Srinagar: The University of Kashmir has improved its standing in the National Institutional Ranking Framework’s (NIRF) ‘Overall’ category by securing the 59th position this year, up from 69th last year.
The NIRF rankings for 2025 were released by Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday, with the University of Kashmir climbing to 59th position from 69th in 2024 in the ‘Overall’ category.
According to the NIRF rankings, as per KN. , the University of Kashmir has also improved its performance in the ‘Universities’ and ‘Public Universities’ categories by securing the 34th and 8th positions, respectively, compared to 45th and 14th last year.
Jammu University has shown slight improvement in the ‘Universities’ and ‘Public Universities’ categories, securing the 50th and 21st positions, respectively. In 2024, it had ranked 51st and 23rd in these categories.
As per NIRF rankings, SKUAST-Kashmir has figured among the top 100 institutions in the ‘Overall’ category by securing the 94th rank. In the ‘Agriculture’ category, SKUAST-Kashmir climbed to the 7th rank from last year’s 10th, while SKUAST-Jammu slipped to 23rd from 20th.
In the ‘Engineering’ category, IIT Jammu has bagged the 56th rank this year, compared to 62nd last year. Similarly, the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar has secured the 73rd slot this year, improving from 79th in 2024.
In the ‘Management’ category, IIM Jammu has climbed to the 35th position from 42nd last year.
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University has improved its standing in the ‘Architecture and Planning’ category by securing the 23rd position, up from 31st last year. (KNO)
