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Cover Story EW India Private University Rankings 2025-26

India’s best private multidisciplinary universities

Competence of faculty Curriculum & pedagogy Industry interface (100) Leadership / governance programmes offered (100) TOTAL SCORE (1300)

Rank Faculty welfare & development (100) Research and innovation (300) Placement (100) Infrastructure (150) Internationalism (100) Range/diversity of NIRF 2024* Rank

2022 2023 2024 2025 (150) (100) quality (100)

1 1 1 1 Amity University, Noida 147 87 268 87 83 84 140 81 93 87 1157 32
2 2 2 2 Manipal Academy of Higher Education 146 93 267 81 80 83 146 77 91 90 1154 4
2 3 3 3 Ashoka University, Sonipat 144 83 211 94 82 80 140 85 83 79 1081 101-150
4 5 7 4 Shiv Nadar University, Gautam Buddha Nagar 143 83 187 81 88 84 141 81 82 86 1056 62
3 4 6 5 NMIMS (Narsee Monjee Institute of Management
Studies) Deemed University, Mumbai 138 88 188 88 82 81 131 85 90 78 1049 49
5 4 4 6 ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (Deemed
University), Hyderabad 133 84 175 79 85 80 145 83 84 86 1034 NR
10 9 8 7 Chitkara University, Chandigarh 143 83 210 72 75 73 137 76 73 71 1013 90
3 3 5 8 Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore 140 84 175 78 84 72 141 80 80 78 1012 7
7 8 9 9 Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune 136 74 220 73 79 78 135 68 64 67 994 31
12 10 11 10 Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology
(Deemed University), Chennai 135 66 211 75 73 75 135 67 70 64 971 51
14 13 12 11 Shoolini University, Bajhol (HP) 129 71 221 68 66 70 133 69 76 66 969 70
NR NR 14 12 St. Joseph's University, Bengaluru 137 71 210 71 68 73 121 73 71 73 968 NR
8 7 12 13 Christ Deemed University, Bengaluru 129 73 166 81 77 78 131 73 80 76 964 60
NR NR 15 13 Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai 141 75 206 77 70 61 129 70 69 66 964 NR
6 6 11 14 Krea University, Sri City (AP) 136 79 154 86 79 70 126 80 82 64 956 NR
19 18 17 15 Presidency University, Bengaluru 138 74 173 71 72 68 138 72 75 74 955 NR
9 12 13 15 The LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur 134 82 150 82 77 73 138 76 74 69 955 NR
10 20 19 15 Amity University, Jaipur 138 81 151 76 76 75 135 75 76 72 955 151-200
14 11 14 16 GITAM (Gandhi Institute of Technology and
Management) Deemed University, Visakhapatnam 132 71 202 68 71 71 136 72 64 65 952 101-150
20 14 16 16 Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed University),
Bhubaneswar 133 64 224 67 68 62 128 68 69 69 952 14
44 19 17 16 Chitkara University, Solan 133 70 204 72 67 70 129 71 68 68 952 NR
40 14 10 17 Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT),
Deemed University, Bhubaneswar 131 64 209 66 68 67 129 70 76 69 949 15
NR NR NR 18 Manipal University, Jaipur 135 75 135 69 79 81 139 76 80 78 947 64
53 15 16 19 University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES),
Dehradun 124 63 266 62 60 62 126 59 57 65 944 46
18 17 18 20 Jamia Hamdard Deemed University, Delhi 138 63 199 64 66 64 136 63 69 68 930 40
NR NR NR 21 Anurag University, Hyderabad 138 74 164 78 65 68 130 69 71 69 926 151-200
19 16 22 22 Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research
(Deemed University), Chennai 125 71 203 65 61 62 132 66 59 67 911 73
31 30 25 23 Jagran Lakecity University, Bhopal 142 72 146 70 62 70 140 72 66 69 909 NR
23 21 21 24 Nirma University, Ahmedabad 130 73 180 70 61 64 123 69 72 66 908 101-150
23 20 20 25 Bennett University, Greater Noida 135 69 155 71 66 67 132 67 73 70 905 NR
44 35 25 25 Parul University, Vadodara 138 72 172 68 63 70 128 68 63 63 905 101-150
17 22 23 26 Manav Rachna International Institute of Research
and Studies (Deemed University), Faridabad 130 67 142 72 76 73 136 66 65 73 900 92
13 23 28 26 Amity University, Lucknow 134 74 126 75 75 70 129 70 72 75 900 NR

NB: NR= Not Ranked; NIRF= National Institutional Ranking Framework, 2024 of the Union education ministry

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