Archive · 24 Jul 2025
NIRF 2025 Rankings Set for August with New Criteria
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) will release its 2025 rankings in early August.
These rankings help students and policymakers understand how well different colleges and universities are doing.
This year, the rankings will consider how schools are contributing to sustainability and penalize institutions that have retracted research papers.
The new SDG category will look at environmental responsibility and social development.
The change related to research papers will affect the 'Research and Professional Practices' parameter.
These updates aim to improve the rankings.
NIRF 2025 rankings are expected in the first week of August.
The Ministry of Education will finalize the exact date.
A new evaluation category will focus on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Institutions will face negative scoring for retracted research papers.
The new measures aim to enhance the integrity and global relevance of the rankings.
- Who
- National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) by the Ministry of Education.
- What
- NIRF 2025 rankings will be released with new evaluation criteria.
- When
- Expected to be released in the first week of August.
- Where
- India
- Why
- To evaluate and rank higher education institutions.
Institutions
Students and Policymakers
Impact of new evaluation methods
Institutions
Will need to adapt to the new criteria
Students and Policymakers
Focus on improving research quality and sustainability initiatives
- Ranking Body
- NIRF, Ministry of Education
- Release Date
- Expected in the first week of August
- New Category
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Penalty
- Negative scoring for retracted research papers
- Evaluation Parameters
- TLR, RP, GO, OI, PR