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NIRF Ranking for Colleges 2024: In an unprecedented move, Hindu College has taken the first position of NIRF colleges from Miranda House College this year. The announcement came when the Ministry of Education published the NIRF college ranking 2024 on August 12. The Delhi-based Miranda House College is pushed to second position this year. Tamil Nadu has only 2 colleges in the list of top 10 India colleges, down from three.
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The NIRF ranking for colleges 2024 is based on Research Productivity, Impact and IPR (RPII), Graduation Outcome (GO) and some other parameters. NIRF ranking for colleges 2024 ranks different institutions based on five different parameters. The five parameters are Teaching, Learning & Resources, Research Productivity, Impact and IPR, Outreach and Inclusivity, Graduation Outcome and Perception.a, Gujarat, Pondicherry and Chandigarh had only one such college. West Bengal had 8 colleges in the NIRF 2023 ranking list with St. Xavier’s College, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College at the top. Maharashtra and Karnataka had respectively 3 and 2 such colleges that occupy the space in the NIRF college list.
Name of College | State | NIRF Ranking 2024 |
Delhi | 1 | |
Delhi | 2 | |
Delhi | 3 | |
Kolkata | 4 | |
Delhi | 5 | |
Kolkata | 6 | |
Tamil Nadu | 7 | |
Tamil Nadu | 8 | |
Kirori Mal College, Delhi | Delhi | 9 |
Delhi | 10 |
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Here is the list of top 15 colleges of India that make the top place in the list based on 2023.
Name of College | State | Score | NIRF Ranking 2023 |
Delhi | 74.81 | 1 | |
Delhi | 72.39 | 2 | |
Tamil Nadu | 71.18 | 3 | |
Tamil Nadu | 71.05 | 4 | |
West Bengal | 70.80 | 5 | |
Delhi | 70.78 | 6 | |
Tamil Nadu | 70.46 | 7 | |
West Bengal | 69.53 | 8 | |
Kirori Mal College, Delhi | Delhi | 69.32 | 9 |
Delhi | 69.32 | 9 | |
Delhi | 68.86 | 11 | |
Delhi | 68.42 | 12 | |
Delhi | 67.89 | 13 | |
Delhi | 67.83 | 14 | |
West Bengal | 67.38 | 15 |
Students can follow the below table for the state wise NIRF ranking of the top colleges.
Name of College | City | Score | NIRF Ranking 2023 |
Kolkata | 70.80 | 5 | |
Kolkata | 69.53 | 8 | |
Howrah | 67.38 | 15 | |
Ramakrishna Mission Residential College | Kolkata | 65.05 | 19 |
Midnapore | 54.64 | 64 | |
Paschim Midnapore | 54.20 | 73 | |
Kolkata | 53.94 | 78 | |
Kolkata | 52.36 | 100 |
Name of College | City | Score | NIRF Ranking 2023 |
Chennai | 71.18 | 3 | |
Coimbatore | 71.05 | 4 | |
Chennai | 70.46 | 7 | |
Chennai | 66.61 | 16 | |
Madurai | 65.08 | 18 | |
Coimbatore | 64.61 | 20 | |
Tirichurapalli | 62.48 | 25 | |
Tuticorin | 62.14 | 27 | |
Coimbatore | 61.56 | 29 | |
Coimbatore | 59.74 | 33 |
Name of College | City | Score | NIRF Ranking 2023 |
University College | Thiruvananthapuram | 62.25 | 26 |
Ernakulam | 61.30 | 30 | |
Ernakulam | 57.59 | 41 | |
Thiruvananthapuram | 56.89 | 45 | |
Ernakulam | 56.85 | 46 | |
Alappuzha | 56.05 | 51 | |
Thrissur | 55.91 | 53 | |
Kottayam | 55.90 | 54 | |
Kozhikode | 55.00 | 59 | |
Kochi | 54.21 | 72 |
Name of College | City | Score | NIRF Ranking 2023 |
Bengaluru | 54.58 | 65 | |
Mangaluru | 53.87 | 80 |
Name of College | City | Score | NIRF Ranking 2023 |
College of Social work Nirmala Niketan | Mumbai | 55.18 | 57 |
Pune | 53.88 | 79 | |
Nagpur | 53.54 | 83 |
Students can take admission in such colleges through different exams. All the exams have their own eligibility criteria. Students have to fulfil those criteria. Students are advised to get an overview of different exams.
CUET UG- National Testing Agency Conducts the Common University Entrance Test every year in hybrid mode. This exam is for the 10+2 pass out candidates to take admission in the undergraduate colleges. There are about 346 such colleges that accept the result of CUET. This exam is divided into three sections- General, Language and Domain. Counselling of the CUET is done by the participating colleges.
CUET PG- The CUET PG is the entrance exam conducted by the NTA for the post graduation courses. Participating colleges are responsible for the counselling process.
IIT JAM- Joint Admission Test for M.Sc programmes is the yearly exam. It is conducted online for the students who want to take admission in the different Masters of Science programmes. There are only 45 colleges in the country that take the admission of the students through the result of JAM.
NEST- National Elligibility Screening Test is a national level exam conducted by NISER, Bhubaneswar in collaboration with the UM DAE CEBS. Only these two colleges accept the result of the NEST exam. Questions in the NEST ask only from four subjects Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics.
AP EDCET- Andhra Pradesh State Education Common Entrance Test is the state level entrance exam. The exam is conducted by Andhra University in online mode.
PUBDET- Presidency’s University Bachelor Degree Entrance Test is a state level exam conducted by the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB). Thi exam is conducted offline. Students will get admission in the Presidency University after qualifying this examination.
CPGEE- Cotton Post Graduate Common Entrance Test is the national level exam conducted by the Cotton University. CPGEE offered different courses at postgraduate level. Students can take this exam in online mode.
NCET- National Common Entrance Test is conducted by NTA every year. It is a national level exam to pursue education in different ITEP courses.
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Sr. No | Parameters | Marks | Weightage |
1 | Research Productivity, Impact and IPR (RPII) | 100 | 0.20 |
2 | Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR) | 100 | 0.40 |
3 | Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) | 100 | 0.15 |
4 | Graduation Outcome (GO) | 100 | 0.15 |
5 | Perception (PR) | 100 | 0.10 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
On August 12, the Ministry of Education has released the list of NIRF ranking.
The full form of NIRF is the National Institute of Ranking Framework. It is the initiative of the Government of India to evaluate and rank higher education institutions across India.
Miranda House college of Delhi topped the list.
The five parameters are Teaching, Learning & Resources, Research Productivity, Impact and IPR, Outreach and Inclusivity, Graduation Outcome and Perception.
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A mismatch in father's name on official documents (like 10th marksheet vs. Aadhaar) will not lead to an immediate rejection of CUET application form, but it can cause significant problems during the document verification stage at universities. The National Testing Agency provides a CUET UG correction window to fix such
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The application process for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) UG 2026 has officially begun. The National Testing Agency (NTA) released the application form on January 3, 2026. If you want to join top central universities like Delhi University (DU), BHU, or JNU, you must apply before the deadline.
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Yes, it is fine to choose Political Science and History as your domain subjects, English as your language, and GAT in CUET for BA Ancient Indian Culture & Archaeology at BHU. These subjects are fully accepted and will not affect your eligibility for the course.
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Yes, you can get a reservation to study B Tech. through cuet exam as per your category. It is partially dependent on the university you will get admission.
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The top government colleges offering B.Tech admission through the CUET exam in Delhi primarily include institutions under Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) and specific colleges within the University of Delhi (DU).
Here are the key government colleges that accept CUET scores for B.Tech:
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