The Ministry of Education, India released the NIRF ranking 2025 Maharashtra in September 2025. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay has been ranked as the top University in Maharashtra.
NIRF ranking 2025 Maharashtra was announced in September 2025, by the Ministry of Education. IIT Bombay has been ranked as the top University in the State. The next position has been taken by Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, followed by the Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Pune. Further, we will list the NIRF rankings for 2025 in overall engineering, management and medical categories.
Overall NIRF Ranking 2025 Maharashtra
First and foremost, we will go through the rankings of the following NIRF participating colleges from Maharashtra. The table below showcases the NIRF ranking Maharashtra in the ‘Overall’ category.
| NIRF Ranking 2025 Maharashtra | NIRF Ranking 2025 | Name of Institute | NIRF 2025 Score |
| 1 | 3 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | 81.62 |
| 2 | 20 | Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai | 63.03 |
| 3 | 40 | Symbiosis International, Pune | 56.86 |
| 4 | 55 | Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Pune | 54.90 |
| 5 | 64 | Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai | 53.22 |
| 6 | 71 | Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune | 52.67 |
| 7 | 84 | Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha | 50.92 |
| 8 | 91 | Savitribai Phule Pune University | 49.83 |
| 9 | 92 | Mumbai University | 49.80 |
| 10 | 95 | SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai | 49.66 |
NIRF Ranking 2025 Engineering Colleges in Maharashtra
Next, we will review the list of top engineering colleges in the Maharashtra NIRF ranking. Students pursuing engineering in the courses must check the category ranking for NIRF Ranking 2025 Maharashtra.
| NIRF Ranking 2025 Maharashtra | NIRF Ranking 2025 | Name of Institute | NIRF 2025 Score |
| 1 | 3 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | 83.65 |
| 2 | 41 | Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai | 57.96 |
| 3 | 44 | Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur | 56.58 |
| 4 | 46 | Symbiosis International | 56.22 |
| 5 | 90 | COEP Technological University | 47.31 |
| 6 | 92 | Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune | 46.98 |
Therefore according to the NIRF ranking of engineering colleges in Maharashtra IIT, Bombay ranks first.
Also, Check: NIRF Ranking 2025 for Top Colleges in India
NIRF Ranking 2025 Maharashtra for Management Category
NIRF ranking 2025 Maharashtra for the ‘Management’ category can be viewed in the table below. The National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai, ranked top in the NIRF 2025 Management ranking list, followed by IIT Bombay.
| NIRF Ranking 2025 Maharashtra | NIRF Ranking 2025 | Name of Institute | NIRF 2025 Score |
| 1 | 6 | National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai | 77.58 |
| 2 | 14 | Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay | 65.82 |
| 3 | 11 | Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune | 67.90 |
| 4 | 20 | S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai | 62.06 |
| 5 | 25 | Indian Institute of Management, Nagpur | 60.88 |
| 6 | 65 | K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai | 51.28 |
| 7 | 75 | Principal L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai | 49.08 |
| 8 | 99 | Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur | 44.93 |
NIRF Ranking 2025 Maharashtra for Medical Colleges
Further, according to the NIRF ranking Maharashtra, the top medical colleges are Dr D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune and Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha.
| NIRF Ranking 2025 Maharashtra | NIRF Ranking 2025 | Name of Institute | NIRF 2025 Score |
| 1 | 12 | Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune | 65.17 |
| 2 | 20 | Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha | 62.37 |
NIRF Ranking 2025 MSc College List of Maharashtra
College of Social Work Nirmala Niketan and Fergusson College (Autonomous) has been ranked as the top colleges offering MSc, according to NIRF Ranking 2025 Maharashtra. Students who wish to pursue MSc in the state can check the NIRF ranking 2025 MSc college list of Maharashtra below.
| NIRF Ranking 2025 Maharashtra | NIRF Ranking 2025 | Name of Institute | NIRF 2025 Score |
| 1 | 57 | College of Social Work Nirmala Niketan, Mumbai | 55.18 |
| 2 | 79 | Fergusson College (Autonomous), Pune | 53.88 |
| 3 | 83 | Government Institute of Science, Nagpur | 53.54 |
Moreover, in other categories, such as NIRF 2025 Architecture Ranking, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, has secured a ranking of 12, which makes it one of the top architecture colleges in Maharashtra NIRF ranking.
NIRF 2025 Parameters for Ranking of Institutions of Higher Education
Authorities determine the NIRF 2025 rankings for Institutions based on certain parameters, such as,
- Teaching and Learning Resources include evaluation of student strength, faculty-student ratio, faculty with PhD, Financial resources and utilization and online education facilities.
- Research and Professional Practice thoroughly investigates the institution's publications, citations, patents and research projects.
- Graduation Outcome is a key parameter that checks out the Institute's placement and higher studies options, University exams, Median salary and PhD students.
- Outreach and Inclusivity analyses the University's region and women diversity, economic and social challenges students and physically challenged students' learning capacities.
- Perception forms the last parameter, which studies peer perception and peers' and employers' academic experiences.
