NIRF MBA 2025 Ranking Released: Top Management Colleges & Scores
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NIRF MBA 2025 Ranking Released: Top Management Colleges & Scores

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Himanshu ShekharUpdated on 04 Sep 2025, 03:53 PM IST

The NIRF MBA ranking release date 2025 has been announced by the Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India. Authorities has released the NIRF MBA 2025 MBA ranking today, on September 4, 2025. The MoE releases the NIRF MBA ranking annually to assess and rank higher education institutions in India. NIRF (National Institutional Rating Framework) releases rankings for different MBA/PGDM colleges under the management category. This year IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore and IIM Kozhikode are the top 3 MBA colleges in India. Last year, as per the NIRF management ranking, IIM Ahmedabad was ranked first with a total score of 83.32, and IIM Bangalore and IIM Kozhikode were in the second and third spots, respectively, with an NIRF score of 81.16 and 77.90.

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  1. NIRF MBA 2025 Ranking
  2. NIRF Ranking 2025 Release Date: Last Year’s Release Dates
  3. Last Year’s NIRF Management Ranking 2024
  4. Summary of NIRF Ranking Parameter and Weightage
NIRF MBA 2025 Ranking Released: Top Management Colleges & Scores
NIRF MBA 2025 Ranking Release Date 2025

NIRF MBA 2025 Ranking

Last year, in the top 10 NIRF management ranking, there were a total of 7 IIMs, 2 IITs and 1 top B-school (XLRI-Xavier School of Management). Read this article by Careers360 to know the expected release date of the NIRF MBA 2025 ranking and the year-wise comparison of the NIRF Management ranking and the parameters and weightage to consider while preparing the NIRF MBA 2025 ranking.

NIRF Ranking 2025 Release Date: Last Year’s Release Dates

Here we have listed the expected release date of the NIRF MBA ranking release date along with the last few years' NIRF ranking release dates.

Year

NIRF Rank Release Date

NIRF 2025 MBA ranking release date

September 4, 2025

NIRF ranking release date 2024

August 12, 2024

NIRF 2023 rank release date

June 5, 2023

NIRF 2022 ranking release date

July 15, 2022

NIRF ranking release date 2021

September 9, 2021

Last Year’s NIRF Management Ranking 2024

Here are the listed names of the top 20 MBA colleges in India in last year’s NIRF ranking.

Summary of NIRF Ranking Parameter and Weightage

These rankings are decided by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) based on 5 parameters - Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR), Graduation Outcomes (GO), Research & Professional Practice (RP), Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) and Perception. The two parameters TLR and RP hold the highest weightage of 30 percent.

Parameter

Marks

Weightage

Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR)

100

0.30

Graduation Outcomes (GO)

100

0.20

Research & Professional Practice (RP)

100

0.30

Outreach & Inclusivity (OI)

100

0.10

Perception

100

0.10

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: What is NIRF MBA 2025 Ranking Release Date 2025?
A:

The NIRF management ranking release date is September 4, 2025. Although, we can expect the release of the NIRF 2025 ranking anytime soon.

Q: In which month is the NIRF ranking released?
A:

The Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India will release NIRF 2025 MBA ranking on September 4, 2025.

Q: Who was first in the NIRF ranking?
A:

Last year, IIM Ahmedabad was ranked first in the NIRF ranking management category.

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