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    NIRF Ranking for Colleges 2026: Check Complete List Here

    NIRF Ranking for Colleges 2026: Check Complete List Here

    Team Careers360Updated on 01 Apr 2026, 06:00 PM IST

    NIRF Ranking for Colleges 2026: The Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India will release the NIRF 2026 ranking for colleges at nirfindia.org. Candidates can check the NIRF ranking list 2026 on its official website or in this article. The NIRF ranking for colleges 2026 is based on Research Productivity, Impact and IPR (RPII), Graduation Outcome (GO) and some other parameters. NIRF ranking for colleges 2026 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.

    This Story also Contains

    1. Top 10 NIRF Ranking Colleges 2025
    2. Top 10 NIRF Ranking Colleges 2024
    3. Top 15 NIRF College 2023
    4. NIRF Ranking for Colleges 2023: State wise
    5. Top College Entrance Exams in India
    6. NIRF Ranking Parameters
    NIRF Ranking for Colleges 2026: Check Complete List Here
    NIRF Ranking for Colleges 2026

    Top 10 NIRF Ranking Colleges 2025

    Name of College

    State

    NIRF Ranking 2025

    Hindu College

    Delhi

    1

    Miranda House

    Delhi

    2

    Hans Raj College

    Delhi

    3

    Kirori Mal College

    Delhi

    4

    St. Stephens College

    Delhi

    5

    Rama Krishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College

    West Bengal

    6

    Atma Ram Sanatan Dharm College

    Delhi

    7

    St. Xavier’s College

    West Bengal

    8

    PSGR Krishnammal College for Women

    Tamil Nadu

    9

    PSG College of Arts and Science

    Tamil Nadu

    10

    Top 15 NIRF College 2023

    Here is the list of top 15 colleges of India that make the top place in the list based on 2023.

    NIRF Ranking for Colleges 2023: State wise

    Students can follow the below table for the state wise NIRF ranking of the top colleges.

    NIRF Ranking 2023 West Bengal

    Name of College

    City

    Score

    NIRF Ranking 2023

    St. Xavier’s College

    Kolkata

    70.80

    5

    Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College

    Kolkata

    69.53

    8

    Ram Krishna Mission Vidyamandir

    Howrah

    67.38

    15

    Ramakrishna Mission Residential College

    Kolkata

    65.05

    19

    Raja Narendra Lal Khan Women’s College- Autonomous

    Midnapore

    54.64

    64

    Midnapore College

    Paschim Midnapore

    54.20

    73

    Bethune College

    Kolkata

    53.94

    78

    Scottish Church College

    Kolkata

    52.36

    100

    NIRF Ranking 2023 Tamil Nadu

    Name of College

    City

    Score

    NIRF Ranking 2023

    Presidency College

    Chennai

    71.18

    3

    PSGR Krishnammal College for women, Coimbatore

    Coimbatore

    71.05

    4

    Loyola College, Chennai

    Chennai

    70.46

    7

    Madras Christian College

    Chennai

    66.61

    16

    Thiagarajar College

    Madurai

    65.08

    18

    PSG College of Arts and Science

    Coimbatore

    64.61

    20

    St. Joseph's College

    Tirichurapalli

    62.48

    25

    V.O.Chidambaram College

    Tuticorin

    62.14

    27

    Kongunadu Arts and Science College

    Coimbatore

    61.56

    29

    Sri Krishna Arts and Science College

    Coimbatore

    59.74

    33

    NIRF Ranking 2023 Kerala

    Name of College

    City

    Score

    NIRF Ranking 2023

    University College

    Thiruvananthapuram

    62.25

    26

    Rajagiri College of Social Science

    Ernakulam

    61.30

    30

    St. Teresa’s college

    Ernakulam

    57.59

    41

    Mar Ivanios College

    Thiruvananthapuram

    56.89

    45

    Maharaja’s College

    Ernakulam

    56.85

    46

    Bishop Moore College

    Alappuzha

    56.05

    51

    St. Thomas College

    Thrissur

    55.91

    53

    S.B. College, Changanacherry

    Kottayam

    55.90

    54

    St. Joseph’s College, Devagiri

    Kozhikode

    55.00

    59

    Sacred Heart College

    Kochi

    54.21

    72

    NIRF Ranking 2023 Karnataka

    Name of College

    City

    Score

    NIRF Ranking 2023

    St. Joseph’s College of Commerce

    Bengaluru

    54.58

    65

    St. Aloysius College

    Mangaluru

    53.87

    80

    NIRF Ranking 2023 Maharashtra

    Name of College

    City

    Score

    NIRF Ranking 2023

    College of Social work Nirmala Niketan

    Mumbai

    55.18

    57

    Fergusson College- Autonomous

    Pune

    53.88

    79

    Government Institute of Science

    Nagpur

    53.54

    83

    Top College Entrance Exams in India

    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 in CBT mode. This exam is for the 10+2 pass out candidates to take admission in the undergraduate colleges. There are about 275 such colleges that accept the result of CUET. This exam is divided into three sections- General, Language and Domain. Counselling of the CUET will be 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.

    • 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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    NIRF Ranking Parameters

    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)

    Q: What is NIRF?
    A:

    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.

    Q: What are the parameters on which NIRF ranking is done?
    A:

    The five parameters are Teaching, Learning & Resources, Research Productivity, Impact and IPR, Outreach and Inclusivity, Graduation Outcome and Perception.

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