Overview

• The Ministry of Education will announce the rankings on Thursday, with the National Board of Accreditation stated to make them public.
• The full lists will be available on the official portal nirfindia.org at the time of release.
• This edition marks a decade of NIRF and evaluates institutions on teaching, research, graduation outcomes, outreach and inclusivity, and perception.
• The 2025 exercise adds three institutional categories: open universities, skill universities, and state public universities.
• The schedule comes after an interim stay by the Madras High Court over transparency and data-manipulation allegations that delayed the rollout.