NIRF Ranking 2020 Released: IIT Madras, IIM Ahmedabad Secure Top Spots; Check Here

The Union Ministry of Human Resource Department (MHRD) has released the NIRF Rankings of the year 2020 for universities and colleges across the Indian subcontinent.

Usually, NIRF Rankings are announced by the month of April everywhere. However, this year, it has been considerably delayed, in view of the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent lockdown across the nation.

NIRF Rankings 2020: Key Highlights

The NIRF Ranking 2020 saw participation from 38,000 institutes, witnessing 20% more entries than the previous year.

Institutes were ranked in 10 different categories: Management, Engineering, Architecture, Medical, Dental, Pharmacy, Law, Overall, Universities and College.
Overall Rankings saw IIT Madras top the list followed by IISc Bangalore and IIT Delhi.
As known, IIM A, B and C notched at the top 3 positions in the Management category, respectively.
IIT Madras is having a great time, bagging the topmost positions in both Engineering and Overall category.
IISc Bangalore bagged the top rank in the University category whereas Miranda House in the College Category.
Jamia Hamdard Institute topped the Pharmacy discipline, AIIMS for medicine and National Law School of India University in Law and IIT Kharagpur for its architecture discipline.
Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Science, Manipal College of Dental Science, Dr DY Patil Vidyapith Pune made it to the top 3 positions in the dental college category.

Meanwhile, the HRD Minister also reminded that India has 45,000 degree colleges with 1500 top ranking institutions and more than 1000 universities.

On this line, he urged the UGC Chairman to ensure that the following years find participation from all the Indian higher education institutions for NIRF rankings.

NIRF Rankings 2020: Top 10 Institutes in Overall Rankings

Rank	Institute	Score
1	Indian Institute of Technology Madras	85.31
2	Indian Institute of Science	84.18
3	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	81.33
4	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	80.75
5	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	75.85
6	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	74.99
7	Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati	68.81
8	Jawaharlal Nehru University	68.76
9	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	68.48
10	Banaras Hindu University	62.03

NIRF Ranking 2020: Top 10 Universities

Rank	Institute	Score
1	Indian Institute of Science	84.18
2	Jawaharlal Nehru University	70.16
3	Banaras Hindu University	63.15
4	Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham	62.27
5	Jadavpur University	61.99
6	University of Hyderabad	61.70
7	Calcutta University	61.53
8	Manipal Academy of Higher Education	61.51
9	Savitribai Phule Pune University	61.13
10	Jamia Millia Islamia	61.07

NIRF Ranking 2020: Top 10 Institutes in the College Category

Rank	Institute	Score
1	Miranda House	77.23
2	Lady Shri Ram College for Women	72.08
3	Hindu College	70.44
4	St Stephen’s College	69.67
5	Presidency College	68.89
6	Loyola College	68.03
7	St Xavier’s College	67.59
8	Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandir	67.23
9	Hans Raj College	67.23
10	PSGR Krishnammal College for Women	66.63

NIRF Ranking 2020: Top 10 Management Institutes

Rank	Institute	Score
1	Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad	82.75
2	Indian Institute of Management Bangalore	81.32
3	Indian Institute of Management Calcutta	80.39
4	Indian Institute of Management Lucknow	73.85
5	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	70.43
6	Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode	69.96
7	Indian Institute of Management Indore	69.04
8	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	67.19
9	Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI)	67.11
10	Management Development Institute	65.95

NIRF Ranking 2020: Top Engineering Institutes

Rank	Institute	Score
1	Indian Institute of Technology Madras	89.93
2	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	88.08
3	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	85.08
4	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	82.18
5	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	80.56
6	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	76.29
7	Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati	74.9
8	Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad	66.44
9	National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli	64.1
10	Indian Institute of Technology Indore	62.88

NIRF Ranking 2020: Top Architecture Institutes

In the architecture discipline, IIT Kharagpur has bagged the top position. Following are the top 10 colleges for architecture studies in India:

