| # | vs 2024 | College | City | State | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | — | Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Ahmedabad, Gujarat | Ahmedabad | Gujarat | 83.29 |
| 2 | — | Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Bengaluru, Karnataka | Bengaluru | Karnataka | 81.56 |
| 3 | — | Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode Kozhikode, Kerala | Kozhikode | Kerala | 79.85 |
| 4 | — | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi New Delhi, Delhi | New Delhi | Delhi | 78.94 |
| 5 | ▲2 | Indian Institute of Management Lucknow Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | 77.97 |
| 6 | — | Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai Mumbai, Maharashtra | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 77.58 |
| 7 | ▼2 | Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Kolkata, West Bengal | Kolkata | West Bengal | 77.34 |
| 8 | — | Indian Institute of Management Indore Indore, Madhya Pradesh | Indore | Madhya Pradesh | 75.68 |
| 9 | ▲2 | Management Development Institute Gurugram, Haryana | Gurugram | Haryana | 71.96 |
| 10 | ▼1 | XLRI - Xavier School of Management Jamshedpur, Jharkhand | Jamshedpur | Jharkhand | 70.63 |
| 11 | ▲2 | Symbiosis Institute of Business Management Pune, Maharashtra | Pune | Maharashtra | 67.90 |
| 12 | ▲7 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Kharagpur, West Bengal | Kharagpur | West Bengal | 66.97 |
| 13 | ▲3 | Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 66.50 |
| 14 | ▼4 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 65.82 |
| 15 | ▼1 | Indian Institute of Management Raipur Raipur, Chhattisgarh | Raipur | Chhattisgarh | 65.03 |
| 16 | ▲11 | Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli | Tamil Nadu | 64.95 |
| 17 | ▼2 | Indian Institute of Foreign Trade New Delhi, Delhi | New Delhi | Delhi | 62.93 |
| 18 | ▼1 | Indian Institute of Management Ranchi Ranchi, Jharkhand | Ranchi | Jharkhand | 62.77 |
| 19 | ▼7 | Indian Institute of Management Rohtak Rohtak, Haryana | Rohtak | Haryana | 62.60 |
| 20 | — | S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research Mumbai, Maharashtra | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 62.06 |
| 21 | ▲1 | Indian Institute of Management Udaipur Udaipur, Rajasthan | Udaipur | Rajasthan | 61.79 |
| 22 | ▼4 | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Roorkee, Uttarakhand | Roorkee | Uttarakhand | 61.77 |
| 23 | — | Indian Institute of Management Kashipur Kashipur, Uttarakhand | Kashipur | Uttarakhand | 61.74 |
| 24 | ▼3 | SVKM`s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies Mumbai, Maharashtra | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 60.99 |
| 25 | ▲6 | Indian Institute of Management Nagpur, Maharashtra | Nagpur | Maharashtra | 60.88 |
| 26 | ▲2 | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu | 60.25 |
| 27 | ▲2 | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh | 60.15 |
| 28 | ▼3 | Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi, Delhi | New Delhi | Delhi | 60.06 |
| 29 | ▼3 | Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam | Andhra Pradesh | 59.95 |
| 30 | ▲5 | Institute of Management Technology Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad | Uttar Pradesh | 59.85 |
| 31 | ▲2 | Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya Gaya, Bihar | Gaya | Bihar | 59.65 |
| 32 | ▲4 | Chandigarh University Mohali, Punjab | Mohali | Punjab | 59.40 |
| 33 | ▼1 | MICA Ahmedabad, Gujarat | Ahmedabad | Gujarat | 59.22 |
| 34 | ▲16 | Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur Sambalpur, Odisha | Sambalpur | Odisha | 58.59 |
| 35 | ▲7 | Indian Institute of Management Jammu (IIMJ) Jammu, Jammu And Kashmir | Jammu | Jammu And Kashmir | 58.50 |
| 36 | ▲5 | UPES Dehradun, Uttarakhand | Dehradun | Uttarakhand | 58.33 |
| 37 | ▼3 | Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 58.05 |
| 38 | ▼14 | Indian Institute of Management Shillong Shillong, Meghalaya | Shillong | Meghalaya | 57.70 |
| 39 | ▲19 | T. A. Pai Management Institute Manipal Manipal, Karnataka | Manipal | Karnataka | 57.13 |
| 40 | — | IMI Delhi New Delhi, Delhi | New Delhi | Delhi | 56.59 |
| 41 | ▲4 | Jaipuria Institute of Management Noida, Uttar Pradesh | Noida | Uttar Pradesh | 56.46 |
| 42 | ▲14 | IMI Kolkata Kolkata, West Bengal | Kolkata | West Bengal | 55.42 |
| 43 | ▼6 | Goa Institute of Management Sanquelim, Goa | Sanquelim | Goa | 55.27 |
