NIRF Ranking 2026 Soon; Check Release Date, Top Colleges, Past Year Trends, Expected Time
Ministry Education will soon release the NIRF Ranking 2026. Check the expected release date, categories, ranking parameters, previous year trends, etc.
Ministry of Education of India will be publishing the NIRF 2026 rankings soon. The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) was released on September 4, last year. The Ministry has not yet announced the NIRF ranking 2026 release date yet, but it is expected to be out anytime soon. Students will be able to check the NIRF Rankings 2026 on the official website of NIRF.
Five core parameters will be taken into consideration to decide the rankings across categories such as Overall, Universities, Colleges, Management, Medical, Engineering, Law, Pharmacy, Dental, Architecture, Agriculture and Research, etc.
NIRF Ranking 2026 Release Date
The release date for NIRF Ranking 2026 has not yet been announced by the Ministry of Education. The rankings are however expected to be announced in the second week of September 2026. Last year, the rankings were announced in the first week of September.
NIRF Ranking 2026 Parameters
Check the table below to know the five core parameters for NIRF 2026 Rankings:
| 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) | 0.30 |
| 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) | 0.30 |
| Graduation Outcome (GO) | Metric for University Examinations: GUE Metric for Number of PhD Students Graduated GPHD | 0.20 |
| 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 | 0.10 |
| Peer Perception | Academic Peers and Employer (PR) | 0.10 |
The parameters that are considered, assess faculty, infrastructure, research publications, student experiences and graduation outcomes, inclusivity and diversity, etc.
NIRF Ranking: Previous Year Toppers
Check the table below to know the category wise previous year toppers:
| Name of the Institute | Category | Overall Score |
| Indian Institute of Technology Madras | Overall | 87.31 |
| Indian Institute of Science | University | 85.05 |
| Hindu College, Delhi University | Colleges | 84.01 |
| Indian Institute of Science | Research Institutes | 85.01 |
| IIT Madras | Engineering | 88.72 |
| Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad | Management | 83.29 |
| Jamia Hamdard | Pharmacy | 86.59 |
| AIIMS, Delhi | Medical | 91.80 |
| AIIMS, Delhi | Dental | 89.12 |
| National Law School of India University | Law | 82.97 |
| IIT Roorkee | Architecture and Planning | 83.95 |
| Indian Agricultural Research Institute | Agriculture and Allied Sectors | 89.23 |
| IIT Madras | Innovation | |
| Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) | Open University | |
| Symbiosis Skills and Professional University (Formerly Symbiosis Skill and Open University) | Skill University | |
| Jadavpur University | State Public University | 76.08 |
| IIT Madras | Sustainable Development Goals |
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