NIRF Rankings 2025: The only Bihar-based university to rank in the top 100 of the National Institutional Framework Ranking (NIRF) overall was Indian Institute of Technology, Patna, which was announced on Thursday.
NIRF Ranking 2025: NIT, Patna, is the only other Bihar-based university to rank in the list of engineering schools, coming in at number 53.
In addition, IIT-P is ranked 39th out of the top 100 research institutions and 19th out of engineering universities. NIT, Patna, is the only other Bihar-based college to rank in the list of engineering schools, coming in at number 53.
IIT-P has risen from 73rd to 36th place in 2024, but All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Patna, has fallen out of the top 100 overall rankings, finishing in the 101–150 range.
In the legal stream, NLU (Bangalore) and NLU (Delhi) maintained their top two positions, while Chanakya National Law University (Patna) and Central University of South Bihar (CUSB), Gaya, came in 17th and 23rd place, respectively, on the list of 40 best universities. In terms of universities, CUSB is placed in the 151-200 band.
On the list of the top 100 pharmacy schools in the nation, Central University of South Bihar (CUSB), Gaya, is placed 63rd, while National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hajipur, is ranked 30th.
AIIMS (Patna), which was ranked 27th among the top 50 medical colleges, maintained its position from the previous year. In contrast, IIM (Bodh Gaya) is ranked 31st among the top 100 management institutes, while Amity University (Patna) is ranked between 101 and 125.
Rajendra Prasad Central agricultural University and Bihar Agriculture University are ranked 14 and 36, respectively, out of 40 agricultural institutions. In the university category, Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture University is ranked between 101 and 150.
The Patna Women’s College is the only college to appear in the 101–159 rank range of the NIRF college ranking.
Since none of the state universities and colleges were able to place in the top 100, the NIRF rating served as a reality check for them. Bihar was left out of the list of state public universities as well.
The state was preserved by the central institutions, which have proliferated in the previous several decades.
The premiere of Bihar The sole state institution to position in the 2024 NIRF, which placed state public universities between 51 and 100, was Patna institution, the seventh oldest university in the nation. It is not included in the 51-100 rank range this year.
The history of state higher education institutions that continue to take pride in the heritage of Nalanda University and Vikramshila University, the historic centers of learning that attracted students, is not told by any university in the state in the nation’s total ranking of universities.
The history of state higher education institutions that continue to take pride in the heritage of Nalanda University and Vikramshila University, the historic centers of learning that attracted students and scholars from all over the world, is not told by any university in the state in the national ranking of universities.
“Over the years, Bihar institutions have seen systemic degradation, and cosmetic correction will not help. The issue is that, aside from infrastructure spending, no one is interested in improving governmental institutions. There has been a severe absence of quality leadership, which has a domino effect, according to social scientist Professor N.K. Chaudhary.
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