NIRF 2025: 9 Private Engg Institutions Move Up While Some IITs See a Drop

NIRF 2025: 9 Private Engg Institutions Move Up While Some IITs See a Drop

Maniprabha SinghUpdated on 04 Sep 2025, 06:17 PM IST

The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) released the official NIRF 2025 on September 4. NIRF ranking was announced for 6 categories. National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) uses parameters like Teaching, Learning and Resources, Research and Professional Practices, Graduation Outcomes, Outreach and Inclusivity, and Perception for ranking the institutes.

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NIRF 2025: 9 Private Engg Institutions Move Up While Some IITs See a Drop
NIRF 2025: 9 Private Engg Institutions Move Up While Some IITs See a Drop

For years, the IITs, NITs, and public universities like Anna University and Jadavpur remained unbeatable champions. However, NIRF ranking 2025 for engineering colleges threw surprises that were unexpected. Deemed Universities like BITS Pilani and Christ University showed a good improvement in their NIRF rankings as compared to the past. The details are below

NIRF 2025 - Private Institutions that rose ranks

For engineering aspirants, NIRF rankings are broad indicators of the worth of studying in one. The NIRF rankings 2025 showcase some good options in addition to the widely popular IITs and NITs

The rise in the NIRF rankings for BITS Pilani, IIIT Hyderabad, and Christ University bring forth the point that private institutions are proving themselves as serious contenders to the label of “Best Institutes of the Country”. This also means that students now have more choices and not just in the government institutes. These institutes also come with very good infrastructure and facilities giving students better options in case the IIT dream doesn't work out.

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NIRF 2025: Engineering Institutes that performed well

Placements, global exposure, internships, and research opportunities are now deciding factors. Students are no longer choosing colleges by name but for the value they bring to the table. In short, the story is changing: Government colleges are facing stiff competition from the deemed and private institutes.

Government Engineering Institutes that showed a big drop

Meanwhile, the rankings of some of the reputed government engineering colleges fell drastically. For example, the Defence Institute of Advanced Technology dropped 29 ranks, joined by NIT Delhi, NIT Silchar and IIT Ropar amongst the institutes that lost rankings. The table below gives the details.

Engineering Institutes that dropped NIRF ranks

Name

NIRF Ranking 2025

NIRF Rank 2024

Difference

Jadavpur University

18

12

-6

Anna University

20

14

-6

IIT Gandhinagar

25

18

-7

NIT Warangal

28

21

-7

IIT Ropar

32

22

-10

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur

44

39

-5

NIT Durgapur

49

44

-5

NIT Silchar

50

40

-10

IIEST, Shibpur

54

49

-5

Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology

61

51

-10

NIT Delhi

65

45

-20

Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology

66

59

-7

Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT)

70

57

-13

Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology

81

72

-9

NIT Meghalaya

83

68

-15

NIT Kurukshetra

85

81

-4

NIT Raipur

86

71

-15

COEP Technological University

90

77

-13

Defence Institute of Advanced Technology

92

63

-29

The NIRF rankings are a measure for students and parents. A drop or a rise in the rankings helps them look closely at the factors and parameters that aid their career progress. The NIRF 2025 rankings do highlight that private institutions are now good options considering that they are ranked close to the IITs, the premier engineering institutes of the country.

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