Archive · 6 Sep 2025
NIRF 2025 Rankings: IISc Bangalore Tops Research Institutes
Every year, the government releases rankings for different types of schools in India.
This year, the list is out, and the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore is at the top for research.
IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, and IIT Bombay are also ranked highly.
The rankings cover many areas, like engineering and medicine.
The rankings are decided by how well the schools teach, how much research they do, and what their students achieve.
The Ministry of Education released the NIRF 2025 rankings on September 4th.
IISc Bangalore is ranked as the top research institute.
IIT Madras and IIT Delhi are also highly ranked research institutions.
The rankings cover 17 categories, including engineering and management.
IITs are dominant in the engineering rankings.
- Who
- Ministry of Education
- What
- Released the NIRF 2025 rankings
- When
- September 4, 2025
- Where
- India
- Why
- To spotlight India’s leading research institutions and other categories
- Release Date
- September 4, 2025
- Primary Category
- Research Institutions
- Top Research Institute
- IISc Bangalore
- Engineering Rankings
- IITs dominate with 9 in list
- Number of Categories
- 17
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