NIRF rankings, decoded.
10 years of ranking data. 17 disciplines. 8,559 institutions. Structured, verified, and ready for you to explore, predict, and plan.
Sound familiar?
You've downloaded the PDFs. You've built the spreadsheets. You still don't know what moves your score.
Scattered across PDFs
NIRF publishes data as thousands of individual PDFs. Finding what you need means downloading, searching, comparing manually.
Manual spreadsheets, every year
Every ranking cycle, coordinators rebuild the same analysis from scratch. No institutional memory, no continuity.
No way to predict your score
You submit your data and hope. There's no tool to model what-if scenarios or project where you'll land.
Opaque scoring methodology
NIRF's formulas aren't fully published. Understanding what actually moves your score requires reverse-engineering the system.
The most comprehensive NIRF dataset ever assembled.
Every ranking. Every parameter. Every sub-parameter score. Extracted, structured, and verified.
Years of Data
(2016–2025)
Disciplines
(Engineering to Agriculture)
Institutions
(Deduplicated & verified)
Sub-Parameter Scores
(OCR-extracted & validated)
| Year | Eng Eng | Mgmt Mgm | Pharm Pha | Univ Uni | College Col | Overall Ove | Medical Med | Law Law | Arch Arc | Dental Den | Research Res | Agri Agr | Innov Inn | Open U Ope | State U Sta | Skill U Ski | SDG SDG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 100 | 100 | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 150 | 200 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 150 | 200 | 200 | 100 | 100 | 50 | 50 | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 150 | 100 | 50 | 50 | 100 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 150 | 100 | 75 | 50 | 100 | 50 | 100 | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 300 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 150 | 100 | 75 | 75 | 100 | 75 | 100 | 30 | 50 | — | — |
| 2023 | 300 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 150 | 100 | 75 | 75 | 100 | 75 | 100 | 30 | 50 | 20 | — |
| 2024 | 300 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 150 | 100 | 75 | 75 | 100 | 75 | 100 | 30 | 50 | 20 | 50 |
| 2025 | 300 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 150 | 100 | 75 | 75 | 100 | 75 | 100 | 30 | 50 | 20 | 50 |
Institutions ranked per discipline per year. Darker = more institutions.
Explore. Predict. Collect.
Three tools that turn NIRF data into a clear path to higher rankings.
NIRF Visualiser
FreeSee 10 years of trends for any institution. Compare parameters across peers. Drill down into sub-parameter scores. Spot the gaps others miss.
- Rankings explorer with filters by discipline, year, and state
- Side-by-side institution comparison across all parameters
- Year-over-year trend analysis from 2016 to 2025
- Sub-parameter drill-down to individual scoring components
NIRF Predictor
ProEnter your institution's data. See your predicted NIRF score. Drag the sliders to find what actually moves the needle — backed by reverse-engineered NIRF formulas.
- ML-powered score prediction across all 5 NIRF parameters
- What-if analysis: drag sliders to model improvements
- Rank band estimation with confidence intervals
- Historical benchmarking against top-ranked peers
+3.2 predicted TLR improvement
Data Collector
ProStop chasing departments for data. Assign NIRF-specific forms, track responses, review submissions — all in one place with built-in approval workflows.
- Pre-built NIRF data collection form templates
- Assign forms to departments with due dates
- Track response progress across your institution
- Review, approve, or request revisions on submissions
100 proven ways to get ranked higher.
Strategies extracted from what top-ranked institutions consistently do right. Each tied to a specific NIRF sub-parameter, with estimated score impact.
Hire faculty with PhDs to cross the FQE threshold — each percentage point above 70% yields diminishing returns
Target publications in top-25% journals — QP rewards quality over quantity with a steep curve
Track and report median salary formally — unreported data scores zero in the NIRF formula
Recruit from 5+ states to clear the Regional Diversity formula breakpoint at 30%
Establish an IPR cell — even 2-3 patents per year move the needle significantly on the IPR sub-parameter
+ 95 more strategies across all parameters...
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From data to decisions in four steps.
Explore
See where you stand with 10 years of NIRF data across 17 disciplines.
Predict
Enter your data. Get predicted scores for every NIRF parameter.
Collect
Gather institutional data from every department with structured forms.
Plan
Follow 100 battle-tested strategies to improve your ranking.
Built on data you can trust.
Every number verified. Every formula reverse-engineered. Every prediction validated.
0.958
Correlation
with actual NIRF scores across all disciplines
99.87%
Validation Rate
of extracted sub-parameter scores pass consistency checks
±1.89
Mean Absolute Error
on a 0–100 scale — our prediction accuracy
Simple, transparent pricing.
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Explore NIRF rankings and data across all disciplines.
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- 3 team members
- 3 saved analyses
- 100 API requests/day
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- 5,000 API requests/day
- Email support
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