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Cover Story EW India Government University Rankings 2025-26

India’s best gov. 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+ University of Delhi 143 86 280 71 77 80 145 88 88 90 1148 6
1 1 2 1 University of Mumbai 140 88 256 86 89 89 138 86 87 89 1148 61
5 2 3 2 Banaras Hindu University 137 85 279 75 67 76 135 84 88 84 1110 5
2 3 4 3 Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi 141 86 227 84 80 83 144 84 66 86 1081 2
3 4 5 4 Jadavpur University, Kolkata 142 81 243 77 61 84 139 80 84 84 1075 9
8 7 8 5 Savitribai Phule Pune University 139 77 255 78 65 78 137 74 74 77 1054 23
4 5 7 6 University of Hyderabad 140 77 226 75 75 82 134 79 80 85 1053 17
14 6 6 7 Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) 132 74 235 73 62 68 130 68 79 77 998 8
6 8 9 8 Panjab University, Chandigarh 132 78 193 69 72 77 136 74 77 87 995 38
10 10 12 9 Alagappa University, Karaikudi (TN) 136 80 180 81 71 75 130 77 77 71 978 47
21 19 17 10 Bangalore City University 135 72 181 75 71 72 137 65 75 82 965 NR
13 8 10 11 Bharathidasan University, Trichy 133 74 200 75 68 74 125 66 72 76 963 36
7 9 11 12 Osmania University, Hyderabad 135 78 181 70 80 70 127 71 75 75 962 43
32 12 17 13 University of Calcutta 128 68 240 62 67 63 124 69 61 77 959 18
15 14 15 14 Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University, Ramtek,
Nagpur 134 75 164 75 69 76 136 81 69 79 958 NR
28 18 18 15 University of Madras 129 73 210 73 68 64 132 69 64 75 957 39
12 13 16 15 The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda 138 73 169 78 68 70 139 70 71 81 957 151-200
17 16 13 16 Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delhi 137 78 190 73 68 66 127 65 71 79 954 3
21 14 19 17 Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar (TN) 128 73 203 66 62 70 124 71 75 81 953 101-150
19 11 14 18 Bharathiar University, Coimbatore 132 73 200 64 62 73 131 69 72 74 950 26
9 15 19 18 Madurai Kamaraj University 141 73 176 68 72 69 128 67 76 80 950 63
11 17 19 19 University of Mysore 142 77 167 69 75 65 132 67 70 82 946 54
15 25 23 20 Shivaji University, Kolhapur 127 78 161 75 72 75 131 64 76 78 937 151-200
16 22 21 21 University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram 135 76 177 65 67 72 127 66 72 79 936 21
40 21 22 22 University of Kashmir, Srinagar 124 67 204 68 71 73 119 66 69 69 930 45
31 20 20 23 Punjabi University, Patiala 128 66 196 60 60 72 137 62 74 73 928 NR
23 28 23 24 Kurukshetra University 125 77 174 73 72 64 136 60 70 70 921 101-150
29 23 24 25 Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak 124 77 180 62 67 73 123 65 72 74 917 101-150
24 26 25 25 Pondicherry University 135 64 183 73 61 67 125 63 68 78 917 101-150
22 29 26 26 Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 128 68 176 68 67 68 130 68 62 76 911 25
32 30 27 26 Periyar University, Salem 137 72 176 69 66 71 113 65 72 70 911 56
20 24 27 27 Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi 127 72 165 72 63 69 121 65 74 74 902 80
39 33 29 28 Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh 136 71 160 70 63 68 134 56 70 72 900 NR
36 32 30 28 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelvelli 120 65 166 72 62 71 140 58 75 71 900 93
30 27 28 29 Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 131 68 187 63 67 58 117 63 67 73 894 NR
38 31 28 30 Tezpur University 131 69 172 67 63 58 126 62 72 70 890 69
34 37 32 30 Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar (Guj) 132 74 150 72 63 70 130 62 65 72 890 NR
18 40 34 31 Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam 137 74 116 71 68 68 126 68 75 80 883 37
25 34 35 32 Dr. BR Ambedkar University, Delhi 132 76 120 78 69 66 124 70 70 76 881 NR
26 38 35 33 Utkal University, Bhubaneswar 131 69 140 72 59 64 130 68 74 73 880 101-150

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

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