NIRF Ranking 2025: The Ministry of Education has unveiled the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) India Rankings 2025, placing Hindu College, Delhi, at the top of the colleges category. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced the results, which reaffirm Delhi’s stronghold in undergraduate education with Miranda House, Hans Raj, Kirori Mal, and St. Stephen’s also in the top five.
NIRF Ranking 2025: Top colleges of 2025
Rank 1: Hindu College, Delhi
Rank 2: Miranda College, Delhi
Rank 3: Hans Raj College, Delhi
Rank 4: Kirori Mal College, Delhi
Rank 5: St. Stephen's College, Delhi
Rank 6: Rama Krishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Kolkata
Rank 7: Atma Ram Sanatan Dharm College, New Delhi
Rank 8: St. Xavier's College, Kolkata
Rank 9: PSGR Krishnammal College of Women, Coimbatore
Rank 10: PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore
NIRF 2025 is the tenth anniversary of India's most reliable academic ranking. The exercise this year covers nine broad categories, Overall, Universities, Colleges, Research Institutions, Innovation, State Public Universities, Open Universities, Skill Universities, and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and eight discipline-specific streams, namely Engineering, Management, Pharmacy, Medical, Architecture & Planning, Law, Dental, and Agriculture & Allied Sciences.
Country's top ten colleges include a combination of Delhi University strongholds and famous Kolkata and Coimbatore institutions. After Hindu College takes the top position, Miranda House ranks 2, Hans Raj 3, Kirori Mal 4, and St. Stephen's 5. Joining them in the national limelight are Kolkata's Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College at Rank 6 and St. Xavier's at Rank 8, from Coimbatore at Rank 9 and Rank 10, respectively, PSGR Krishnammal and PSG College of Arts & Science.
Through combining teaching excellence, research productivity, and innovation indicators, NIRF provides students, parents, and policymakers with detailed direction on India's changing higher education scenario.
