NIRF Overall Ranking 2020

Edited By Prabha Dhavala | Updated on Jun 14, 2020 06:02 AM IST

NIRF Overall Ranking 2020 is one of the categories of rankings announced by the National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of Human Resource Development. The NIRF overall 2020 ranking showcases the annual report as per the performance of the institutes participating. The overall ranking of NIRF lists all those universities that are doing well in terms of the parameters specified by the committee thus ensuring that students can get a clear view of choosing one of them for admissions and pursuing their higher education. The list of top institutions based on their performance are given as per the NIRF overall ranking 2020 released by the committee on June 11. NIRF rankings 2020 have been segregated on the basis of their ownership, state as well as their performance in comparison with the previous year. Check the NIRF overall 2020 ranking below.

NIRF Overall Ranking 2020 - Top institutes in India ranked by MHRD

College Name	State	Ownership	2020 Rank	2019 Rank
Indian Institute of Technology Madras	Tamil Nadu	Government	1	1
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru	Karnataka	Government	2	2
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	Delhi	Government	3	3
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	Maharashtra	Government	4	4
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	West Bengal	Government	5	5
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh	Government	6	6
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati	Assam	Government	7	9
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi	Delhi	Government	8	7
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	Uttarakhand	Government	9	8
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh	Government	10	10
University of Calcutta, Kolkata	West Bengal	Government	11	12
Jadavpur University, Kolkata	West Bengal	Government	12	13
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu	Private	13	15
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal	Karnataka	Private	14	16
University of Hyderabad	Telangana	Government	15	11
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi	Delhi	Government	16	19
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad	Telangana	Government	17	22
University of Delhi, Delhi	Delhi	Government	18	20
Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune	Maharashtra	Government	19	17
Anna University, Chennai	Tamil Nadu	Government	20	14
Bharathiar University, Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu	Government	21	21
Indian Institute of Technology Indian School of Mines Dhanbad	Jharkhand	Government	22	25
Indian Institute of Technology Indore	Madhya Pradesh	Government	23
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu	Government	24	24
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune	Maharashtra	Government	25	23
Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh	Government	26	28
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani	Rajasthan	Private	27	39
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore	Tamil Nadu	Private	28	32
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata	West Bengal	Government	29	40
Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai	Maharashtra	Government	30	30
Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh	Uttar Pradesh	Government	31	18
National Institute of Technology Rourkela	Odisha	Government	32	38
National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal	Karnataka	Government	33	53
Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai	Maharashtra	Government	34	27
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar	Gujarat	Government	35	51
Andhra University, Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh	Government	36	29
Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi	Delhi	Private	37	31
Siksha 'O' Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar	Odisha	Private	38	41
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar	Punjab	Government	39
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh	Government	40	37
University of Madras, Chennai	Tamil Nadu	Government	41	33
University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala	Government	42	35
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur	West Bengal	Government	43	36
Panjab University, Chandigarh	Chandigarh	Government	44	34
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar	Odisha	Private	44	50
National Institute of Technology Warangal	Telangana	Government	46	61
University of Mysore, Mysore	Karnataka	Government	47	80
Shanmugha Arts Science Technology Research and Academy, Thanjavur	Tamil Nadu	Private	48	63
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam	Kerala	Government	49	49
King George's Medical University, Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	Government	50	42
Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai	Tamil Nadu	Private	51	54
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala	Punjab	Private	51	45
Osmania University, Hyderabad	Telangana	Government	53	43
Indian Institute of Technology Patna	Bihar	Government	54	58
JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysore	Karnataka	Private	54	55
Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar	Odisha	Government	56	46
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai	Maharashtra	Private	57	56
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai	Tamil Nadu	Private	58	52
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali	Punjab	Government	59	66
Gujarat University, Ahmedabad	Gujarat	Government	60
Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai	Tamil Nadu	Private	61	64
Delhi Technological University, Delhi	Delhi	Government	62	71
Amity University, Noida	Uttar Pradesh	Private	63	84
Alagappa University, Karaikudi	Tamil Nadu	Government	64	47
Tezpur University, Tezpur	Assam	Government	65	48
Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai	Tamil Nadu	Private	66	67
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi	Himachal Pradesh	Government	67	44
Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati	Andhra Pradesh	Government	68	72
Visva Bharati Santiniketan	West Bengal	Government	69	59
Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Guntur	Andhra Pradesh	Private	70	74
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur	Rajasthan	Government	71
Gauhati University, Guwahati	Assam	Government	72	65
Symbiosis International University, Pune	Maharashtra	Private	73	82
North Eastern Hill University, Shillong	Meghalaya	Government	74	62
Dr DY Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune	Maharashtra	Private	75	70
University of Calicut, Malappuram	Kerala	Government	76	90
Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu	Government	77	86
University of Kashmir, Srinagar	Jammu and Kashmir	Government	78	79
Banasthali Vidyapith, Banasthali	Rajasthan	Private	79	87
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala	Government	80
Pondicherry University, Puducherry	Pondicherry	Government	81	72
Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida	Uttar Pradesh	Private	82	77
Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam	Tamil Nadu	Private	83	78
Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai	Tamil Nadu	Government	84	69
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra	Jharkhand	Private	85	85
PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu	Private	85	76
Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai	Tamil Nadu	Private	87	57
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar	Punjab	Government	88	81
Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi	Kerala	Government	89	94
University of Jammu, Jammu	Jammu and Kashmir	Government	90
Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur	Rajasthan	Government	91
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai	Maharashtra	Private	92	83
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad Prayagraj	Uttar Pradesh	Government	93
National Institute of Technology Silchar	Assam	Government	94
University of Mumbai, Mumbai	Maharashtra	Government	95
National Institute of Technology Durgapur	West Bengal	Government	96	93
Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha	Maharashtra	Private	97	92
Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune	Maharashtra	Private	98	88
Lovely Professional University, Phagwara	Punjab	Private	99
Mizoram University, Aizawl	Mizoram	Government	100
Bangalore University, Bangalore	Karnataka	Government	100
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi	Delhi	Government		95
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta	West Bengal	Government		26
Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar	Uttarakhand	Government		60
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu	Government		68
Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana	Punjab	Government		75
Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar	Haryana	Government		89
College of Engineering, Pune	Maharashtra	Government		91
Anand Agricultural University, Anand	Gujarat	Government		96
Periyar University, Salem	Tamil Nadu	Government		97
KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research, Belgaum	Karnataka	Private		98
Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai	Tamil Nadu	Government		99
NITTE University, Mangalore	Karnataka	Private		99

