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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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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 IIM in NIRF Management Ranking 2025: IIM Ahmedabad
Top Non-IIM in NIRF Ranking 2025: IIT Delhi (Rank 4)
Top Private MBA College in NIRF Ranking 2025: MDI Gurgaon (Rank 9)
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Inclusion of Sustainable Development Goals.
Negative Marking for the Research Paper Retraction.
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 | - | - | - |
College Name | NIRF Ranking 2025 | NIRF Ranking 2024 | NIRF Rank 2023 |
13 | 16 | 15 | |
4 | 4 | 5 | |
12 | 19 | 14 | |
14 | 10 | 10 | |
22 | 18 | 18 | |
27 | 29 | 28 | |
- | - | 9 | |
Indian Institute of Technology Indian School of Mines Dhanbad | 48 | 46 | 44 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
MDI Gurgaon is the top-most private MBA college in the NIRF Ranking 2025.
IIT Delhi is the top-most IIT that offers MBA in the NIRF ranking 2025
IIM Ahmedabad is the top-most IIM in the NIRF Ranking 2025.
IIT Delhi is the top-most non-IIM MBA college in the NIRF Ranking 2025.
IIM Ahmedabad is the top-most MBA college in the NIRF Ranking 2025.
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Here below I am providing you with the name of some of the best MBA colleges in Hyderabad:
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Hello,
Here are some top MBA colleges in India with fees under Rs. 2 lakh and their exam/cutoff details:
SIMSREE, Mumbai – Fee around Rs. 1.3–1.4 lakh for 2 years. Accepts CAT, CMAT, MAH-CET, MAT, ATMA. Cutoff is very high, usually 99+ percentile in CAT/CMAT.
PUMBA (Dept. of Management Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University) – Fee around Rs. 1.2–1.3 lakh. Accepts CAT, CMAT, MAH-CET, ATMA. Cutoff approx. 75+ percentile in CAT, 90–95+ percentile in CMAT, high scores in MAH-CET.
TISS, Mumbai (MA HRM & other management-related programmes) – Fee around Rs. 1.7–1.9 lakh. Accepts CAT for some courses. Qualifying cutoff is around 60–70 percentile, but final selection cutoffs are higher.
These are the main government institutes where the full MBA/PG programme fee is within Rs. 2 lakh. Cutoffs vary slightly each year and by category, but SIMSREE and PUMBA generally need high scores, while TISS has its own process along with CAT shortlisting.
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Yes, MBA in FinTech is a good option if you are interested in the combination of finance and technology. After this course you can work in roles like FinTech product manager, financial analyst, blockchain/crypto specialist, risk & compliance manager, or business development manager in banks, startups, and financial companies.
For the salary part, freshers usually start with around 5–10 LPA in normal companies and in bigger FinTech firms or banks it can even go up to 10–15 LPA, depending on your skills, college, and location.
If you do Data Science and then an MBA in Finance, you can get many high-paying jobs. Some of the best options are:
1. CFO (Chief Financial Officer) – You manage a company’s finances, budgeting, and reports. Big companies pay 40 lakh to 1 crore per year.
2. Investment Banker – You help clients raise money and do mergers or acquisitions. Salaries start around 10–12 lakh for freshers and can go up to 30 lakh or more with experience.
3. Chief Data Officer – You lead data strategies in companies. Pay can be 80 lakh to 1.3 crore per year.
4. Machine Learning Engineer / AI Scientist – You create AI and ML models. Salary is around 35–42 lakh per year.
5. Product Manager – You manage product strategy and market positioning. Can earn 89 lakh to 1.1 crore per year in big tech companies.
6. Financial Actuary – You analyze financial risks. Pay is around 25–30 lakh per year.
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If you have made a mistake while entering your education details in KEA PGCET MBA option entry, you cannot edit it directly once it is submitted. You need to contact KEA immediately.
You can:
Call the KEA helpline numbers.
Or visit the KEA office with your documents.
They will guide you on how to correct the mistake. Do it quickly, as corrections are allowed only within the given time.
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