NIRF Management Ranking 2025 (Out): Top MBA Colleges in India, State-Wise List

The NIRF Management Ranking 2025 has been declared on September 4, 2025. The top 5 state-wise Management institutes leading the NIRF Management ranking list include IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Kozhikode, IIT Delhi, and IIM Lucknow. Find the updated list of top MBA colleges in India here.

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Top 50 Colleges as per NIRF Management Ranking 2024

The NIRF Management Ranking 2025 has been released by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, on September 4, 2025. The top 5 institutes leading the list include IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Kozhikode, IIT Delhi, and IIM Lucknow. Some of the important parameters considered while preparing the NIRF management ranking 2025 are Research and Professional Practice (RP), Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR), Outreach and Inclusivity (OI), Graduation Outcomes (GO), and Peer Perception. Scroll down and find out the full list of top NIRF 2025 management colleges.

List of Top 50 Institutes as per NIRF Management Ranking 2025

As discussed, the NIRF Ranking for Management has been released. Find the detailed list for the top 10 institutes as per NIRF Management Ranking below:-

Name	City	State	Rank
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad	Ahmedabad	Gujarat	1
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore	Bengaluru	Karnataka	2
Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode	Kozhikode	Kerala	3
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi	New Delhi	Delhi	4
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	5
Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai	Mumbai	Maharashtra	6
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta	Kolkata	West Bengal	7
Indian Institute of Management Indore	Indore	Madhya Pradesh	8
Management Development Institute	Gurugram	Haryana	9
XLRI - Xavier School of Management	Jamshedpur	Jharkhand	10
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management	Pune	Maharashtra	11
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Kharagpur	West Bengal	12
Indian Institute of Technology Madras	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	13
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	Mumbai	Maharashtra	14
Indian Institute of Management Raipur	Raipur	Chhattisgarh	15
Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli	Tiruchirappalli	Tamil Nadu	16
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade	New Delhi	Delhi	17
Indian Institute of Management Ranchi	Ranchi	Jharkhand	18
Indian Institute of Management Rohtak	Rohtak	Haryana	19
S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research	Mumbai	Maharashtra	20
Indian Institute of Management Udaipur	Udaipur	Rajasthan	21
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee	Roorkee	Uttarakhand	22
Indian Institute of Management Kashipur	Kashipur	Uttarakhand	23
SVKM`s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies	Mumbai	Maharashtra	24
Indian Institute of Management	Nagpur	Maharashtra	25
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu	26
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh	27
Jamia Millia Islamia	New Delhi	Delhi	28
Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam	Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh	29
Institute of Management Technology	Ghaziabad	Uttar Pradesh	30
Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya	Gaya	Bihar	31
Chandigarh University	Mohali	Punjab	32
MICA	Ahmedabad	Gujarat	33
Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur	Sambalpur	Odisha	34
Indian Institute of Management Jammu (IIMJ)	Jammu	Jammu and Kashmir	35
UPES	Dehradun	Uttarakhand	36
Great Lakes Institute of Management	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	37
Indian Institute of Management Shillong	Shillong	Meghalaya	38
T. A. Pai Management Institute Manipal	Manipal	Karnataka	39
IMI Delhi	New Delhi	Delhi	40
Jaipuria Institute of Management	Noida	Uttar Pradesh	41
IMI Kolkata	Kolkata	West Bengal	42
Goa Institute of Management	Sanquelim	Goa	43
Lovely Professional University	Phagwara	Punjab	44
XIM University	Bhubaneswar	Odisha	45
ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Telangana	46
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Deemed-to-be-university)	Patiala	Punjab	46
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines)	Dhanbad	Jharkhand	48
Amity University	Gautam Budh Nagar	Uttar Pradesh	49
Great Lakes Institute of Management	Gurgaon	Haryana	50

Also Read: How to Check the NIRF Rankings 2025?

Top 50 Colleges as per NIRF Management Ranking 2024

The NIRF Management Ranking 2025 has not been released yet. Meanwhile, students can check out the NIRF Management Ranking 2024 below:

NIRF Rank 2024	College Name	City & State
1	Indian Institute of Management	Ahmedabad, Gujarat
2	Indian Institute of Management	Bangalore, Karnataka
3	Indian Institute of Management	Kozhikode, Kerala
4	Indian Institute of Management	New Delhi, Delhi
5	Indian Institute of Management	Calcutta, West Bengal
6	Indian Institute of Management	Mumbai, Maharashtra
7	Indian Institute of Management	Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
8	Indian Institute of Management	Indore, Madhya Pradesh
9	XLRI - Xavier School of Management	Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
10	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	Mumbai, Maharashtra
11	Management Development Institute	Gurugram, Haryana
12	Indian Institute of Management	Rohtak, Haryana
13	Symbiosis Institute of Business Management	Pune, Maharashtra
14	Indian Institute of Management	Raipur, Chhattisgarh
15	Indian Institute of Foreign Trade	New Delhi, Delhi
16	Indian Institute of Technology Madras	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
17	Indian Institute of Management	Ranchi, Jharkhand
18	Indian Institute of Technology	Roorkee, Uttarakhand
19	Indian Institute of Technology	Kharagpur, West Bengal
20	S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research	Mumbai, Maharashtra
21	SVKM`s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies	Mumbai, Maharashtra
22	Indian Institute of Management	Udaipur, Rajasthan
23	Indian Institute of Management	Kashipur, Uttarakhand
24	Indian Institute of Management	Shillong, Meghalaya
25	Jamia Millia Islamia	New Delhi, Delhi
26	Indian Institute of Management	Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
27	Indian Institute of Management	Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
28	Amrita Vishwa	Vidyapeetham, Tamil Nadu
29	Indian Institute of Technology	Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
30	Amity University	Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh
31	Indian Institute of Management	Nagpur, Maharashtra
32	MICA	Ahmedabad, Gujarat
33	Indian Institute of Management	Bodh Gaya, Bihar
34	Great Lakes Institute of Management	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
35	Institute of Management Technology	Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
36	Chandigarh University	Mohali, Punjab
37	Goa Institute of Management	Sanquelim, Goa
38	Lovely Professional University	Phagwara, Punjab
39	ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education	Hyderabad, Telangana
40	International Management Institute	New Delhi, Delhi
41	UPES	Dehradun, Uttarakhand
42	Indian Institute of Management	Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir
43	XIM University	Bhubaneswar, Odisha
44	Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology	Patiala, Punjab
45	Jaipuria Institute of Management	Noida, Uttar Pradesh
46	Indian Institute of Technology	Dhanbad, Jharkhand
47	Indian Institute of Management	Amritsar, Punjab
48	Banaras Hindu University	Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
49	Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA)	Anand, Gujarat
50	Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur	Sambalpur, Odisha

Students interested in pursuing a Management course can check out the NIRF Management Ranking 2025 before applying for admission in one of the popular colleges. A limited number of seats are available at these top management institutes, and hence, the competition is high. Apart from clearing the entrance exam, some colleges require students to prepare for the interview and group discussion rounds.

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