Rank	Institute	Score
1	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	80.46
2	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	79.75
3	National Institute of Technology Calicut	69.24
4	Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology University Ahmedabad	66.68
5	School of Planning and Architecture New Delhi	65.63
6	Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology Shibpur	65.05
7	School of Planning and Architecture Bhopal	63.87
8	National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli	60.29
9	School of Planning and Architecture Vijayawada	59.63
10	Jamia Millia Islamia	56.29

NIRF Ranking 2020: Top Medical Institutes

Enlisted below are the top 10 higher education institutions for Medical sciences in India :

Rank	Institute	Score
1	All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi	90.69
2	Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh	80.06
3	Christian Medical College Vellore	73.56
4	National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences Bangalore	71.35
5	Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences Lucknow	70.21
6	Banaras Hindu University	64.72
7	Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Coimbatore	64.39
8	Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER)	63.17
9	Kasturba Medical College Manipal	62.84
10	King George's Medical University Lucknow	62.2

NIRF Ranking 2020: Top Dental Institutes

For the first time, Dental colleges have been ranked through NIRF in 2020 with Maulana Azad Medical Colleges turning up as the best dental college in India.

Below are the top 10 dental colleges as per NIRF Rankings 2020:

Rank	Institute	Score
1	Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences Delhi	82.51
2	Manipal College of Dental Sciences	78.17
3	Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth	76.37
4	Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences	72.34
5	A. B. S. M. Institute of Dental Sciences	70.87
6	Manipal College of Dental Sciences	68.75
7	Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education And Research	66.27
8	Nair Hospital Dental College	64.54
9	SRM Dental College	64.47
10	JSS Dental College and Hospital	64.07

NIRF Ranking 2020: Top Pharmacy Institutes

Here’s the list of top 10 Pharmacy institutes as per the NIRF rankings 2020:

Rank	Institute	Score
1	Jamia Hamdard	80.5
2	Panjab University	79.8
3	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Mohali	74.73
4	Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai	74.5
5	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Hyderabad	73.81
6	Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani	72.95
7	Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences	67.42
8	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Ahmedabad	65.64
9	JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty	65.6
10	JSS College of Pharmacy Mysore	64.58

NIRF Ranking 2020: Top Law Institutes

Below are the top 10 Law Colleges/ Universities as per NIRF Ranking 2020:

Rank	Institute	Score
1	National Law School of India University Bengaluru	78.66
2	National Law University New Delhi	74.02
3	Nalsar University of Law Hyderabad	73.12
4	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	71.44
5	National Law University Jodhpur	64.29
6	The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences Kolkata	63.32
7	Gujarat National Law University	60.78
8	Symbiosis Law School Pune	59.54
9	Jamia Millia Islamia	57.93
10	The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law	54.19

NIRF Ranking Method Explained

NIRF considers listing top educational institutions of India based on the categories of Overall, University, Management, Engineering, Pharmacy, Architecture and Law.

This year, for the first time, even dental colleges have been ranked.

MHRD lays down predefined parameters namely, Research and Professional Practices (RP), Teaching and Learning Resources (TLR), Graduation Outcomes (GO), Peer Perception, Outreach and Inclusivity (IO) to rank institutions and universities.

Parameters	Categories	Marks	Weightage
Research and Professional Practice (RP)	Combined metric for Publications (PU)	100	0.30
	Combined metric for Quality of Publications (QP)
	IPR and Patents: Published and Granted (IPR)
	Footprint of Projects and Professional Practice (FPPP)
Teaching and Learning Resources (TLR)	Student Strength including Doctoral Students (SS)	100	0.30
	Faculty-student ratio with emphasis on permanent faculty (FSR)
	Combined metric for Faculty with PhD (or equivalent) and Experience (FQE)
	Financial Resources and their Utilisation (FRU)
Graduation Outcomes (GO)	Metric for University Examinations (GUE)	100	.20
	Metric for Number of Ph.D. Students Graduated (GPHD)
Outreach and Inclusivity (OI)	Percentage of Students from Other States/Countries (Region Diversity RD)	100	0.10
	Percentage of Women (Women Diversity WD)
	Economically and Socially Challenged Students (ESCS)
	Facilities for Physically Challenged Students (PCS)
	Perception Ranking (PR)
Peer Perception	Academic Peers and Employers	100	0.10