IIT Patna has been featured in the NIRF 2025. According to the NIRF Ranking 2025, IIT Patna is ranked 36 in Overall category, 19 in Engineering category, 39 in Research category. The rankings reflect the IIT Patna's consistent efforts toward academic growth and student development.
The table below shows IIT Patna’s NIRF ranking trends across major categories in 2025 and 2024. IIT Patna has shown improvement in the Engineering category compared to last year.
| Category/Stream | 2025 Rank | 2024 Rank |
| Overall | 36 | 73 |
| Engineering | 19 | 34 |
| Research | 39 | - |
NIRF evaluates institutions on various parameters like OVERALL, TLR, RP, GO, OI, PR, QNR, QLR, SFC. In the Engineering, IIT Patna scored 64.52.The following table shows IIT Patna’s performance across all the parameters in the Engineering category:
| Parameter | 2025 Score | 2024 Score |
| Total Score | 64.52 | 58.4 |
| TLR | - | 67.22 |
| RP | - | 49.41 |
| GO | - | 77.73 |
| OI | - | 53 |
| PR | - | 25.69 |
IIT Patna has been featured in the India Today 2025. According to the India Today Ranking 2025, IIT Patna is ranked 11 in Engineering category. The rankings reflect the IIT Patna's consistent efforts toward academic growth and student development.
The table below shows IIT Patna’s India Today ranking trends across major categories in 2025.
| Category/Stream | 2025 Rank |
| Engineering | 11 |
Comparison of IIT Patna against similar NIRF - 2025 ranked college in Engineering category.
| College Name | 2025 Rank | 2024 Rank | 2023 Rank |
| IIT Patna | 19 | 34 | 41 |
| Anna University | 20 | 14 | 13 |
| NIT Calicut | 21 | 25 | 23 |
| SOA Bhubaneswar | 22 | 26 | 27 |
| AMRITA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING (ASE), Coimbatore | 23 | 23 | - |
| Jamia Millia Islamia | 24 | 24 | 26 |
| Jadavpur University | 18 | 12 | 10 |
| NIT Surathkal | 17 | 17 | 12 |
| VIT Vellore | 16 | 11 | 11 |
| IIT Dhanbad | 15 | 15 | 17 |
| SRM University Chennai | 14 | 13 | 28 |