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The NIRF MBA ranking 2025 is out!! The Ministry of Education, which oversees the NIRF Ranking 2025, has published the NIRF Ranking 2025 for management colleges on September 04 on nirfindia.org. According to the NIRF ranking PDF 2025, the top management college in India is IIM Ahmedabad. Apart from it IIM Banaglore, IIM Kozhikode, IIM Lucknow, IIM Mumbai, IIM Calcutta, and IIM Indore are among the top IIMs made it to the top 10 MBA colleges according to the NIRF 2025 management List . Apart from IIMs, IIT Delhi, XLRI, and IIT Bombay are ranked 4th, 9th, and 10th, respectively. This year, the 10th edition of the NIRF 2025 ranking, apart from the existing parameters, introduced two more major changes. First, in judging parameters, the management institutions are judged based on their compliance with the Sustainable Development Goals. Moreover, for the first time, NIRF introduced the idea of negative marking for the retraction of the research paper.
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Top IIM in NIRF 2025 Management Ranking: IIM Ahmedabad
Top Non-IIM in NIRF 2025 MBA Ranking: IIT Delhi (Rank:4)
New Features Introduced - a) Inclusion of Sustainable Development Goals.
b) Negative Marking for the Research Paper Retraction.
The NIRF ranking 2025 management list comprises the top 100 MBA colleges in the country. Check out the top 10 NIRF ranking for MBA 2025 from the table below
TOP 10 NIRF Ranking MBA 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|
NIRF MBA Ranking 2025 List | NIRF Management Ranking 2025 | NIRF Score 2025 |
1 | 83.29 | |
2 | 81.56 | |
3 | 79.85 | |
4 | 78.94 | |
| IIM Lucknow | 5 | 77.97 |
6 | 77.58 | |
| IIM Calcutta | 7 | 77.34 |
8 | 75.68 | |
| MDI Gurgaon | 9 | 71.96 |
10 | 70.63 | |
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NIRF MBA Ranking 2024 List | NIRF Management Ranking 2024 | NIRF Score 2024 |
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 |
The NIRF's top 10 MBA colleges, along with their NIRF ranking of the previous years. This NIRF year-wise comparison will help to understand how the top management colleges in India have performed over the years.
Name of the NIRF Ranking of MBA Colleges | NIRF Management Ranking 2025 | NIRF Management Ranking 2024 | MBA NIRF Ranking 2023 |
IIM Ahmedabad | 1 | 1 | 1 |
IIM Bangalore | 2 | 2 | 2 |
IIM Kozhikode | 3 | 3 | 3 |
IIM Calcutta | 7 | 5 | 4 |
IIT Delhi | 4 | 4 | 5 |
IIM Lucknow | 5 | 7 | 6 |
National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai | 6 | 6 | 7 |
IIM Indore | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| MDI Gurgaon | 9 | ||
XLRI-Xavier School of Management | 10 | 9 | 9 |
IIT Bombay | 10 | 10 |
The parameters used for the NIRF ranking of MBA colleges, along with the weightage, are mentioned in the table below.
Parameters | Marks | Weightage |
Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR) | 100 | 0.40 |
Research Productivity, Impact and IPR (RPII) | 100 | 0.20 |
Graduation Outcome (GO) | 100 | 0.15 |
Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) | 100 | 0.15 |
Peer Perception (PP) | 100 | 0.10 |
Name of the NIRF Ranking of MBA Colleges | NIRF Management Ranking 2025 | NIRF Management Ranking 2024 |
IIM Ahmedabad | 1 | 1 |
IIM Bangalore | 2 | 2 |
IIM Kozhikode | 3 | 3 |
IIM Lucknow | 5 | 7 |
| IIM Mumbai | 6 | 6 |
IIM Calcutta | 7 | 5 |
IIM Indore | 8 | 8 |
| IIM Raipur | 15 | 14 |
| IIM Trichy | 16 | 27 |
| IIM Ranchi | 18 | 17 |
Name of the NIRF Ranking of MBA Colleges | NIRF Management Ranking 2025 | NIRF Management Ranking 2024 |
IIT Delhi | 4 | 4 |
MDI Gurgaon | 9 | 11 |
XLRI Jamshedpur | 10 | 9 |
SIBM Pune | 11 | 13 |
| IIT Kharagpur | 12 | 19 |
| IIT Madras | 13 | 16 |
| IIT Bombay | 14 | 10 |
IIFT Delhi | 17 | 15 |
| SPJIMR Mumbai | 20 | 20 |
| NMIMS Mumbai | 24 | 21 |
The NIRF ranking 2025 for MBA colleges in Delhi is given below.
Name of the College | NIRF Ranking 2025 | NIRF Ranking 2024 |
IIT Delhi | 4 | 4 |
17 | 15 | |
28 | 25 | |
40 | 40 | |
59 | 53 | |
76 | 65 | |
87 | 78 | |
Jagan Institute of Management Studies | 90 | 87 |
86 | 88 |
The NIRF 2025 ranking for MBA colleges in Mumbai is given below.
Name of the College | NIRF Ranking 2025 | NIRF Ranking 2024 |
Indian Institute of Management Mumbai | 6 | 6 |
IIT Bombay | 14 | 10 |
S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research | 20 | 20 |
24 | 21 | |
65 | 63 | |
Principal L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research | 75 | 84 |
The NIRF 2025 ranking MBA colleges in Bangalore is given below.
Name of the College | NIRF Ranking 2025 | NIRF Ranking 2024 |
IIM Bangalore | 2 | 2 |
Christ University | 57 | 60 |
Alliance University | 71 | 71 |
73 | 77 |
NIRF 2025 ranking for MBA colleges in Chennai is given below.
Name of the College | NIRF Ranking 2025 | NIRF Ranking 2024 |
IIT Madras | 13 | 16 |
37 | 34 | |
Loyola Institute of Business Administration | 55 | 66 |
88 | 69 | |
63 | 74 |
NIRF ranking for MBA colleges in Kolkata is given below.
Name of the College | NIRF Ranking 2025 | NIRF Ranking 2024 |
IIM Calcutta | 7 | 5 |
42 | 56 |
On Question asked by student community
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The cut offs are not announced officially. A score of 81+ percentile can be considered for MBA admission under NRI quota at
Nirma University
. Along with the cut off, the past academics, work ex, and other achievements also play a vital role for getting an MBA admission.
If
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CETs are conducetd in various states like Maharashtra (MAH CET), Telangana (TS ICET), AP (AP ICET), Karnataka (PGCET) etc. Registration date for Maharashtra MBA CET 2026 is over. However, you can still apply for AP ICET and TS ICET.
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MAH MBA CET 2026
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Yes, the PGDM course of APEEJAY Institute of Technology School of Management is equivalent to an MBA course. This is evident by the fact that both the courses are opted after graduation for a period of two years. The eligibility criteria for both the courses is also almost the same.
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