NIRF MBA Ranking 2023: Check Top Management Colleges, Previous Year NIRF Rankings

Akansha Sirohi

Updated On: February 05, 2024 02:22 pm IST

NIRF MBA Rankings 2023 was released on June 5 by the Union Minister of Education. Check NIRF MBA Rankings 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020 of the top private and government management colleges in India here.

NIRF MBA Ranking 2023

NIRF MBA Ranking 2023: The Union Minister of Education released the NIRF Rankings 2023 for MBA colleges on June 5, 2023. IIM Ahmedabad once again retained the top position on the NIRF ranking list, becoming the top management institution in India, followed by IIM Bangalore. This year, IIM Kozhikode secured the third position, leaving IIM Calcutta behind in the 4th position. IIT Madras retained its position as the number 1 college under the overall category, followed by IISc Bangalore in 2nd position and IIT Delhi stood third. Candidates can check the complete list of NIRF MBA Rankings 2023 on the official website of the Ministry of Education (MoE) at nirfindia.org.

A total of 8, 686 educational institutes participated in the NIRF rankings 2023, which is more compared to the previous year. In 2022, 7,254 applications were received while in 2021, 6272 institutes participated in the NIRF rankings. The ranking was released by the ministry in 12 categories including 8 subject-specific rankings. NIRF MBA Rankings 2023 feature top management colleges such as the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and other top private management colleges in India. Let's now have a look at the NIRF Rankings 2023 for MBA colleges as well as for the past years.

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NIRF MBA Ranking 2023: Top Management Colleges in India

The NIRF rankings are given on parameters such as graduation outcome, teaching-learning and resources, outreach and inclusivity, research and professional practice, and perception. The NIRF Rankings 2023 for the top private and government colleges have been provided in the table below.

Name of the Institute

NIRF Score

NIRF Ranking

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

83.20

1

Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore

80.89

2

Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode

76.48

3

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

75.53

4

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

74.14

5

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

74.11

6

National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai

71.99

7

Indian Institute of Management, Indore

71.95

8

Xavier Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur

70.75

9

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

68.11

10

Indian Institute of Management, Raipur

66.18

11

Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak

65.88

12

Management Development Institute, Gurugram

64.88

13

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

63.92

14

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

62.83

15

Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur

62.78

16

Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune

62.74

17

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

62.14

18

Indian Institute of Management, Kashipur

61.07

19

S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai

60.91

20

SVKM`s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai

60.84

21

Indian Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli

60.83

22

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

60.63

23

Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi

59.99

24

Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

59.78

25

Indian Institute of Management, Shillong

59.12

26

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi

58.60

27

Amity University, Gautam Budh Nagar

58.56

28

Indian Institute of Management, Visakhapatnam

57.57

29

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore

57.02

30

Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai

56.62

31

Lovely Professional University, Phagwara

56.44

32

Goa Institute of Management, Sanquelim

56.28

33

International Management Institute, New Delhi

56.05

34

National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

56.01

35

Chandigarh University, Mohali

55.98

36

MICA, Ahmedabad

55.47

37

Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad

55.26

38

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun

54.83

39

ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad

54.29

40

Indian Institute of Management, Jammu

54.17

41

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Manipal

53.48

42

Indian Institute of Management, Nagpur

53.41

43

Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad

52.64

44

K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai Suburban

52.14

45

Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar

52.09

46

Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida

51.81

47

Birla Institute of Management Technology, Greater Noida

51.74

48

Anna University, Chennai

51.67

49

Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology,  (Deemed-to-be-University), Patiala

51.67

49

Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar

51.30

51

Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University, (K L College of Engineering), Vaddeswaram

51.29

52

Indian Institute of Management, Bodh Gaya

51.28

53

Institute of Rural Management, Anand

51.19

54

Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

51.18

55

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

51.07

56

Siksha `O` Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar

51.03

57

Indian Institute of Management, Sambalpur

50.90

58

NIRF MBA Rankings 2022: Top Colleges for MBA/PGDM

The NIRF rankings 2022 for the top private and government colleges have been displayed here.

