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NIRF Ranking 2025 Management Colleges: IIM Ahmedabad Retains Top Spot; IIM Calcutta Falls; Check Comparison for Last 4 Years, Top Gainers & Losers

Last Updated on: September 5, 2025 by MBAUniverse.com News Desk

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2025 has once again placed IIM Ahmedabad at the top of India’s management institute rankings. IIM Bangalore and IIM Kozhikode follow in second and third positions. IIM Calcutta has slipped to seventh, while MDI Gurgaon entered the top 10 list. NIRF Rankings 2025 was released by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on September 4, 2025 in New Delhi. Read this article for complete analysis of NIRF India Rankings 2025 Management of Top 10, 11-20, 21-30, 31-50, and 51-100 B-schools. NIRF Rankings of all IIMs, and Top 10 Gainers and Losers are also published.  

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NIRF Rankings 2025 Top 10 Management Colleges

NIRF Ranking 2025 Management Colleges: Key Highlights

  1. IIM Ahmedabad leads for sixth consecutive year, followed by IIM Bangalore and IIM Kozhikode, cementing the dominance of the top three IIMs.
  2. IIM Calcutta slips to 7th place, overtaken by IIM Lucknow (5th) and IIM Mumbai (6th), indicating shifts among the top IIMs.
  3. IITs consolidate their presence in management education: IIT Delhi remains 4th, IIT Kharagpur (+7 to 12th) and IIT Madras (+3 to 13th) climb, though IIT Roorkee falls (–10 to 22nd).
  4. Newer IIMs show strong upward momentum: IIM Sambalpur (+16), IIM Trichy (+11), IIM Nagpur (+6), and IIM Jammu (+7) all improve significantly.
  5. Some IIMs face sharp setbacks: IIM Shillong drops 14 places to 38th, while IIM Amritsar tumbles 17 places to 64th.
  6. Private B-schools register mixed results: TAPMI (+19 to 39th), IMI Kolkata (+14 to 42nd), and LIBA (+11 to 55th) post gains, while Amity Noida (–20 to 49th) and LPU (–6 to 44th) decline.
  7. The steepest losers include IIM Amritsar (–17), and IIM Shillong (–14), highlighting rising competition and performance pressures.
  8. Top 51–100 segment sees churn, with new entrants like Thiagarajar, IIT Jodhpur, and University of Lucknow joining the rankings.

NIRF Rankings 2025 Management: Top 10 Institutes

B-school

NIRF Ranking 2025

Gain/Loss over last year 

NIRF Ranking 2024

NIRF Ranking 2023

NIRF Ranking 2022

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

1

-

1

1

1

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

2

-

2

2

2

Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode

3

-

3

3

5

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

4

-

4

5

4

Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

7

-2

5

4

3

Indian Institute of Management Mumbai

6

-

6

7

9

Indian Institute of Management Lucknow

5

+2

7

6

6

Indian Institute of Management Indore

8

-

8

8

7

Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon 

 

9

+2

11

13

13

XLRI Xavier School of Management Jamshedpur 

10

-1

9

9

8

Source: MBAUniverse.com analysis of NIRF Rankings 2025 
 

NIRF Rankings 2025: Top 11-20 Management Institutes 

- IIT Kharagpur (+7) biggest gainer.
- IIM Trichy (+11) major mover upwards.
- IIM Rohtak drops 7 places to 19th.

Table: NIRF Rankings 2025 Management: Top 11-20 Institutes

College Name, City, State

NIRF Rank 2025

Ranking Gain/Loss from last year

NIRF Ranking 2024

NIRF Ranking 2023

NIRF Ranking 2022

Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune, Maharashtra

11

+2

13

17

17

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal

12

+7

19

14

12

Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

13

+3

16

15

10

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra

14

-4

10

10

11

Indian Institute of Management Raipur, Chhattisgarh

15

-1

14

11

14

Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu

16

+11

27

22

18

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, Delhi

17

-2

15

27

24

Indian Institute of Management Ranchi, Jharkhand

18

-1

17

24

15

Indian Institute of Management Rohtak, Haryana

19

-7

12

12

16

S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai, Maharashtra

20

-

20

20

21

Source: MBAUniverse.com analysis of NIRF Rankings 2025 

NIRF Rankings 2025: Top 21-30 Management Institutes

- IIM Nagpur (+6) and IMT Ghaziabad (+5) see strong gains.
- IIT Roorkee falls (–10).

