The National Institutional Ranking Network (NIRF) is out with its 7th edition of the top universities in India! In the 2022 list of rankings, the universities were chosen based on the 11 categories mentioned below.
- Overall
- University
- Management
- College
- Pharmacy
- Medical
- Engineering
- Architecture
- ARIIA (Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements)
- Law
- Research Institutions
Any guesses on which university was declared the best in India this year?
It is the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru. This was followed by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi and Jamia Milia Islamia (JMI), New Delhi, in the second and third positions respectively.
From 2016-2021, universities in India were ranked basis 4 categories only. This was taken up a notch this year making the competition challenging. Surprisingly, none of the IITs have made the top 10 list in 2022.
Wondering which 10 universities made the cut? Here’s the entire list.
- Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru
- Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi
- Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), New Delhi
- Jadavpur University, Kolkata
- Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
- Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
- Calcutta University, Kolkata
- Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore
- University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
This list was officially released on 15th July, 2022 by Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Education Minister of India. He took to Twitter to make the announcement.
Release of #IndiaRankings2022 for higher educational institutes. https://t.co/Nxz8JyFyDy
— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) July 15, 2022
if you’re looking for specifics, IIT Madras topped the list in the ‘Overall’ and ‘Engineering’ categories. Similarly, IIM Ahmedabad was declared as the top Management university in India.
Did you find your university on the list?
