The Ministry of Education (MoE) has released the NIRF Ranking 2025. As per the rankings, Delhi University has achieved an NIRF rank of 15 in the Overall category with a score of 66.19, and an NIRF rank of 5 in the University category with a score of 67.38.
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Delhi University (DU) has been featured in the NIRF 2025. According to the NIRF Ranking 2025, Delhi University (DU) is ranked 5 in Overall category, 15 in Overall category, 5 in University category. The rankings reflect the Delhi University (DU)'s consistent efforts toward academic growth and student development.
The table below shows Delhi University (DU)’s NIRF ranking trends across major categories in 2025 and 2023. Delhi University (DU) has shown improvement in the University category compared to last year.
| Category/Stream | 2025 Rank | 2023 Rank |
| Research | - | 17 |
| University | 5 | 11 |
| Overall | 15 | 22 |
NIRF evaluates institutions on various parameters like OVERALL, TLR, RP, GO, OI, PR, QNR, QLR, SFC. In the Overall, Delhi University (DU) scored 64.81.The following table shows Delhi University (DU)’s performance across all the parameters in the Overall category:
| Parameter | 2025 Score | 2023 Score |
| Total Score | 64.81 | - |
| TLR | 56.75 | - |
| RP | 56.42 | - |
| GO | 98.54 | - |
| OI | 67.57 | - |
| PR | 43.93 | - |
Comparison of Delhi University (DU) against similar NIRF - 2025 ranked college in Overall category.
| College Name | 2025 Rank | 2023 Rank | 2022 Rank |
| Delhi University (DU) | 15 | 22 | 23 |
| IIT Kanpur | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| IIT Kharagpur | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| IIT Roorkee | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| AIIMS Delhi (AIIMS), Delhi | 8 | 6 | 9 |
| JNU | 9 | - | - |
| Jamia Millia Islamia | 13 | 12 | 13 |
| IIT Delhi | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| IIT Bombay | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| JNU | 9 | - | - |
| IISC Bangalore | 2 | 2 | 2 |