NIRF Ranking 2025: The Ministry of Education launched the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2025 on September 4, releasing India's most authentic higher education rankings in 17 disciplines. The yearly assessment measures institutions against teaching, research, graduation rates, outreach, and perception.
In the just-released Skill Universities ranking list, Symbiosis Skills and Professional University, Pune, stands at Rank 1, followed by Symbiosis University of Applied Sciences, Indore (Rank 2) and Shri Vishwakarma Skill University, Palwal (Rank 3).
For the SDG category, IIT Madras is the leader, with Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, and Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, occupying Ranks 2 and 3.
Agriculture and Allied Sectors ranking ranks IARI, New Delhi at number one, followed by ICAR – National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal (Rank 2), Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Rank 3), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (Rank 4), and Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar (Rank 5).
NIRF Ranking 2025: Top skill universities of 2025
Rank 1: Symbiosis Skills and Professional University, Pune
Rank 2: Symbiosis University of Applied Sciences, Indore
Rank 3: Shri Vishwakarma Skill University, Palwal
NIRF Ranking 2025: Top SDG institutes
Rank 1: IIT Madras
Rank 2: Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
Rank 3: Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
NIRF Ranking 2025: Agriculture and allied sector
Rank 1: Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
Rank 2: ICAR – National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal
Rank 3: Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
Rank 4: Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
Rank 5: Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar
Marking its decennial edition, NIRF has grown to capture India's shifting higher education priorities, such as increased emphasis on Sustainable Development Goals and industry-oriented skills, providing students, faculty, and policymakers with a transparent image of excellence in higher education.
