NIRF MBA Rankings 2025 vs 2024 vs 2023: The NIRF 2025 Rankings were announced on September 4, 2025, by the Education Minister, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan. This year, NIRF 2025 aims to inform students properly and set a spirit of competition. As per NIRF ranking 2025, the #1 management institute in India is IIM Ahmedabad, for the 3rd consecutive year. Following this list are IIM Bangalore. IIM K, IIM Delhi, IIM Lucknow, IIM Mumbai and among other top IIMs, which made it to the list of top 10 IIM colleges according to the NIRF ranking management 2025. Keep reading to find the latest NIRF 2025 rankings for IIMs, IITs, private and government colleges under the MBA domain.
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NIRF rankings 2025 have once again ranked IIM Ahmedabad at #1 among the list of top IIM colleges in India. This is the for 3rd consecutive year that the institute has been ranked at the top.
IIT Madras, in the overall category, once again, bagged the top position in the NIRF 2025 for the seventh consecutive year.
As for the top private MBA colleges in India, NIRF Ranking 2025 has ranked MDI Gurgaon on #9 and XLRI Jamshedpur on #10 for the management category.
Take a look at the following list of top IIM MBA colleges according to the latest NIRF rankings 2025 data.
College Name | NIRF Ranking 2025 | NIRF Rank 2024 | NIRF Rank 2023 |
1 | 1 | 1 | |
2 | 2 | 2 | |
3 | 3 | 3 | |
IIM Delhi | 4 | 4 | 5 |
IIM Lucknow | 5 | 7 | 6 |
6 | 6 | 7 | |
7 | 5 | 4 | |
8 | 8 | 8 |
Here is the following list, which mentions some of the top government MBA colleges in India along with their NIRF rankings for 2025, 2024 and 2023.
College Name | NIRF Ranking 2025 | NIRF Ranking 2024 | NIRF Rank 2023 |
1 | 16 | 15 | |
4 | 4 | 5 | |
12 | 19 | 14 | |
14 | 10 | 10 | |
22 | 18 | 18 | |
27 | 29 | 28 | |
- | - | 9 |
Here is the following list, which mentions some of the top government MBA colleges in India along with their NIRF rankings for 2025, 2024 and 2023.
College Name | NIRF Ranking 2025 | NIRF Ranking 2024 | NIRF Rank 2023 |
- | 100 | - | |
National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, Hyderabad | 95 | 96 | 97 |
92 | 92 | 82 | |
79 | 86 | 78 | |
| National Institute of Technology Calicut | 85 | 76 | 75 |
| Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh | 69 | 70 | 55 |
| Anna University, Chennai | 88 | 69 | 49 |
60 | 48 | 56 |
The following mentions the top private MBA colleges in India along with their NIRF ranking 2025, 2024 and 2023 to give you a comparison for each year.
College Name | NIRF Ranking 2025 | NIRF Rank 2024 | NIRF Rank 2023 |
9 | 11 | 13 | |
10 | 9 | 9 | |
11 | 13 | 17 | |
20 | 20 | 20 | |
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai (NMIMS) | 24 | 21 | 21 |
49 | 29 | 28 | |
33 | 32 | 37 | |
37 | 34 | 31 | |
43 | 37 | 33 | |
45 | 43 | 46 | |
36 | 41 | 39 | |
50 | 52 | 62 | |
59 | 53 | 63 | |
39 | 58 | 42 | |
81 | 73 | 79 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The new category this year is for Sustainable Development Goals. This evaluates institutions on the basis of their 'green' practices.
The effectiveness of the NIRF ranking depends on the data which is provided by the participating institutes.
Yes, the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings are done every year to assess and rank higher education institutions in India based on several parameters.
The NIRF rankings are based on five broad parameters: Teaching, Learning and Resources; Research and Professional Practices; Graduation Outcomes; Outreach and Inclusivity; and Perception.
Yes, the NIRF 2025 ranking has been released and will soon be available on the official website.
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