Table: NIRF Rankings 2025 Management: Top 21-30 Institutes

College Name, City, State

NIRF Rank 2025

Ranking Gain/Loss from last year

NIRF Ranking 2024

NIRF Ranking 2023

NIRF Ranking 2022

Indian Institute of Management Udaipur, Rajasthan

21

+1

22

16

22

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand

22

-4

18

18

19

Indian Institute of Management Kashipur, Kashipur, Uttarakhand

23

-

23

19

23

SVKM`s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, Maharashtra

24

-3

21

21

25

Indian Institute of Management, Nagpur, Maharashtra

25

+6

31

43

43

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

26

+2

28

30

27

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

27

+2

29

23

20

Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, Delhi

28

-3

25

25

29

Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

29

-3

26

29

33

Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh

30

+5

35

38

44

 

NIRF Rankings 2025: Top 30-50 Management Institutes

- IIM Sambalpur (+16), TAPMI Manipal (+19), IMI Kolkata (+14) are major gainers.
- IIM Shillong (–14) and Amity (–20) suffer steep declines.

Table: NIRF Ranking 2025 Management: Top 30-50 Institutes

College Name

NIRF Rank 2025

Ranking Gain/Loss from last year

NIRF Ranking 2024

NIRF Ranking 2023

NIRF Ranking 2022

Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya, Gaya, Bihar

31

+2

33

53

73

Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab

32

+4

36

36

40

MICA, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

33

-1

32

37

42

Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur, Odisha

34

+16

50

58

66

Indian Institute of Management Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

35

+7

42

41

36

UPES, Dehradun, Uttarakhand

36

+5

41

39

41

Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

37

-3

34

31

31

Indian Institute of Management Shillong, Meghalaya

38

-14

24

26

26

T. A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal, Karnataka

39

+19

58

42

38

IMI Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi

40

-

40

34

30

Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida, Uttar Pradesh

41

+4

45

47

51

IMI Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal

42

+14

56

70

NA

Goa Institute of Management, Sanquelim, Goa

43

-6

37

33

36

Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab

44

-6

38

32

34

XIM University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

45

-2

43

46

35

ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad, Telangana

46

-7

39

40

32

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, Punjab

46

 

44

49

53

Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand

48

-2

46

44

46

Amity University, Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh

49

-20

29

28

28

Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon, Haryana

50

+2

52

62

52

Source: MBAUniverse.com analysis of NIRF Rankings 2025 

 

IIMs NIRF Rankings 2025 Analysis

There are significant changes in rankings of IIMs in NIRF 2025. Here are the key changes. 
- IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kozhikode remain unchanged at top three.
- IIM Lucknow moves up to 5th (+2).
- IIM Calcutta slips to 7th (–2).
- IIM Sambalpur (+16), IIM Tiruchirappalli (+11), IIM Nagpur (+6), and IIM Jammu (+7) show strong gains.
- IIM Shillong suffers a steep fall (–14).
- IIM Amritsar drops 17 places to 64th.

Table: IIMs NIRF Rankings 2022–2025

Institute

2025

2024

2023

2022

IIM Ahmedabad

1

1

1

1

IIM Bangalore

2

2

2

2

IIM Kozhikode

3

3

3

5

IIM Lucknow

5

7

6

6

IIM Mumbai

6

6

7

9

IIM Calcutta

7

5

4

3

IIM Indore

8

8

8

7

IIM Raipur

15

14

11

14

IIM Tiruchirappalli

16

27

22

18

IIM Ranchi

18

17

24

15

IIM Rohtak

19

12

12

16

IIM Udaipur

21

22

16

22

IIM Kashipur

23

23

19

23

IIM Nagpur

25

31

43

43

IIM Visakhapatnam

29

26

29

33

IIM Bodh Gaya

31

33

53

73

IIM Sambalpur

34

50

58

66

IIM Jammu

35

42

41

36

IIM Shillong

38

24

26

26

IIM Sirmaur

51

57

98

69

IIM Amritsar

64

47

51

55

Source: MBAUniverse.com analysis of NIRF Rankings 2025 

NIRF Rankings 2025 Management: Top 51–100 Institutes

- Big Gainer in this segment are IIM Sirmaur (+6), IMT Hyderabad (+26), LIBA (+11).
- Rankings of IIM Amritsar (–17), BHU (–12), Guru Gobind Singh IPU (–11) have decline sharply.
- New entrants include Thiagarajar, Manipal Jaipur, PSG, IIT Jodhpur, IMT Nagpur, University of Lucknow.

