The Ministry of Education (MoE) has released the NIRF ranking 2025. As per the rankings, CET Thiruvananthapuram has achieved an NIRF rank of 15 in the Architecture and Planning category with a score of 59.63.
CET Thiruvananthapuram has been featured in the NIRF 2022. According to the NIRF Ranking 2022, CET Thiruvananthapuram is ranked 110 in Engineering category. The rankings reflect the CET Thiruvananthapuram's consistent efforts toward academic growth and student development.
The table below shows CET Thiruvananthapuram’s NIRF ranking trends across major categories in 2022 and 2021. CET Thiruvananthapuram has shown slight dip in the Engineering category compared to last year.
| Category/Stream | 2022 Rank | 2021 Rank |
| Engineering | 110 | 95 |
NIRF evaluates institutions on various parameters like OVERALL, TLR, RP, GO, OI, PR, QNR, QLR, SFC. In the Engineering, CET Thiruvananthapuram scored 39.24.The following table shows CET Thiruvananthapuram’s performance across all the parameters in the Engineering category:
| Parameter | 2022 Score | 2021 Score |
| Total Score | 39.24 | 39.4 |
| TLR | 60.64 | 63.85 |
| RP | 12.79 | 10.25 |
| GO | 54.11 | 53.4 |
| OI | 52.55 | 50.16 |
| PR | 11.37 | 14.83 |
Comparison of CET Thiruvananthapuram against similar NIRF - 2022 ranked college in Engineering category.
| College Name | 2022 Rank | 2021 Rank |
| CET Thiruvananthapuram | 110 | 95 |
| VSSUT | 111 | 116 |
| IIIT Guwahati | 112 | 73 |
| VNR VJIET Hyderabad | 113 | 135 |
| Amity University Manesar | 114 | - |
| Jain University | 115 | 157 |
| NIT Manipur | 108 | 114 |
| KCT Coimbatore | 108 | 90 |
| Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences | 107 | 105 |
| Pandit Deendayal Energy University | 106 | 68 |
| Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies | 105 | 118 |