| 44 | ▼6 | Lovely Professional University Phagwara, Punjab | Phagwara | Punjab | 55.00 |
| 45 | ▼2 | XIM University Bhubaneswar, Odisha | Bhubaneswar | Odisha | 54.73 |
| 46 | ▼2 | Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Deemed-to-be-university) Patiala, Punjab | Patiala | Punjab | 54.40 |
| 46 | ▼7 | ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad Hyderabad, Telangana | Hyderabad | Telangana | 54.40 |
| 48 | ▼2 | Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, Jharkhand | Dhanbad | Jharkhand | 54.34 |
| 49 | ▼20 | Amity University Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh | Gautam Budh Nagar | Uttar Pradesh | 54.15 |
| 50 | ▲2 | Great Lakes Institute of Management Gurgaon, Haryana | Gurgaon | Haryana | 54.08 |
| 51 | ▲6 | Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh | Sirmaur | Himachal Pradesh | 54.03 |
| 52 | ▲7 | Graphic Era University Dehradun, Uttarakhand | Dehradun | Uttarakhand | 53.98 |
| 53 | ▲2 | Nirma University Ahmedabad, Gujarat | Ahmedabad | Gujarat | 53.48 |
| 54 | ▼5 | Institute of Rural Management Anand Anand, Gujarat | Anand | Gujarat | 53.34 |
| 55 | ▲11 | Loyola Institute of Business Administration Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 53.12 |
| 56 | NEW | S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 52.74 |
| 57 | ▼6 | National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli | Tamil Nadu | 52.47 |
| 57 | ▲3 | Christ University Bengaluru, Karnataka | Bengaluru | Karnataka | 52.47 |
| 59 | ▼6 | Fore School of Management New Delhi, Delhi | New Delhi | Delhi | 52.23 |
| 60 | ▼12 | Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi | Uttar Pradesh | 52.14 |
| 61 | ▲3 | Birla Institute of Management Technology Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh | Greater Noida | Uttar Pradesh | 52.09 |
| 62 | ▲6 | Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Rajasthan | Jaipur | Rajasthan | 52.07 |
| 63 | ▲11 | Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 52.01 |
| 64 | ▼17 | Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar Amritsar, Punjab | Amritsar | Punjab | 51.70 |
| 65 | NEW | K.J.Somaiya Institute of Management Mumbai, Maharashtra | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 51.28 |
| 66 | ▼4 | Siksha `O` Anusandhan Bhubaneswar, Odisha | Bhubaneswar | Odisha | 50.88 |
| 67 | ▲5 | Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | 50.86 |
| 68 | ▼1 | Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Bhubaneswar, Odisha | Bhubaneswar | Odisha | 50.68 |
| 69 | ▲1 | Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh | Uttar Pradesh | 49.95 |
| 70 | ▲9 | Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University (K L College of Engineering) Vaddeswaram, Andhra Pradesh | Vaddeswaram | Andhra Pradesh | 49.89 |
| 71 | — | Alliance University Bengaluru, Karnataka | Bengaluru | Karnataka | 49.85 |
| 72 | ▲25 | Institute of Management Technology Hyderabad, Telangana | Hyderabad | Telangana | 49.38 |
| 73 | ▲4 | Jain university,Bangalore Bengaluru, Karnataka | Bengaluru | Karnataka | 49.28 |
| 74 | ▲1 | Jaipuria Institute of Management Jaipur, Rajasthan | Jaipur | Rajasthan | 49.26 |
| 75 | ▲9 | Prin. L.N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research (PGDM) Mumbai, Maharashtra | Mumbai | Maharashtra | 49.08 |
| 76 | ▼11 | Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University New Delhi, Delhi | New Delhi | Delhi | 48.88 |
| 77 | ▲6 | BML Munjal University Gurgaon, Haryana | Gurgaon | Haryana | 48.41 |
| 78 | ▼24 | Chitkara University Rajpura, Punjab | Rajpura | Punjab | 48.30 |
| 79 | ▲7 | Babasheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | 48.13 |
| 80 | ▲2 | Thiagarajar School of Management Madurai, Tamil Nadu | Madurai | Tamil Nadu | 48.05 |
| 81 | ▼8 | Manipal University Jaipur Jaipur, Rajasthan | Jaipur | Rajasthan | 47.56 |
| 82 | ▼1 | Cochin University of Science and Technology Cochin, Kerala | Cochin | Kerala | 47.47 |
| 83 | NEW | Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh | Gorakhpur | Uttar Pradesh | 47.46 |
| 84 | ▼4 | PSG College of Technology Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore | Tamil Nadu | 47.38 |
| 85 | ▼9 | National Institute of Technology Calicut Kozhikode, Kerala | Kozhikode | Kerala | 47.30 |
| 86 | NEW | New Delhi Institute of Management New Delhi, Delhi | New Delhi | Delhi | 47.25 |
| 87 | ▼9 | Jamia Hamdard New Delhi, Delhi | New Delhi | Delhi | 47.10 |
