NIRF India Ranking 2018: Check category wise list

NEW DELHI: Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday announced the list of India Rankings 2018 for higher education institutions at Delhi's Vigyan Bhawan. 

Every year, the ministry releases the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) India Rankings 2018 to rank the universities and institutes of the country on the basis of a set criterion for different fields and courses. 

This year, the HRD Ministry introduced three new categories - medical, architecture and law. The existing categories include - Overall, Universities, Engineering, Colleges, Pharmacy and Management. While the categories - universities, engineering, management and pharmacy - have been in place since 2016, overall and college categories were added in 2017.

Here's the 

Overall

Indian Institute of Science

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

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University

Indian Institute of Science

Jawaharlal Nehru University

Banaras Hindu University

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Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

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College

Miranda House

St. Stephen's College

Bishop Heber College

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Management

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

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Pharmacy

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Mohali

Jamia Hamdard

Panjab University

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Medical

All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

Christian Medical College

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Architecture

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

School of Planning and Architecture New Delhi

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Law

National Law School of India University

National Law University

Nalsar University of Law

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More than 4,000 universities and institutions have applied this year. The participation number was 3,000 last year.

According to the national institutional ranking framework (NIRF), Delhi University's Miranda House was the best college, premier healthcare institute AIIMS the best medical college and NLSIU-Bengaluru the best law school in the country.