The NIRF MBA ranking release date 2025 has been announced by the Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India. Authorities has released the NIRF MBA 2025 MBA ranking today, on September 4, 2025. The MoE releases the NIRF MBA ranking annually to assess and rank higher education institutions in India. NIRF (National Institutional Rating Framework) releases rankings for different MBA/PGDM colleges under the management category. This year IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore and IIM Kozhikode are the top 3 MBA colleges in India. Last year, as per the NIRF management ranking, IIM Ahmedabad was ranked first with a total score of 83.32, and IIM Bangalore and IIM Kozhikode were in the second and third spots, respectively, with an NIRF score of 81.16 and 77.90.
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Last year, in the top 10 NIRF management ranking, there were a total of 7 IIMs, 2 IITs and 1 top B-school (XLRI-Xavier School of Management). Read this article by Careers360 to know the expected release date of the NIRF MBA 2025 ranking and the year-wise comparison of the NIRF Management ranking and the parameters and weightage to consider while preparing the NIRF MBA 2025 ranking.
Here we have listed the expected release date of the NIRF MBA ranking release date along with the last few years' NIRF ranking release dates.
Year | NIRF Rank Release Date |
NIRF 2025 MBA ranking release date | September 4, 2025 |
NIRF ranking release date 2024 | August 12, 2024 |
NIRF 2023 rank release date | June 5, 2023 |
NIRF 2022 ranking release date | July 15, 2022 |
NIRF ranking release date 2021 | September 9, 2021 |
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Here are the listed names of the top 20 MBA colleges in India in last year’s NIRF ranking.
MBA Colleges | NIRF Ranking for MBA | NIRF Score (Last Year's) |
1 | 83.32 | |
2 | 81.16 | |
3 | 77.90 | |
4 | 76.25 | |
5 | 75.07 | |
6 | 74.73 | |
7 | 74.43 | |
8 | 73.53 | |
9 | 68.13 | |
10 | 67.16 | |
11 | 66.85 | |
12 | 66.49 | |
13 | 65.13 | |
14 | 64.40 | |
15 | 62.36 | |
16 | 61.73 | |
17 | 61.27 | |
18 | 61.21 | |
19 | 61.03 | |
20 | 60.97 |
These rankings are decided by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) based on 5 parameters - Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR), Graduation Outcomes (GO), Research & Professional Practice (RP), Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) and Perception. The two parameters TLR and RP hold the highest weightage of 30 percent.
Parameter | Marks | Weightage |
Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR) | 100 | 0.30 |
Graduation Outcomes (GO) | 100 | 0.20 |
Research & Professional Practice (RP) | 100 | 0.30 |
Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) | 100 | 0.10 |
Perception | 100 | 0.10 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The NIRF management ranking release date is September 4, 2025. Although, we can expect the release of the NIRF 2025 ranking anytime soon.
The Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India will release NIRF 2025 MBA ranking on September 4, 2025.
Last year, IIM Ahmedabad was ranked first in the NIRF ranking management category.
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