NIRF Ranking Category 2023: Top 10 Universities & Colleges

As a student, we always aspire to be part of the best colleges or universities in the country. Well, it is an important decision in everyone’s life that is not just limited to the academic aspects. A college/institution/university shapes our personality & enhances our creative thinking abilities. Apart from standard quality education, the positive environment of the universities or institutions, highly qualified faculty members, placement rate, industry recognition, & many other similar factors create a powerful impact on our professional journeys. 

With a diversified choice range in colleges or universities, the task to choose the best one has become even more complicated. In this article, we have tried to make this tedious task a bit simpler for you by providing the lists of top colleges, institutions, universities, & others as per the NIRF 2023 rankings.

Overview of NIRF

NIRF or National Institutional Ranking Framework is a ranking methodology used to rank higher education institutions in India under the guidelines of the Ministry of Education, Government of India. This ranking framework was launched in the country in 2015. The core committee of NIRF deciding the rankings of institutions in different prospects constitutes members of some elite institutions or universities like Delhi University, EFL University, Central University of Gujarat, JNU, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, NIT Tiruchirappalli, NIT Warangal, IIIT&M Gwalior, IISER Bhopal, SPA Delhi, NAAC, and NBA.

NIRF ranking is done based on the operational areas of institutions which include 11 major categories of overall, colleges, universities, engineering, management, law, medical, pharmacy, architecture, research, and dental. The ranking used by this framework is based on some important parameters like research, resources, and stakeholder perception.

As per the recommendation of the core committee of NIRF, the institutions were categorized into 2 sub-categories as Category A & Category B. Category A covers up al the national institutions that are set up by State Universities, Acts of Parliament, Private Universities, Deemed-to-be Universities, and other autonomous institutions. On the other hand, Category B has all the institutions that are affiliated with other universities & do not hold an “autonomous” designation.

NIRF Rankings:  Parameters & Their Weightage

The NIRF ranking in different categories is based on a set of parameters decided by the core committee of the ranking framework. A minimum weightage has been assigned to each parameter that must be secured by universities/institutions to hold a place in this ranking system. Institutions are evaluated out of a total score of 100 assigned to each parameter.

• Teaching, learning, and resources (TLR): This parameter is concerned with the student strength, faculty-student ratio, qualifications & experiences of faculty members, availability of financial resources & utilization.
• Research, professional practice, and collaborative performance (RPC): This parameter involves the combined metric for publications & their quality.
• Graduation outcome (GO): This parameter is more focused on the learning outcomes & thus associated with the data of university examinations, placement and higher studies, & salary packages. 
• Outreach and inclusivity (OI): This one is connected with the accessibility of education to different categories of students like students from other states/countries, economically and socially challenged students, women, & physically challenged students.
• Perception (PR): In this parameter, the perceptions of peers, employers, & other academicians are considered.

Among the 11 categories of NIRF, parameters & their weightage for universities, engineering, management, law, medical, pharmacy, architecture, research, and dental categories are tabulated below.

Parameter	Weightage
	Category A Institutions	Category B Institututions
TLR	0.30	0.30
RPC	0.30	0.20
GO	0.15	0.25
OI	0.15	0.15
PR	0.10	0.10

For the overall & college category, the weightage of parameters is as follows.

Parameter	Weightage
	Category A Institutions	Category B Institututions
TLR	0.30	0.40
RPC	0.30	0.15
GO	0.20	0.25
OI	0.10	0.10
PR	0.10	0.10

Top 10 NIRF 2023 Rankings: Overall

In the overall category, the first rank is bagged by IIT Madras which is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. A list of the top 10 institutions that made it into the overall category is provided here.

NIRF  2023 Rank	Institution	City	State
1	Indian Institute of Technology Madras	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
2	Indian Institute of Science	Bengaluru	Karnataka
3	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	New Delhi	Delhi
4	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	Mumbai	Maharashtra
5	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh
6	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi	New Delhi	Delhi
7	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Kharagpur	West Bengal
8	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	Roorkee	Uttarakhand
9	Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati	Guwahati	Assam
10	Jawaharlal Nehru University	New Delhi	Delhi

Top 10 NIRF 2023 Rankings: Universities

In the university category, the Indian Institute of Science made it to the first position which is a second-ranked institution in the overall category. The top 10 institutions in the university category of NIRF are listed here.

