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The NIRF 2025 MBA ranking will be released tomorrow, i.e., September 4, 2025, by the Ministry of Education on the official website. The NIRF ranking will be accessed at nirfindia.org. NIRF ranking will be released across 16 categories, including three new ones. The National Board of Accreditation (NBA) ranks institutions based on learning, teaching, graduation rates, research, outreach, and other factors. This year, the 10th edition of the NIRF rank is going to be released. Going by the past year's trends, the authorities release the NIRF ranking in the month of August. This year, the release of the same was delayed because the Madras High Court issued a temporary stay following a complaint about the NIRF transparency and data issues.
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At present, NIRF ranks institutes in sixteen categories, including colleges, universities, management, engineering, law, pharmacy, architecture, medical, innovation, dental, agriculture and allied sectors, and research institutions. As mentioned above, three new categories have been added this year, including open universities, state-funded public universities, and skill universities. Also, it is expected that the NIRF 2025 MBA ranking might be on the same lines as last year’s.
Here we have listed the names of the top 20 MBA colleges in India as per last year’s NIRF ranking, along with their score.
MBA Colleges | NIRF Ranking for MBA | NIRF Score (Last Year's) |
1 | 83.32 | |
2 | 81.16 | |
3 | 77.90 | |
4 | 76.25 | |
5 | 75.07 | |
6 | 74.73 | |
7 | 74.43 | |
8 | 73.53 | |
9 | 68.13 | |
10 | 67.16 | |
11 | 66.85 | |
12 | 66.49 | |
13 | 65.13 | |
14 | 64.40 | |
15 | 62.36 | |
16 | 61.73 | |
17 | 61.27 | |
18 | 61.21 | |
19 | 61.03 | |
20 | 60.97 |
NIRF 2025 MBA ranking is decided by considering 5 parameters, such as Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR), Graduation Outcomes (GO), Research & Professional Practice (RP), Outreach & Inclusivity (OI), and Perception (PR). TLR and RP both holds the highest weightage of 30%.
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 |
Till 2024, these parameters remained consistent. However, for the NIRF 2025 ranking, authorities are all set to introduce a new dimension by integrating SDG-related indicators.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
This year, the release of the NIRF ranking got delayed because the Madras High Court issued a temporary stay following a complaint about data issues and transparency.
Going by last year's trends, IIM Ahmedabad secured rank 1 in the management category.
NIRF 2025 ranking will be released by the Ministry of Education on September 4, 2025 at the official website.
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