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Top 100 MBA Colleges In India 2026-28 List As Per NIRF 2025 Ranking

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Suvam MaitiUpdated on 08 Sep 2025, 01:03 PM IST

IIM Ahmedabad has once again bagged the 1st spot among the top 100 MBA colleges in India 2026-28 list. IIM A has become India’s no. 1 college for mba admission 2026-28. This year, IIM Ahmedabad gained an NIRF score of 83.29 to become the no. 1 in NIRF MBA ranking 2025 followed by IIM Bangalore and IIM Kozhikode. Apart from the IIMs, IIT Delhi made it to the top NIRF MBA ranking list 2025, making it the highest-ranked IITs, offering MBA courses. MDI Gurgaon has moved up to rank 9 in the NIRF management ranking 2025, making it the highest-ranked private MBA college in India 2026-28. Apart from the IIMS, IITs and the private MBA colleges, non-IIM government colleges made it to the NIRF management ranking list 2025.

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  4. Top 15 Private MBA Colleges in India 2025 vs 2024 vs 2023 (NIRF Ranking)
  5. Parameters for NIRF 2025 Ranking of MBA Colleges
  6. Top 10 MBA Colleges In India Last Year (NIRF MBA Ranking 2024)
Top 100 MBA Colleges In India 2026-28 List As Per NIRF 2025 Ranking
Top 100 MBA Colleges In India 2026-28 List As Per NIRF 2025 Ranking

Apart from the existing NIRF parameters, two major changes have been introduced this year in the NIRF MBA ranking 2025. First, in judging parameters, the management institutions are judged based on their compliance with sustainable development goals. Moreover, for the first time, the idea of negative marking was introduced for the retraction of the research paper. Check out the list of top 100 MBA colleges in India 2026-28 as per NIRF MBA 2025 ranking.

Top 100 B-Schools In India (NIRF 2025 Ranking): Important Highlights You Must Know

  1. Top IIM in NIRF Management Ranking 2025: IIM Ahmedabad

  2. Top Non-IIM in NIRF Ranking 2025: IIT Delhi (Rank 4)

  3. Top Private MBA College in NIRF Ranking 2025: MDI Gurgaon (Rank 9)

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Top 100 MBA Colleges In India 2026-28 As Per NIRF Ranking 2025

