The Ministry of Education (MoE) has released the NIRF ranking 2025. As per the rankings, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University has achieved an NIRF rank of 88 in the overall category along with an NIRF rank of 73 in the university category. The institute has also achieved NIRF scores of 50.03 and 49.8 in each category respectively. In terms of category-wise rankings, the institute has achieved NIRF 6th rank in the agriculture and allied sectors category with a score of 67.06 and NIRF 42nd rank in the state public universities category with a score of 52.08.
TNAU has been featured in the NIRF 2025. According to the NIRF Ranking 2025, TNAU is ranked 88 in Overall category, 73 in University category, 6 in Agriculture category. The rankings reflect the TNAU's consistent efforts toward academic growth and student development.
The table below shows TNAU’s NIRF ranking trends across major categories in 2025 and 2024.
| Category/Stream | 2025 Rank | 2024 Rank |
| Overall | 88 | 101 |
| University | 73 | - |
| Agriculture | 6 | - |
NIRF evaluates institutions on various parameters like OVERALL, TLR, RP, GO, OI, PR, QNR, QLR, SFC. In the Agriculture, TNAU scored 67.06.The following table shows TNAU’s performance across all the parameters in the Agriculture category:
| Parameter | 2025 Score | 2024 Score |
| Total Score | 67.06 | - |
Comparison of TNAU against similar NIRF - 2025 ranked college in Agriculture category.
| College Name | 2025 Rank | 2024 Rank | 2023 Rank |
| TNAU | 6 | - | 5 |
| SKUAST | 7 | - | 9 |
| Central Institute of Fisheries Education | 8 | - | 7 |
| GBPUAT | 9 | - | 8 |
| CCSHAU | 10 | - | 10 |
| UAS Bangalore | 11 | - | 11 |
| IVRI Bareilly | 5 | - | 6 |
| BHU | 4 | - | - |
| PAU Ludhiana | 3 | - | 3 |
| National Dairy Research Institute | 2 | - | 2 |
| Indian Agricultural Research Institute | 1 | - | 1 |