The total number of institutes that applied under the NIRF 2020 overall category were 3771. The number of universities that applied are 294. The applications received were 1071 from Engineering, 630 from Management, 334 from Pharmacy, 97 from Law, 118 from Medical, 48 from Architecture institutions. The number of General Degree Colleges which applied is 1659.

The increase in the number of applications is up to 20% with 644 new institutes applying this year with 932 applications under all categories.

Every year, 200 engineering institutes are ranked while 100 institutions are ranked in Overall, University and College categories. A total of 75 institutes are ranked each in Management as well as Pharmacy, 40 in Medical and 20 in Architecture and Law respectively. Dental rankings have been introduced for the first time and 30 institutions are ranked under this discipline.

Open Universities and their affiliating universities (State or Centre approved/funded) are not considered for ranking unless they have a teaching or research campus of their own However, Data pertaining to their function as open or affiliating universities cannot be included in the submitted data.

Also, rankings are considered only for those institutions which have records of graduating at least three batches students at least three batches of students in full time UG or PG programs, where the duration is not less than three years for the UG programs and two years for the PG programs.

The ranking methodology is based on a set of metrics agreed upon by the core committee. These parameters are organized into five broad heads. These in turn have suitable sub-heads with an appropriate weight distribution as given below.

NIRF Ranking Methodology with weightage for all parameters

S.No.	Parameters	Marks
1.	Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR) Ranking weight: 0.30	100
A. Student Strength including Doctoral Students (SS): 20 marks B. Faculty-student ratio with emphasis on permanent faculty (FSR): 30 marks C. Combined metric for Faculty with PhD (or equivalent) and Experience (FQE): 20 marks D. Financial Resources and their Utilisation (FRU): 30 marks
2.	Research and Professional Practice (RP) Ranking weight: 0.30	100
A. Combined metric for Publications (PU): 35 marks B. Combined metric for Quality of Publications (QP): 35 marks C. IPR and Patents: Published and Granted (IPR): 15 marks D. Footprint of Projects and Professional Practice (FPPP): 15 marks
3.	Graduation Outcomes (GO) Ranking weight: 0.20	100
A. Metric for University Examinations (GUE): 60 marks B. Metric for Number of Ph.D. Students Graduated (GPHD): 40 marks
4.	Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) Ranking weight: 0.10	100
A. Percentage of Students from Other States/Countries (Region Diversity RD): 30 marks B. Percentage of Women (Women Diversity WD): 30 marks C. Economically and Socially Challenged Students (ESCS): 20 marks D. Facilities for Physically Challenged Students (PCS): 20 marks
5.	Perception (PR) Ranking weight: 0.10	100
	A. Peer Perception: Academic Peers and Employers (PR): 100 marks

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

1. What is the difference between NIRF ranking and accreditation?

NIRF ranking is done every year while accreditation is a 5-year comprehensive assessment of the institution and this is not done by NIRF. The other difference is that accreditation gives an absolute grade but ranking allows students to know how the institution is placed amongst similar institutions.

2. Isn't accreditation enough? What is the need for the NIRF ranking?

Accreditation is done once in five years. Any institute may slip in a year. The performance for each year will be useful for students who would be joining the academic course in a particular year. Hence ranking allows this. Also, only accredited institutions are part of the ranking. Non-accredited ones are too hence, there is a need for both ranking and accreditation. The parameters for both and their use is much different. NIRF ranking is one such step.

3. What is the NIRF Overall Ranking?

While most institutes are known in their respective stream - for example IITs are more known for their engineering programmes and IIMs for their management ones. However, the IITs also offer MBA programmes that are equally good in addition to science programmes too. Not just that, the overall performance on all parameters irrespective of the stream allows any student to know which are the top institutes of the country. This is the basis for the overall ranking of NIRF.

4. Isn't every institute part of the overall NIRF ranking?

No. The institutes apply for the categories and they are picked accordingly. The committee doesn't put every applicant in the overall category as the parameters and eligibility requirements are much different.

5. Can an institute which has bad accreditation get a good NIRF ranking?

Yes, its possible as an institute may do well in an effort to improve after its accreditation has gone bad. Since the NIRF ranking is done every year, there may be chances that the institute may get a good ranking.

6. How should students use the NIRF overall ranking?

Students can just check the ranking and know whether they should join or not. The NIRF rank is just an indicator to show that the institute is good on so many parameters as specified. So factors like fees, placements, reserach, infrastructure etc do play a role.