| 88 | ▼19 | Anna University Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 46.92 |
| 89 | — | Pandit Deendayal Energy University Gandhinagar, Gujarat | Gandhinagar | Gujarat | 46.81 |
| 90 | NEW | Jagan Institute of Management Studies Delhi, Delhi | Delhi | Delhi | 46.63 |
| 91 | ▲2 | Rajagiri Business School Cochin, Kerala | Cochin | Kerala | 46.62 |
| 92 | — | Panjab University Chandigarh, Chandigarh | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | 46.31 |
| 93 | ▼8 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh | Gwalior | Madhya Pradesh | 46.30 |
| 94 | ▼33 | IMI Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar, Odisha | Bhubaneswar | Odisha | 46.24 |
| 95 | ▲1 | National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management Hyderabad, Telangana | Hyderabad | Telangana | 45.48 |
| 96 | ▼2 | Bharathidasan Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli | Tamil Nadu | 45.36 |
| 97 | ▼7 | Birla Institute of Technology Ranchi, Jharkhand | Ranchi | Jharkhand | 45.25 |
| 98 | NEW | Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur Jodhpur, Rajasthan | Jodhpur | Rajasthan | 45.02 |
| 99 | NEW | Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur Nagpur, Maharashtra | Nagpur | Maharashtra | 44.93 |
| 100 | NEW | University of Lucknow Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | 44.53 |
Showing 100 individually ranked MBA / Management colleges. An additional 25 colleges appear in rank-bands (101–300) and are listed on each state's page below.
Biggest movers in NIRF 2025 vs 2024
According to NIRF 2025, there are 100 individually ranked MBA / Management colleges in India. Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (score 83.29) is widely regarded as the best MBA / Management college in India per NIRF. It is followed by Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode. The table below covers all 100 NIRF-ranked MBA / Management colleges with their score and rank movement (▲/▼) compared to NIRF 2024. Click any state in the Browse by State section to filter by location.
As per NIRF 2025, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad is ranked #1 — and widely considered the best MBA / Management college in India — with a score of 83.29. Indian Institute of Management Bangalore is ranked #2.
NIRF 2025 ranked 100 MBA / Management colleges in the individually ranked list, plus additional colleges in rank bands (101–150, 151–200, 201–300) across all states and union territories.
NIRF ranks MBA / Management colleges on five parameters — Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR); Research & Professional Practice (RPC); Graduation Outcomes (GO); Outreach & Inclusivity (OI); and Perception (PR) — with a combined score out of 100. The weights vary by category.
The #1 college has a score of 83.29. Top-10 MBA / Management colleges generally score above 62.5 in NIRF 2025.
IITs, NITs, AIIMS, IIMs, NLUs and similar government-funded institutions dominate the NIRF rankings. Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (rank #1) is a government institution. Use the state-wise pages to find top government colleges near you.
Admission to top NIRF-ranked MBA / Management colleges is through national entrance exams. Check each state page for state-level exam options, and the admission details section on each college's page.
NIRF evaluates colleges on: (1) Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR) — faculty quality, library, labs; (2) Research & Professional Practice (RPC) — publications, patents, projects; (3) Graduation Outcomes (GO) — placements, higher studies, PhDs; (4) Outreach & Inclusivity (OI) — diversity, differently-abled, women students; (5) Perception (PR) — peer perception survey. Total score is out of 100.
A higher NIRF score means better overall performance across all 5 parameters. A difference of 5+ points is meaningful; a difference of 1-2 points is minor. Look at individual parameter scores (TLR, RPC, GO, OI, PR) on each state page to see where a college is strong or weak.
Yes. Use the state chips at the top of the page or the Browse by State section below the table to see NIRF-ranked MBA / Management colleges in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and other states.
Last updated: July 2026 · Source: NIRF India Rankings 2025, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India. Rankings are labeled 2026 for current relevance; data is from NIRF 2025 with rank comparison to NIRF 2024.