National Institution Ranking Framework (NIRF)

Ministry of Human Resource Development has been releasing Ranking System Framework for Higher Educational Institutions of India since 2016.

  • The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) has been launched to rank higher educational institutions in the country based on objective, verifiable criteria. The ranking system is expected to promote excellence in education in a competitive environment.
  • 5 broad and 16 micro parameters are used to gauge the performance of an institution which are as following,

Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR)

  1. Student Strength including Doctoral Students (SS)
  2. Faculty-student ratio with emphasis on permanent faculty (FSR)
  3. Combined metric for Faculty with PhD (or equivalent) and Experience (FQE)
  4. Financial Resources and their Utilisation (FRU)

Research and Professional Practice (RP)

  1. Combined metric for Publications (PU)
  2. Combined metric for Quality of Publications (QP)
  3. IPR and Patents: Published and Granted (IPR)
  4. Footprint of Projects and Professional Practice (FPPP)

Graduation Outcomes (GO)

  1. Metric for University Examinations (GUE)
  2. Metric for Number of Ph.D. Students Graduated (GPHD)

Outreach and Inclusivity (OI)

  1. Percentage of Students from Other States/Countries (Region Diversity RD)
  2. Percentage of Women (Women Diversity WD)
  3. Economically and Socially Challenged Students (ESCS)
  4. Facilities for Physically Challenged Students (PCS)
  5. Perception (PR) Ranking

Peer Perception

  1. Academic Peers and Employers (PR)
  • As per NIRF 2019, IIT Madras is at 1st position followed by IISc Bangalore, IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay and IIT Kharagpur at 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th position respectively.

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