MBA Colleges

State

Type

NIRF Rank 2025

Score 25

Change from 2024

Rank 24

Rank 23

IIM, Ahmedabad

Gujarat

Public

1

83.29

-

1

1

IIM, Bangalore

Karnataka

Public

2

81.56

-

2

2

IIM, Kozhikode

Kerala

Public

3

79.85

-

3

3

IIT, Delhi

Delhi

Public

4

78.94

-

4

5

IIM, Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh

Public

5

77.97

+2

7

6

IIM, Mumbai

Maharashtra

Public

6

77.58

0

6

7

IIM, Calcutta

West Bengal

Public

7

77.34

-2

5

4

IIM, Indore

Madhya Pradesh

Public

8

75.68

0

8

8

MDI, Gurgaon

Haryana

Private

9

71.96

+2

11

13

XLRI, Jamshedpur

Jharkhand

Private

10

70.63

-1

9

9

SIBM, Pune

Maharashtra

Private

11

67.9

+2

13

17

IIT, Kharagpur

West Bengal

Public

12

66.97

+7

19

14

IIT, Madras

Tamil Nadu

Public

13

66.5

-3

16

15

IIT, Bombay

Maharashtra

Public

14

65.82

-4

10

10

IIM, Raipur

Chhattisgarh

Public

15

65.03

+1

14

11

IIM, Tiruchirappalli

Tamil Nadu

Public

16

64.95

+ 11

27

22

IIFT, Delhi

Delhi

Public

17

62.93

-2

15

27

IIM, Ranchi

Jharkhand

Public

18

62.77

-1

17

24

IIM, Rohtak

Haryana

Public

19

62.6

-7

12

12

SPJIMR, Mumbai

Maharashtra

Private

20

62.06

-

20

20

IIM, Udaipur

Rajasthan

Public

21

61.79

+1

22

16

IIT, Roorkee

Uttarakhand

Public

22

61.77

-4

18

18

IIM, Kashipur

Uttarakhand

Public

23

61.74

-

23

19

NMIMS, Mumbai

Maharashtra

Private

24

60.99

-3

21

21

IIM, Nagpur

Maharashtra

Public

25

60.88

+6

31

43

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore

Tamil Nadu

Private

26

60.25

+2

28

30

IIT, Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh

Public

27

60.15

-2

29

23

Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

Delhi

Public

28

60.06

-3

25

25

IIM, Visakhapatnam

Andhra Pradesh

Public

29

59.95

-3

26

29

IMT, Ghaziabad

Uttar Pradesh

Private

30

59.85

+5

35

38

IIM, Bodh Gaya

Bihar

Public

31

59.65

+2

33

53

Chandigarh University, Chandigarh

Punjab

Private

32

59.4

+4

36

36

MICA, Ahmedabad

Gujarat

Private

33

59.22

-1

32

37

IIM, Sambalpur

Odisha

Public

34

58.59

+16

50

58

IIM, Jammu

Jammu & Kashmir

Public

35

58.5

+7

42

41

UPES, Dehradun

Uttarakhand

Private

36

58.33

+5

41

39

Great Lakes, Chennai

Tamil Nadu

Private

37

58.05

-3

34

31

IIM, Shillong

Meghalaya

Public

38

57.7

-14

24

26

TAPMI, Manipal

Karnataka

Private

39

57.13

+19

58

42

IMI, Delhi

Delhi

Private

40

56.59

-

40

34

Jaipuria, Noida

Uttar Pradesh

Private

41

56.46

+4

45

47

IMI, Kolkata

West Bengal

Private

42

55.42

+14

56

70

Goa Institute of Management, Goa

Goa

Private

43

55.27

-6

37

33

LPU, Phagwara

Punjab

Private

44

55

-6

38

32

XIM University, Bhubaneswar

Odisha

Private

45

54.73

-2

43

46

ICFAI, Hyderabad

Telangana

Private

46

54.4

-7

39

40

Thapar Institute, Patiala

Punjab

Private

46

54.4

-2

44

49

IIT, Dhanbad

Jharkhand

Public

48

54.34

-2

46

44

Amity University, Noida

Uttar Pradesh

Private

49

54.15

-20

29

28

Great Lakes, Gurgaon

Haryana

Private

50

54.08

+2

52

62

IIM, Sirmaur

Himachal Pradesh

Public

51

54.03

+6

57

98

Graphic Era University, Dehradun

Uttarakhand

Private

52

53.98

+7

59

65

Nirma University, Ahmedabad

Gujarat

Private

53

53.48

+2

55

61

IRMA, Anand

Gujarat

Private

54

53.34

-5

49

54

Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai

Tamil Nadu

Private

55

53.12

+11

66


SRM Institute of Science and Technology

Chennai

Tamilnadu

56

52.74




Christ University, Bangalore

Karnataka

Private

57

52.47

+3

60

60

NIT, Tiruchirappalli

Tamil Nadu

Public

58

52.47

-7

51

35

FORE School of Management, Delhi

Delhi

Private

59

52.23

-6

53

63

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

Uttar Pradesh

Public

60

52.14

-12

48

56

BIMTECH, Greater Noida

Uttar Pradesh

