10 | 4 |
| University of Delhi, Delhi | 67.38 | 5 |
| Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi | 67.28 | 6 |
| Birla Institute of Technology & Science -Pilani | 67.24 | 7 |
| Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore | 67.05 | 8 |
| Jadavpur University, Kolkata | 65.42 | 9 |
| Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh | 65.35 | 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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