Table: NIRF Rankings 2025 Management: Top 51–100 Institutes

College Name 

NIRF Rank 2025

Ranking Gain/Loss from last year

NIRF Ranking 2024

NIRF Ranking 2023

NIRF Ranking 2022

Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh

51

+6

57

98

69

Graphic Era University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand

52

+7

59

65

65

Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

53

+2

55

61

45

Institute of Rural Management Anand, Gujarat

54

-5

49

54

58

Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

55

+11

66

--

86

S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

56

-

--

--

--

Christ University, Bengaluru, Karnataka

57

+3

60

60

72

National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu

57

-6

51

35

39

Fore School of Management, New Delhi, Delhi

59

-6

53

63

60

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

60

-12

48

56

50

Birla Institute of Management Technology, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh

61

+3

64

48

56

Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan

62

+4

68

69

--

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

63

+11

74

71

71

Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar, Punjab

64

-17

47

51

55

K.J.Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai, Maharashtra

65

-2

63

45

41

Siksha O Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

66

-4

62

57

--

Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

67

+5

72

92

78

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

68

-1

67

59

48

Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh

69

+1

70

55

57

Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University, Vaddeswaram, Andhra Pradesh

70

-9

79

52

47

Alliance University, Bengaluru, Karnataka

71

-

71

87

98

Institute of Management Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana

72

+26

97

84

75

Jain University, Bengaluru, Karnataka

73

+4

77

85

96

Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur, Rajasthan

74

+1

75

80

81

Prin. L.N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research (PGDM), Mumbai, Maharashtra

75

+9

84

73

68

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, Delhi

76

-11

65

66

62

BML Munjal University, Gurgaon, Haryana

77

+6

83

72

54

Chitkara University, Rajpura, Punjab

78

-24

54

64

80

Babasheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

79

+7

86

-

-

Thiagarajar School of Management, Madurai, Tamil Nadu

80

+2

82

90

96

Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur, Rajasthan

81

-8

73

79

85

Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, Kerala

82

-1

81

--

--

Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh

83

-

--

--

--

PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

84

-4

80

89

63

National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kozhikode, Kerala

85

-9

76

75

84

New Delhi Institute of Management, New Delhi, Delhi

86

+2

88

99

--

Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, Delhi

87

-9

78

96

100

Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

88

-19

69

49

49

Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

89

-

89

94

89

Jagan Institute of Management Studies, Delhi

90

-3

87

88

82

Rajagiri Business School, Cochin, Kerala

91

+2

93

86

83

Panjab University, Chandigarh, Chandigarh

92

 

92

82

67

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

93

-8

85

68

64

IMI Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

94

-33

61

67

70

National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, Hyderabad, Telangana

95

+1

96

97

--

Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu

96

-2

94

86

83

Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, Jharkhand

97

-7

90

77

78

Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Jodhpur, Rajasthan

98

--

--

--

--

Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra

99

--

--

--

--

University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

100

--

--

--

--


 

NIRF 2025 Management Rankings: Top 10 Gainers and Losers

Top 10 Gainers
These institutes recorded the sharpest improvements in the NIRF 2025 rankings compared to 2024. Their rise reflects strong performance in academic outcomes, research, and industry perception.

Institute

2025 Rank

2024 Rank

Change

IMT Hyderabad

72

97

25

TAPMI Manipal

39

58

19

IIM Sambalpur

34

50

16

IMI Kolkata

42

56

14

Saveetha Chennai

63

74

11

IIM Tiruchirappalli

16

27

11

LIBA Chennai

55

66

11

KL University

70

79

9

Welingkar Mumbai

75

84

9

IIM Jammu

35

42

7

Top 10 Losers
These institutes witnessed the steepest declines in NIRF 2025 rankings. The drop signals rising competition and possible challenges in sustaining performance across key parameters.

Institute

2025 Rank

2024 Rank

Change

Amity Noida

49

29

-20

IIM Amritsar

64

47

-17

IIM Shillong

38

24

-14

BHU Varanasi

60

48

-12

IP University Delhi

76

65

-11

IIM Rohtak

19

12

-7

ICFAI Hyderabad

46

39

-7

LPU Phagwara

44

38

-6


The NIRF provides a methodology to assess and rank higher education institutions across the country. It is based on the following broad parameters for evaluation: ‘Teaching, Learning and Resources’, ‘Research and Professional Practices’, ‘Graduation Outcomes’, ‘Outreach and Inclusivity’, and ‘Perception’. Since the launch of the rankings, IIMA has been placed at the top position in 2017, 2018, and then again from 2020 onwards.

In conclusion, NIRF Rankings 2025 has once again placed IIM Ahmedabad at the top of India’s management institute rankings. IIM Bangalore and IIM Kozhikode follow in second and third positions. IIM Calcutta has slipped to seventh, while MDI Gurgaon entered the top 10 list. Read above article for NIRF Ranking 2025 list and complete analysis of NIRF India Rankings 2025 Management.

Also read: MBA Rankings in India, MBAUniverse.com MBA Rankings 2025.

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