Private

61

52.09

+3

64

48

MNIT, Jaipur

Rajasthan

Public

62

52.07

+6

68

69

SIMTS, Chennai

Tamil Nadu

Private

63

52.01

+13

74

71

IIM, Amritsar

Punjab

Public

64

51.7

-17

47

51

K J Somaiya, Mumbai

Maharashtra

Private

65

51.28

-2

63

45

Siksha 'O' Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar

Odisha

Private

66

50.88

-4

62

57

Jaipuria, Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh

Private

67

50.86

+5

72

92

KIIT, Bhubaneswar

Odisha

Private

68

50.68

-1

67

59

Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

Uttar Pradesh

Public

69

49.95

+1

70

55

KLE Foundation, Guntur

Andhra Pradesh

Private

70

49.89

+9

79

52

Alliance University, Bangalore

Karnataka

Private

71

49.85

-

71

87

IMT, Hyderabad

Telangana

Private

72

49.38

+27

97

84

Jain University, Bangalore

Karnataka

Private

73

49.28

+4

77

85

Jaipuria, Jaipur

Rajasthan

Private

74

49.26

+1

75

80

Welingkar, Mumbai

Maharashtra

Private

75

49.08

+9

84

73

GGSIPU, Delhi

Delhi

Public

76

48.88

-11

65

66

BML Munjal University, Gurgaon

Haryana

Private

77

48.41

+6

83

72

Chitkara University, Patiala

Punjab

Private

78

48.3

-24

54

64

Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh

Public

79

48.13

+7

86

78

Thiagarajar School of Management, Thirupparankundram

Tamil Nadu

Private

80

48.05

+2

82

90

Manipal University, Jaipur

Rajasthan

Private

81

47.56

-8

73

79

Cochin University of Science and Technology

Kerala

Public

82

47.47

-1

81


Madan Mohan Malviya University of Technology

Uttar Pradesh

Private

83

47.46

-

-

-

PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore

Tamil Nadu

Private

84

47.38

-4

80

89

NIT, Calicut

Kerala

Public

85

47.3

-9

76

75

NDIM, Delhi

Delhi

Private

86

47.25

+2

88

99

Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi

Delhi

Private

87

47.1

-9

78

96

Anna University, Chennai

Tamil Nadu

Public

88

46.92

-19

69

49

PDEU, Gandhinagar

Gujarat

Private

89

46.81

-

89

94

JIMS Rohini, Delhi

Delhi

Private

90

46.63

-3

87

88

Rajagiri Business School, Kochi

Kerala

Private

91

46.62

-2

93

83

Panjab University, Chandigarh

Chandigarh

Public

92

46.31

-

92

82

Atal Bihari Vajpayee IIIT & M, Gwalior

Madhya Pradesh

Public

93

46.3

-8

85

68

IMI, Bhubaneswar

Odisha

Private

94

46.24

-33

61

67

National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management


Hyderabad


95

45.48

+1

96


Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli

Tamil Nadu

Public

96

45.36

-2

94

86

BIT, Mesra

Jharkhand

Private

97

45.25

-7

90

77

IIT Jodhpur

Jodhpur

Public

98

45.02

-

-

-

IMT Nagpur

Nagpur


99

44.93

-

-

-

University of Lucknow

Uttarpradesh


100

44.53

-

-

-

Top IIT MBA Colleges in India 2025 vs 2024 vs 2023 (NIRF Ranking)

College Name

NIRF Ranking 2025

NIRF Ranking 2024

NIRF Rank 2023

IIT Madras

13

16

15

IIT Delhi

4

4

5

IIT Kharagpur

12

19

14

IIT Bombay

14

10

10

IIT Roorkee

22

18

18

IIT Kanpur

27

29

28

IIT Guwahati

-

-

9

Indian Institute of Technology Indian School of Mines Dhanbad

48

46

44

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Parameters for NIRF 2025 Ranking of MBA Colleges

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)

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0.20

Graduation Outcome (GO)

100

0.15

Outreach and Inclusivity (OI)

100

0.15

Peer Perception (PP)

100

0.10

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NIRF Management Ranking 2024

NIRF Score 2024

IIM Ahmedabad

1

83.32

IIM Bangalore

2

81.16

IIM Kozhikode

3

77.90

IIT Delhi

4

76.25

IIM Calcutta

5

75.07

IIM Mumbai

6

74.73

IIM Lucknow

7

74.43

IIM Indore

8

73.53

XLRI-Xavier School of Management

9

68.13

IIT Bombay

10

67.16

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