NIRF Ranking 2026: Top MBA Colleges in India, Parameters, Previous Year Rankings
NIRF Ranking 2026 will likely be released in this week by the Ministry of Education. In the NIRF Ranking 2026 for MBA Colleges IIMs and IITs have taken the top positions again. Read below the list of top colleges according to NIRF MBA ranking 2026.
Key Points
- NIRF Ranking 2026 is expected to be released in the third week of September 2026.
- IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, and Kozhikode topped previous NIRF MBA rankings.
- Key NIRF 2026 parameters include graduation rate, research, and teaching.
NIRF Ranking 2026 will likely be released in the third week of September 2026, by the Ministry of Education for top BSchools in India. According to the previous year NIRF Rankings, IIM Ahmedabad secured the first spot as the top MBA colleges in India, followed by IIM Bangalore and IIM Kozhikode. Factors such as graduation rate, research, professional practices, teaching and learning resources and overall impression of the institution.
The Ministry of Education will announce, all India rankings for all courses and streams in higher education. Check below the list of top MBA colleges in India ranked by NIRF. Also know the parameters and process of this prestigious college rankings for MBA below.
NIRF Ranking 2026 Release Date
Ministry of Education will soon announce the NIRF Rankings 2026 release date. However, it is expected that the rankings will be out this week. Check below to know previous year NIRF ranking release dates:
| Year | NIRF Release Date |
| 2025 | September 4, 2025 |
| 2024 | August 12, 2024 |
| 2023 | June 5, 2023 |
| 2022 | July 15, 2022 |
The process of NIRF ranking 2026 began in January 2026 with the ministry inviting institutes to submit data by March 2026.
NIRF Ranking 2026 Parameters
Five core parameters such as graduation rate, research, professional practices, teaching and learning resources and overall impression of the institution are taken into consideration to decide the rank of each institute and university. Higher the score of these parameters, higher the rank. Read below to know the NIRF Ranking parameters 2026:
| Parameters | Constituents | Weightage |
| Teaching Learning and Resource (TLR)
| Student Strength including Doctoral Students (SS) Faculty-student ratio with emphasis on permanent faculty (FSR) Combined metric for Faculty with PhD (or equivalent) & Experience (FQE) Financial Resources and their Ultilization (FRU) Online Education (OE) Multiple Entry or Exit, Indian Knowledge System and Regional Languages (MIR) | 30% |
| Research and Professional Practice (RPC) | Combined metric for Publications (PU) Combined metric for Quality of Publications (QP) IPR and Patents: Filed, Published, Granted and Licensed (IPR) Footprint of Projects & Professional Practice (FPPP) Publications and Citations in SDGs (PSDGs) | 30% |
| Graduation Outcome (GO) | Metric for University Examinations: GUE Metric for Number of PhD Students Graduated GPHD | 20% |
| Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) | Percent Students from other states/countries (Region Diversity RD) Percentage of Women (Women Diversity [WD]) Economically and Socially Challenged Students (ESCS) Facilities for Physically Challenged Students (PCS) Perception (PR) Ranking | 10% |
| Peer Perception | Academic Peers and Employer (PR) | 10% |
Previous Year NIRF Ranking for MBA Colleges
Check the table below to know the previous year NIRF ranking of the year 2025, 2024, 2023:
| Name of the College | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
| IIM Ahmedabad | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| IIM Bangalore | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| IIM Calcutta | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| IIT Delhi | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| IIM Lucknow | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| IIM Mumbai | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| IIM Kozhikode | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| IIM Indore | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| MDI Gurgaon | 9 | 11 | 13 |
| XLRI Jamshedpur | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| Symbiosis Institute of Business Management | 11 | 13 | 17 |
| IIT Kharagpur | 12 | 19 | 14 |
| IIT Madras | 13 | 16 | 15 |
| IIT Bombay | 14 | 10 | 10 |
| IIM Raipur | 15 | 14 | 11 |
| IIM Trichy | 16 | 27 | 22 |
| Indian Institute of Foreign Trade | 17 | 15 | 27 |
| IIM Ranchi | 18 | 17 | 24 |
| IIM Rohtak | 19 | 12 | 12 |
| SP Jain Institute of Management and Research | 20 | 20 | 20 |
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