NIRF  2023 Rank	Institution	City	State
1	Indian Institute of Science	Bengaluru	Karnataka
2	Jawaharlal Nehru University	New Delhi	Delhi
3	Jamia Millia Islamia	New Delhi	Delhi
4	Jadavpur University	Kolkata	West Bengal
5	Banaras Hindu University	Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh
6	Manipal Academy of Higher Education	Manipal	Karnataka
7	Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu
8	Vellore Institute of Technology	Vellore	Tamil Nadu
9	Aligarh Muslim University	Aligarh	Uttar Pradesh
10	University of Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Telangana

Top 10 NIRF 2023 Rankings: Colleges

In the college category, the first & second rank has been grabbed by the 2 colleges of the University of Delhi. A glimpse at the top 10 colleges is provided here.

NIRF  2023 Rank	Institution	City	State
1	Miranda House	Delhi	Delhi
2	Hindu College	Delhi	Delhi
3	Presidency College	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
4	PSGR Krishnammal College for Women	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu
5	St. Xavier`s College	Kolkata	West Bengal
6	Atma Ram Sanatan Dharm College	New Delhi	Delhi
7	Loyola College	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
8	Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College	Kolkata	West Bengal
9	Kirori Mal College	Delhi	Delhi
10	Lady Shri Ram College For Women	New Delhi	Delhi

Top 10 NIRF 2023 Rankings: Research Institutions

In the category of research institutions, the Indian Institute of Science again marked its spot at the first position for being the incubation center of innovative learning. The top 10 research institutions as per the NIRF 2023 rankings are provided below.

NIRF  2023 Rank	Institution	City	State
1	Indian Institute of Science	Bengaluru	Karnataka
2	Indian Institute of Technology Madras	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
3	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	New Delhi	Delhi
4	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	Mumbai	Maharashtra
5	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Kharagpur	West Bengal
6	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh
7	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	Roorkee	Uttarakhand
8	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi	New Delhi	Delhi
9	Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati	Guwahati	Assam
10	Tata Institute of Fundamental Research	Mumbai	Maharashtra

Top 10 NIRF 2023 Rankings: Engineering

IITs have made it to the top 10 rankings in the engineering category with IIT Madras at the first position. The list for the same is tabulated below.

NIRF  2023 Rank	Institution	City	State
1	Indian Institute of Technology Madras	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
2	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	New Delhi	Delhi
3	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	Mumbai	Maharashtra
4	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh
5	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	Roorkee	Uttarakhand
6	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Kharagpur	West Bengal
7	Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati	Guwahati	Assam
8	Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Telangana
9	National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli	Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu
10	Jadavpur University	Kolkata	West Bengal

Top 10 NIRF 2023 Rankings: Management

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad has come out as the best business school in India by being the No.1 in NIRF 2023 rankings. A list of the top 10 management institutes in India is provided here that can make you choose the best as per your potential.

NIRF  2023 Rank	Institution	City	State
1	Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad	Ahmedabad	Gujarat
2	Indian Institute of Management Bangalore	Bengaluru	Karnataka
3	Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode	Kozhikode	Kerala
4	Indian Institute of Management Calcutta	Kolkata	West Bengal
5	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	New Delhi	Delhi
6	Indian Institute of Management Lucknow	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh
7	National  Institute of Industrial Engineering	Mumbai	Maharashtra
8	Indian Institute of Management Indore	Indore	Madhya Pradesh
9	XLRI-Xavier School of Management	Jamshedpur	Jharkhand
10	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	Mumbai	Maharashtra

Top 10 NIRF 2023 Rankings: Law

In the law category, the National Law School of India marked its position at No.1 followed by National Law University at the second position. A list of the top 10 law institutions has been provided here to get an idea of some of the best choices available in this category.

NIRF  2023 Rank	Institution	City	State
1	National Law School of India University	Bengaluru	Karnataka
2	National Law University	New Delhi	Delhi
3	Nalsar University of Law	Hyderabad	Telangana
4	The  West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences	Kolkata	West Bengal
5	Jamia Millia Islamia	New Delhi	Delhi
6	Symbiosis Law School	Pune	Maharashtra
7	Gujarat National Law University	Gandhinagar	Gujarat
8	Siksha `O` Anusandhan	Bhubaneswar	Odisha
9	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Kharagpur	West Bengal
10	Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh

Conclusion

By looking at the above-mentioned lists, you must be aspiring to enroll in the best institution as per your interest area. NIRF rankings provide you with the listing of institutions after considering all the important aspects like faculty-to-student ratio, academic excellence, placement rates, and accessibility to different categories of students.

The NIRF rankings provide you with the range of the best institutions in India that hold a global reputation for offering standard quality higher education.