Rajkumar Ranjan Singh- Minister of State for Education and External Affairs, released the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Rankings 2023 yesterday. The rankings are available on the official website of NIRF at nirfindia.org.

The 2023 NIRF rankings include four categories: Overall, Colleges, Universities, and Research Institutions. The subject disciplines now include Engineering, Pharmacy, Management, Medical, Dental, Architecture and Planning, Law, and a new addition- Agriculture and Allied Sectors.

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) retained its leading position in the overall and engineering categories last year. Also, keeping the order of the last year, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru has again secured the first position among institutes in the NIRF rankings 2023, followed by JNU and Jamia Millia Islamia in the second and third positions.

IISc Bangalore has also been given the tag of the second-best institution in the overall category.

NIRF RANKINGS 2023: Top 10 Institutes in the ‘OVERALL' Category

1. Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), Chennai, Tamil Nadu


2. Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru, Karnataka


3. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), New Delhi, Delhi


4. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), Mumbai, Maharashtra


5. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur), Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh


6. All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, Delhi


7. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur), West Bengal


8. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee), Uttarakhand


9. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati), Assam


10. Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, Delhi

NIRF RANKINGS 2023: Top 5 Colleges in India

1. Miranda House, New Delhi, Delhi


2. Hindu College, New Delhi, Delhi


3. Presidency College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu


4. PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu


5. St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, West Bengal

NIRF RANKINGS 2023: Top 5 Universities in India

1. Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru


2. Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi


3. Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI)


4. Jadavpur University (JU), Kolkata, West Bengal


5. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

NIRF RANKINGS 2023: Top 5 Research Institutions in India

1. Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru, Karnataka


2. Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), Chennai, Tamil Nadu


3. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), New Delhi, Delhi


4. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), Mumbai, Maharashtra


5. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur), West Bengal

NIRF RANKINGS 2023: Top 5 Engineering Institutes in India

1. Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), Chennai, Tamil Nadu


2. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), New Delhi, Delhi


3. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), Mumbai, Maharashtra


4. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur), Uttar Pradesh


5. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee), Uttarakhand

NIRF RANKINGS 2023: Top 5 Medical Colleges in India

1. All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, Delhi


2. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh


3. Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu


4. National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka


5. Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry

NIRF RANKINGS 2023: Top 5 Management Institutes in India

1. Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad), Gujarat


2. Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM Bangalore), Karnataka


3. Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM Kozhikode), Kerala


4. Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM Calcutta), Kolkata, West Bengal


5. Indian Institute of Management Delhi (IIM Delhi), New Delhi, Delhi

NIRF RANKINGS 2023: Top 5 Pharmacy Institutes in India

1. National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hyderabad, Telangana


2. Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, Delhi


3. Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, Rajasthan


4. JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty, Tamil Nadu


5. Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, Maharashtra

NIRF RANKINGS 2023: Top 5 Innovation Institutes in India

1. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur), Uttar Pradesh


2. Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), Chennai, Tamil Nadu


3. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT Hyderabad), Telangana


4. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), New Delhi, Delhi


5. Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru, Karnataka

NIRF RANKINGS 2023: Top 5 Law Colleges in India

1. National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, Karnataka


2. National Law University (NLU), New Delhi, Delhi


3. Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad, Telangana


4. The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, West Bengal


5. Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, Delhi

NIRF RANKINGS 2023: Top 5 Architecture Institutes in India

1. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee), Uttarakhand


2. National Institute of Technology (NIT) Calicut, Kozhikode, Kerala


3. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur), West Bengal


4. National Institute of Technology (NIT) Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu


5. School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, Delhi

NIRF RANKINGS 2023: Top 5 Dental Institutes in India

1. Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu


2. Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Udupi Karnataka


3. Dr. DY Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, Maharashtra


4. Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi


5. AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangaluru, Karnataka

NIRF RANKINGS 2023: Top 5 Agriculture and Allied Institutes in India

1. Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, Delhi


2. National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana


3. Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab


4. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh


5. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu