The Ministry of Education (MoE) has released the NIRF ranking 2025. As per the rankings, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) has achieved an NIRF rank of 43 in the Research Institutions category along with an NIRF rank of 36 in the Engineering category. The institute has also achieved NIRF scores of 46.73 and 58.79 in each category respectively. In terms of category-wise rankings, the KIIT NIRF ranking management 2025 is at the 68th position with a score of 50.68. The institute has also achieved NIRF 24th rank in the Medical category with a score of 61. Additionally, KIIT achieved NIRF ranks of 14 in Law, 26 in Dental 2025.
KIIT has been featured in the NIRF 2025. According to the NIRF Ranking 2025, KIIT is ranked 27 in Overall category, 36 in Engineering category, 68 in Management category, 24 in Medical category, 26 in Dental category, 14 in Law category, 17 in University category, 43 in Research category. The rankings reflect the KIIT's consistent efforts toward academic growth and student development.
The table below shows KIIT’s NIRF ranking trends across major categories in 2025 and 2024. KIIT has shown slight dip in the Law category compared to last year.
| Category/Stream | 2025 Rank | 2024 Rank |
| Overall | 27 | 28 |
| Engineering | 36 | 37 |
| Law | 14 | 11 |
| Dental | 26 | 22 |
| Medical | 24 | 25 |
| Management | 68 | 67 |
| University | 17 | - |
| Research | 43 | - |
NIRF evaluates institutions on various parameters like OVERALL, TLR, RP, GO, OI, PR, QNR, QLR, SFC. In the Law, KIIT scored 65.04.The following table shows KIIT’s performance across all the parameters in the Law category:
| Parameter | 2025 Score | 2024 Score |
| Total Score | 65.04 | 63.6 |
| TLR | - | 84.9 |
| RP | - | 32.77 |
| GO | - | 64.99 |
| OI | - | 76.23 |
| PR | - | 8.48 |
Comparison of KIIT against similar NIRF - 2025 ranked college in Law category.
| College Name | 2025 Rank | 2024 Rank | 2023 Rank |
| KIIT | 14 | 11 | 12 |
| Dr. B.R.Ambedkar College of Law | 16 | 16 | - |
| CNLU Patna | 17 | 31 | - |
| UPES Dehradun | 18 | 28 | - |
| Saveetha University | 19 | - | 11 |
| Alliance University | 20 | 18 | 25 |
| Cochin University of Science and Technology | 13 | - | - |
| Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU) | 12 | 10 | 10 |
| Sree Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology and Science | 11 | 14 | - |
| SOA Bhubaneswar | 10 | 9 | 8 |
| AMU | 9 | 12 | - |