The NIRF ranking for MBA 2025 was released on September 4, 2025. IIM Ahmedabad again grabbed the first spot in the management category. Last year also IIM Ahmedabad was ranked 1 with an overall score of 83.23, followed by IIM Bangalore and IIM Kozhikode. Apart from the big IIMs, others have also marked a massive jump in their NIRF ranking. This year, three new categories have been added, including open universities, state-funded public universities, and skill universities. Last year in the NIRF ranking, IIM Nagpur jumped from 43 to 31, IIM Bodh Gaya surged from 53 to 33, IIM Ranchi improved to 17 from 24, and IIM Udaipur dropped from 16 to 22. Read this article by Careers360 on the NIRF 2025 rankings for IIMs and last year’s IIMs NIRF ranking.
Check out the NIRF 2025 ranking for IIMs. This table consists of the NIRF ranking for the top 10. Once the entire management NIRF 2025 is published, the same can be accessed on this page.
| Top IIMs Name | NIRF Rank 2025 |
| IIM Ahmedabad | 1 |
| IIM Bangalore | 2 |
| IIM Kozhikode | 3 |
| IIM Lucknow | 5 |
| IIM Mumbai | 6 |
| IIM Calcutta | 7 |
| IIM Indore | 8 |
Check out the past year’s National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rank of top IIMs (Top 20)
Rank (2024) | IIM Name | NIRF Score (2024) |
1 | IIM Ahmedabad | 83.32 |
2 | IIM Bangalore | 81.16 |
3 | IIM Kozhikode | 77.90 |
5 | IIM Calcutta | 75.07 |
6 | IIM Mumbai | 74.73 |
7 | IIM Lucknow | 74.43 |
8 | IIM Indore | 73.53 |
12 | - | |
14 | - | |
17 | 61.27 |
The NIRF 2025 management rankings are an important criterion for rating MBA colleges/B-schools for various parameters such as faculty members, infrastructure, placement opportunities, and placement. NIRF gives a score to the B-schools for all the factors involved.
This time the Ministry of Education released the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 16 categories. The NIRF MBA 2025 ranking is now available on the official website - nirfindia.org. The NIRF 2025 management ranking compiles the top 100 MBA colleges across the country.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
NIRF assesses institutions based on Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR), Research & Professional Practice (RP), Graduation Outcomes (GO), Outreach & Inclusivity (OI), and Peer Perception.
As per last year’s NIRF ranking, IIM Nagpur climbed from 43 to 31, IIM Bodh Gaya rose from 53 to 33, IIM Ranchi improved from 24 to 17. In contrast, IIM Udaipur dropped from 16 to 22.
IIM Ahmedabad held the top spot with a score of 83.32, followed by IIM Bangalore and IIM Kozhikode.
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