Name of the Institute

NIRF Ranking

NIRF Score

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

1

83.35

Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore

2

82.62

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

3

78.64

Indian Institute of Management, Delhi

4

75.10

Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode

5

74.74

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

6

74.55

Indian Institute of Management, Indore

7

70.66

Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur

8

69.67

National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai

9

68.84

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

10

66.60

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

11

66.24

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

12

65.15

Management of Development Institute, Haryana

13

64.70

Indian Institute of Management, Raipur

14

63.57

Indian Institute of Technology, Ranchi

15

62.33

Indian Institute of Technology, Rohtak

16

62.20

Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Maharashtra

17

61.97

Indian Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli

18

61.88

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

19

61.76

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

20

61.20

S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Maharashtra

21

59.51

Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur

22

59.28

Indian Institute of Management, Kashipur

23

59.06

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. Delhi

24

58.31

SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Maharashtra

25

58.14

Institute of Management Shillong

26

57.84

Amrita Viswa Visyapeetham, Tamil Nadu

27

57.83

Amity University, Uttar Pradesh

28

57.43

Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi

29

56.44

International Management Institute, Delhi

30

55.00

Great Lakes Institute of Management, Tamil Nadu

31

54.90

ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad

32

54.88

Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam

33

54.36

Lovely Professional University, Punjab

34

54.30

XIM University, Odisha

35

54.10

Goa Institute of Management

36

53.58

Indian Institute of Management, Jammu

36

53.58

T.A. Pai Management Institute Manipal

38

53.57

National Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu

39

53.54

Chandigarh University

40

53.23

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Uttarakhand

41

53.22

MICA, Gujarat

42

52.86

IIM, Nagpur

43

52.84

Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad

44

52.12

Nirma University, Gujarat

45

52.00

Indian Institute of Technology, Jharkhand

46

51.49

K L College of Engineering, Andhra Pradesh

47

51.27

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Odisha

48

50.88

Anna University, Tamil Nadu

49

50.72

Banaras Hindu University

50

50.64

NIRF MBA Rankings 2021: Top Private & Government Management Colleges

Below are the NIRF 2021 Rankings for the top 5 MBA colleges in India.

College

NIRF 2021 Ranking

IIM Ahmedabad

1

IIM Bangalore

2

IIM Calcutta

3

IIM Kozhikode

4

IIT Delhi

5

NIRF MBA Rankings 2020, 2019, 2018 

Given below are the top 20 colleges for MBA/PGDM as per the NIRF Rankings 2020, score, and also the NIRF rankings for 2019 and 2018.

College

City

State

2020 Score

2020 Rank

2019 Rank

2018 Rank

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad

Gujarat

82.75

1

2

1

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Bengaluru

Karnataka

81.32

2

1

2

Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

Kolkata

West Bengal

80.39

3

3

3

Indian Institute of Management Lucknow

Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh

73.85

4

4

4

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Kharagpur

West Bengal

70.43

5

6

7

Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode

Kozhikode

Kerala

69.96

6

8

6

Indian Institute of Management Indore

Indore

Madhya Pradesh

69.04

7

5

11

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

New Delhi

Delhi

67.19

8

9

8

Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI)

Jamshedpur

Jharkhand

67.11

9

7

10

Management Development Institute

Gurugram

Haryana

65.95

10

12

12

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Mumbai

Maharashtra

65.76

11

10

5

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Roorkee

Uttarakhand

62.87

12

11

9

National Institute of Industrial Engineering

Mumbai

Maharashtra

62.87

12

29

14

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Chennai

Tamil Nadu

61.77

14

15

-

Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli

Tiruchirappalli

Tamil Nadu

60.79

15

14

15

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh

60.53

16

22

17

Indian Institute of Management Udaipur

Udaipur

Rajasthan

59.57

17

13

13

S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research

Mumbai

Maharashtra

56.93

18

16

19

Indian Institute of Management Raipur

Raipur

Chhattisgarh

56.12

19

19

21

Indian Institute of Management Ranchi

Ranchi

Jharkhand

55.97

20

28

40

Indian Institute of Management Rohtak

Rohtak

Haryana

55.91

21

23

27

Symbiosis Institute of Business Management

Pune

Maharashtra

55.82

22

20

18

Great Lakes Institute of Management

Chennai

Tamil Nadu

55.8

23

18

16

SVKM`s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies

Mumbai

Maharashtra

55.44

24

20

24

ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education

Hyderabad

Telangana

55.21

25

26

22

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

New Delhi

Delhi

55.01

26

31

23

T. A. Pai Management Institute

Manipal

Karnataka

54.85

27

33

-

International Management Institute

New Delhi

Delhi

54.65

28

66

25

Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines)

