What is NIRF Ranking System? What are the Parameters of NIRF?

NIRF stands for National Institutional Ranking Framework. It was approved by Ministry of Human Resource Development and launched in the year 2015. NIRF draws and identifies the rank of various Universities and Institutions in India, based on five parameters.

The parameters broadly cover ‘Teaching, Learning and Resources’, ‘Research and Professional Practices’, ‘Graduation Outcomes’, ‘Outreach and Inclusivity’, and ‘Perception’.

The details Parameters are elaborated here:

Teaching, Learning, and Resources

1. Student Strength including Doctoral Students
2. Faculty-student ratio with emphasis on permanent faculty (FSR)
3. Combined metric for Faculty with Ph.D. (or equivalent) and Experience (FQE)
4. Total Budget and Its Utilisation: (CBTU)

Research and Professional Practice

1. Combined metric for Publications (PU)
2. Combined metric for Quality of Publications (QP)
3. IPR and Patents: Filed, Published, Granted and Licensed (IPR)
4. Footprint of Projects and Professional Practice And Executive Development Programs (FPPP):

Graduation Outcomes

1. Combined % for Placement, Higher Studies, and Entrepreneurship (GPHE)
2. Metric for University Examinations: GUE
3. Median Salary
4. Metric for Graduating Students Admitted Into Top Universities (GTOP)
5. Metric for Number of Ph.D. Students Graduated GPHD

Outreach and Inclusivity

1. Percent Students from other states/countries (Region Diversity RD)
2. Percentage of Women (WF) + (WS) + (WA)
3. Economically and Socially Challenged Students (ESCS)
4. Facilities for Physically Challenged Students (PCS)

Perception

1. Peer Perception: Employers and Research Investors (PREMP)
2. Peer Perception: Academics (PRACD)
3. Public Perception (PRPUB)
4. Competitiveness (PRCMP)

Download: The complete Ranking Methodology & Metrics