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Parameters of excellence: India’s Top 10 government universities

(across all categories)

Rank Competence of faculty Rating Rank Range/diversity of Rating

2022 2023 2024 2025 (150) 2022 2023 2024 2025 programmes offered (100)
1 1 1 1 Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru 147 1 1 1 1 University of Delhi 90
2 2 2 2 Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, 2 2 1 2 Anna University, Chennai 89
Mumbai 145 6 3 2 2 University of Mumbai 89
9 5 3 2 Delhi Technological University 145 5 5 3 3 Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,
NR NR NR 2 National Law Institute University (NLIU), Mumbai 87
Bhopal 145 8 8 6 3 Panjab University, Chandigarh 87
NR NR NR 2 Punjab Engineering College (PEC) 4 7 5 4 Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi 86
Deemed University, Chandigarh 145 9 9 7 5 University of Hyderabad 85
3 3 4 3 Anna University, Chennai 144 3 4 4 6 Banaras Hindu University 84
4 4 4 4 University of Delhi 143 7 6 5 6 Jadavpur University, Kolkata 84
NR NR 5 4 ICAR — Indian Agricultural Research NR NR NR 7 University of Mysore 82
Institute, Delhi 143 NR NR NR 7 Bangalore City University 82
NR 8 6 4 Homi Bhabha National Institute NR NR 8 8 The Maharaja Sayajirao University of
(Deemed University), Mumbai 143 Baroda 81
NR NR 9 4 National Law University (NLU), Dwarka, NR NR NR 8 Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar (TN) 81
Delhi 143 NR NR 9 9 Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam 80
NR NR NR 4 King George's Medical University, Lucknow 143 NR NR 10 9 Madurai Kamaraj University 80
10 10 7 5 Jadavpur University, Kolkata 142 NR NR 8 10 University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram 79
NR NR 10 5 University of Mysore 142 NR NR NR 10 Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University,
7 6 5 6 Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi 141 Ramtek, Nagpur 79
NR NR 10 6 Madurai Kamaraj University 141 NR NR NR 10 Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delhi 79
NR NR NR 6 Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai 141 NR NR NR 10 Cochin University of Science &
5 3 8 7 University of Mumbai 140 Technology (CUSAT), Kochi 79
NR 8 6 7 University of Hyderabad 140
NR NR NR 7 Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana
Agricultural University, Hisar 140
NR NR NR 7 National Law University (NLU), Jodhpur 140 Rank Leadership/governance Rating
7 7 8 8 National Law School of India University 2022 2023 2024 2025 quality (100)
(NLSIU), Bengaluru 139
NR NR NR 8 Savitribai Phule Pune University 139 9 6 3 1 Delhi Technological University 90
NR NR 10 9 The Indian Law Institute 2 1 1 2 Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru 88
(Deemed University), Delhi 138 3 3 2 2 University of Delhi 88
NR NR NR 9 Govind Ballabh Pant University of NR 7 4 2 Banaras Hindu University 88
Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar 2 2 3 3 Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,
(Uttarakhand) 138 Mumbai 87
NR NR NR 9 ICAR - Indian Veterinary Research 6 2 3 3 University of Mumbai 87
Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly 138 4 4 3 4 Anna University, Chennai 84
NR NR NR 9 The Maharaja Sayajirao University of 7 7 3 4 National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro
Baroda 138 Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru 84
NR NR NR 10 Banaras Hindu University 137 8 8 5 4 Jadavpur University, Kolkata 84
NR NR NR 10 Periyar University, Salem 137 5 5 6 5 Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai 82
NR NR NR 10 Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam 137 10 9 6 5 National Law School of India University
NR NR 10 10 NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad 137 (NLSIU), Bengaluru 82
NR NR NR 10 Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delhi 137 NR 9 8 6 Homi Bhabha National Institute
(Deemed University), Mumbai 81
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru is NR NR NR 6 Indian Institute of Space Science and
ranked #1 on six of the ten parameters of Technology (Deemed University),
Thiruvananthapuram 81
higher education excellence NR NR 6 7 NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad 80

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