NIRF Ranking
NIRF Ranking 2025 Management College:
IIM Ahmedabad Tops NIRF 2025 Management Rankings
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2025, released by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in New Delhi, reaffirms the dominance of the Indian Institutes of Management in the country’s management education landscape.
IIM Ahmedabad retains its crown as the 1 management institute in India , continuing its unbroken streak since 2016.
IIM Bangalore holds steady at 2, while IIM Kozhikode climbs to 3, overtaking IIM Calcutta, which has slipped to 4.
IIM Calcutta, previously ranked fifth in 2024, now stands at 7, marking a notable decline.
Key Movements in the Top 10
MDI Gurgaon makes a comeback to the top 10, signaling renewed academic momentum.
XLRI Jamshedpur drops one spot, moving from 9 to 10 .
IIT Delhi is the only IIT to feature in the top 10 management rankings this year.
Emerging Trends
Engineering institutions are increasingly making their mark in management education:
NITIE Mumbai, now rebranded as IIM Mumbai, debuted at 7 last year.
IIT Bombay entered the top 10 at 10, reflecting a growing interdisciplinary shift.
Overall Category Insights
Despite their excellence in management, none of the top B-schools have broken into the top 10 of the overall NIRF rankings. Meanwhile, IIT Madras and IISc Bangalore continue to dominate the overall category, retaining their respective positions.
NIRF Ranking 2025
Top 20 Management Colleges
Rank Institute name
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Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
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Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
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Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode
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Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
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Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
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Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai
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Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
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Indian Institute of Management Indore
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Management Development Institute Gurugram
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XLRI - Xavier School of Management Jamshedpur
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Symbiosis Institute of Business Management Maharashtra
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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Kharagpur
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Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai
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Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Mumbai
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Indian Institute of Management Raipur
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Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli
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Indian Institute of Foreign Trade Delhi
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Indian Institute of Management Ranchi
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Indian Institute of Management Rohtak
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S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research Mumbai
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NIRF Ranking 2024 Management College:
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Rankings released today revealed that the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM A) is the top business school in the country — a continued victory.
IIM Ahmedabad is followed by IIM Bangalore and IIM Kozhikode at the second and third spots — similar to last year. This time, however, IIT Delhi has improved its ranking from fifth to fourth rank, while IIM Calcutta has slipped to the fifth position.
IIM Mumbai, earlier known as National Institute of Industrial Engineering, has risen from seventh spot to sixth this year, and is followed by IIM Lucknow, which was at the sixth rank last year.
IIM Indore, XLRI – Xavier School of Management and IIT Bombay have retained their eighth, ninth and tenth spots respectively, this year.
Union Minister for Education, Dharmendra Pradhan, released the national rankings . This year, three new categories have been introduced — open universities, skill universities and state funded government universities. Additionally, it has also been announced that the Ministry aims to begin ‘sustainability rankings’ from next year.
NIRF Ranking 2024
Top 20 Management Colleges
Rank Institute name
1 IIM Ahmedabad
2 IIM Bangalore
3 IIM Kozhikode
4 IIT Delhi
5 IIM Calcutta
6 IIM Mumbai
7 IIM Lucknow
8 IIM Indore
9 XLRI – Xavier School of Management
10 IIT Bombay
11 Management Development Institute
12 IIM Rohtak
13 Symbiosis Institute of Business Management
14 IIM Raipur
15 Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
16 IIT Madras
17 IIM Ranchi
18 IIT Roorkee
19 IIT Kharagpur
20 S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research
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NIRF Ranking 2023 Management College:
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Rankings were released today and like the previous years, the Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) have dominated the B-school rankings with IIM Ahmedabad has once again retained its top spot, followed by IIM Bangalore. However, IIM-Kozhikode has gained the third position and IIM-Calcutta’s ranking falls to the fourth position.
Interestingly, for the first time, three engineering colleges have entered the top 10 list. This year, there are two new entries NITIE, Mumbai at the seventh position and IIT-Bombay at number 10.
In 2022, the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) was the only IIT to feature in the top 5 (fourth rank) of the management school rankings. IIT Delhi was earlier ranked fifth in 2021 and eighth in 2020.
IIM Kozhikode ranked fifth in 2022 with a score of 74.74, followed by IIM Lucknow, IIM Indore, XLRI – Xavier School of Management, Mumbai’s National Institute of Industrial Engineering at sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth spot.
NIRF Ranking 2023
Top 10 Management colleges of India.
1. IIM AHMEDABAD
2. IIM BANGALORE
3. IIM KOZHIKODE
4. IIM CALCUTTA
5. IIT DELHI
6. IIM LUCKNOW
7. NIIE , MUMBAI ( Now IIM Mumbai)
8. IIM INDORE
9. XLRI JAMSHEDPUR
10.IIT BOMBAY
