NIRF Ranking 2025 has been announced on September 4, 2025. The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) was established by the Ministry of Education (MoE) in 2015. It serves as a trusted benchmark for assessing the quality of higher education institutions across India using various parameters. The NIRF ranking helps candidates to determine which institute to prefer. The NIRF releases its ranking every year in various categories – engineering, management, overall university ranking, law, dental, and etc.
In India, management courses are in high demand. In 2025, a total of 27,32,350 candidates appeared for the management entrance exam. Candidates who appeared for the MBA entrance exam this year can check the list of top management colleges in India, as per the new NIRF Ranking.
List of Top Management Colleges in India – NIRF Ranking 2025
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) releases its rank list for all the categories. The NIRF considers several factors to determine the college ranking – Teaching – Learning & Resources (TLR), Research & Professional Practices (RP), Graduation Outcomes (GO), Outreach & Inclusivity (OI), and Perception (PR). This transparent method ensures a holistic assessment and not just on the basis of placement percentage. Given below is a list of top management colleges according to the latest rank list of NIRF 2025:
| Name of the College | NIRF Rank 2025 |
| Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad | 1 |
| Indian Institute of Management Bangalore | 2 |
| Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode | 3 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | 4 |
| Indian Institute of Management Lucknow | 5 |
| Indian Institute of Management Mumbai | 6 |
| Indian Institute of Management Calcutta | 7 |
| Indian Institute of Management Indore | 8 |
| Management Development Institute, Gurugram | 9 |
| XLRI – Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur | 10 |
Also Check: NIRF 2025: Top Engineering Colleges
NIRF Ranking 2025: Check Last Year’s Top Management Institutes
According to the NIRF 2024 ranking, the top 5 MBA colleges were:
| Top 5 MBA Colleges – NIRF Ranking 2024 | |
| Name of College | NIRF Ranking 2024 |
| Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad | 1 |
| Indian Institute of Management Bangalore | 2 |
| Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode | 3 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | 4 |
| Indian Institute of Management Calcutta | 5 |
The latest NIRF ranking is available on the official website of NIRF – nirfindia.org.