Dhanbad

Jharkhand

53.71

29

32

-

Indian Institute of Management Shillong

Shillong

Meghalaya

53.56

30

24

-

Xavier Institute of Management (XIMB)

Bhubaneswar

Odisha

52.55

31

44

36

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology

Bhubaneswar

Odisha

52.15

32

30

30

Indian Institute of Management Kashipur

Kashipur

Uttarakhand

52.07

33

25

20

Jamia Millia Islamia

New Delhi

Delhi

51.41

34

34

34

National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

Tiruchirappalli

Tamil Nadu

50.49

35

17

-

Banaras Hindu University

Varanasi

Uttar Pradesh

49.51

36

39

39

Institute of Management Technology

Ghaziabad

Uttar Pradesh

48.27

37

41

31

BML Munjal University

Gurgaon

Haryana

48.27

37

-

-

Alliance University

Bengaluru

Karnataka

47.47

39

42

-

Indian Institute of Management

Nagpur

Maharashtra

47.38

40

-

-

Amity University Noida

Gautam Budh Nagar

Uttar Pradesh

47.35

41

49

48

Panjab University

Chandigarh

Chandigarh

47.22

42

48

42

FORE School of Management

New Delhi

Delhi

47.11

43

38

37

Nirma University

Ahmedabad

Gujarat

46.75

44

40

-

Aligarh Muslim University

Aligarh

Uttar Pradesh

46.71

45

59

49

PSG College of Technology

Coimbatore

Tamil Nadu

46.69

46

37

33

Birla Institute of Management Technology

Greater Noida

Uttar Pradesh

46.65

47

57

45

Goa Institute of Management

Sanquelim

Goa

46.63

48

50

-

Lovely Professional University

Phagwara

Punjab

46.58

49

52

38

Loyola Institute of Business Administration

Chennai

Tamil Nadu

46.51

50

36

32

Chandigarh University

Mohali

Punjab

46.4

51

64

-

International Management Institute

Kolkata

West Bengal

46.22

52

66

-

Institute for Financial Management and Research

Sri City, Chittoor

Andhra Pradesh

46.16

53

47

34

Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology

Patiala

Punjab

46.14

54

-

-

Vellore Institute of Technology

Vellore

Tamil Nadu

45.89

55

46

29

K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research

Mumbai

Maharashtra

45.5

56

54

-

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

New Delhi

Delhi

45.22

57

62

-

Birla Institute of Technology

Ranchi

Jharkhand

45.13

58

61

44

Anna University

Chennai

Tamil Nadu

44.81

59

43

28

Institute of Management Technology

Nagpur

Maharashtra

44.71

60

41

31

Institute of Management Technology

Hyderabad

Telangana

44.38

61

41

31

Indian Institute of Forest Management

Bhopal

Madhya Pradesh

44.26

62

60

41

International Management Institute

Bhubaneswar

Odisha

44.02

63

66

-

Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship Development

Pune

Maharashtra

44.02

63

-

-

IIHMR University

Jaipur

Rajasthan

43.97

65

72

-

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies

Dehradun

Uttarakhand

43.73

66

56

-

Jagan Institute of Management Studies

Delhi

Delhi

43.45

67

69

-

Principal L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research

Mumbai

Maharashtra

43.4

68

-

-

Jaipuria Institute of Management

Noida

Uttar Pradesh

43.38

69

63

-

Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation University

Vaddeswaram

Andhra Pradesh

43.3

70

58

46

Visvesvaraya Technological University

Belgaum

Karnataka

43.24

71

-

-

Institute of Rural Management Anand

Anand

Gujarat

42.7

72

51

43

Jaipuria Institute of Management

Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh

42.56

73

63

-

Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University

Gandhinagar

Gujarat

42.47

74

-

-

Chitkara University

Rajpura

Punjab

42.31

75

75

-

These ranks help Master of Business Administration (MBA) aspirants choose colleges wisely after analyzing the investment and ROI factors of the institutes. The ranks will also help students recognize other colleges and universities that have been performing well in the management field.

National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) was introduced by the Ministry of Education (MoE) to assess the performance of the institutes in India across various parameters. Following are a few of the top b-schools in India, their rank and scores evaluated according to NIRF Rankings for Management for 2020 and the previous years. NIRF ranks are released every year according to the yearly data collected by the framework. The ranks and scores are calculated based on five parameters including graduation outcome, research and professional practices, teaching and learning resources along with the general perception of the institute.

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