NIRF 2026 MBA Ranking: The Ministry of Education is expected to release the NIRF 2026 Management ranking soon on the official NIRF website. The 2026 ranking will provide the latest ranking of management institutes across India.
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Until the NIRF 2026 ranking is released, NIRF 2025 is the latest official Management ranking. IIM Ahmedabad topped the 2025 list, followed by IIM Bangalore and IIM Kozhikode. IIT Delhi ranked fourth, while MDI Gurgaon and XLRI Jamshedpur were ranked ninth and tenth, respectively.
Once released, this article will be updated with the NIRF 2026 rank, score and position of the leading IIMs, IITs and other MBA colleges.
NIRF 2026 MBA Ranking - Latest Update
Status: Awaited
Expected release: September 2026
Latest available ranking: NIRF 2025 Management Ranking
Official website: NIRF India
The NIRF MBA ranking 2026will comprise the top 10 management institute in India as per the selected parameters. Last year IIM Ahmedabad was the highest-ranked IIM, followed by IIM Bangalore and IIM Kozhikode. MDI Gurgaon and XLRI were the only two private MBA Colleges in that NIRF MBA Ranking.
From the table below one could get the idea about the top 10 MBA/Management Colleges of the last year and the list will be updated as per the NIRf 2026 MBA ranking once that is out !
IIT MBA Colleges 2026 | NIRF 2026 Ranking | NIRF MBA 2025 Ranking |
IIT Delhi | - | 4 |
IIT Kharagpur | - | 12 |
IIT Madras | - | 13 |
IIT Bombay | - | 14 |
IIT Roorkee | - | 22 |
IIT Kanpur | - | 27 |
IIT Dhanbad | - | 48 |
IIT Jodhpur | - | 98 |
The parameters used for the NIRF ranking of MBA colleges, along with the weightage, are mentioned in the table below.
Parameters | Marks | Weightage |
Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR) | 100 | 0.40 |
Research Productivity, Impact and IPR (RPII) | 100 | 0.20 |
Graduation Outcome (GO) | 100 | 0.15 |
Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) | 100 | 0.15 |
Peer Perception (PP) | 100 | 0.10 |
As per the NIRF MBA ranking of the previous years, there were 8 IIMs in the top 10 MBA colleges list. As per the NIRF MBA Ranking, apart from the BLACKI IIMs, IIM Mumbai, IIM Raipur, IIM Ranchi, IIM Trichy were the other IIMs in the top
Name of the NIRF Ranking of MBA Colleges | NIRF Management Ranking 2026 | NIRF Management Ranking 2025 |
IIM Ahmedabad | - | 1 |
IIM Bangalore | - | 2 |
IIM Kozhikode | - | 3 |
IIM Lucknow | - | 5 |
IIM Mumbai | - | 6 |
IIM Calcutta | - | 7 |
IIM Indore | - | 8 |
IIM Raipur | - | 15 |
IIM Trichy | - | 16 |
IIM Ranchi | - | 18 |
Apart from IIMs, which are regarded as top management institutions for management courses, some of the non-IIMs, including IIT Delhi, XLRI Jamshedpur, MDI Gurgaon etc made it to the NIRF management ranking.
Name of the NIRF Ranking of MBA Colleges | NIRF MBA Ranking 2026 | NIRF Management Ranking 2025 |
IIT Delhi | 4 | |
MDI Gurgaon | 9 | |
XLRI Jamshedpur | 10 | |
SIBM Pune | 11 | |
IIT Kharagpur | 12 | |
IIT Madras | 13 | |
IIT Bombay | 14 | |
IIFT Delhi | 17 | |
SPJIMR | 20 | |
IIT Roorkee | 22 |
In the city wise distribution, several MBA colleges from Delhi were part of the NIRF MBA ranking last year. Apart from that, we know Delhi MBA Colleges such as IIFT, IIT Delhi, JMI Delhi, colleges such as Fore, Jamia Hamdard made up to the NIRF MBA management ranking.
Name of the College | NIRF Ranking 2026 | NIRF Ranking 2025 |
IIT Delhi | - | 4 |
- | 17 | |
- | 28 | |
- | 40 | |
- | 59 | |
- | 76 | |
- | 86 | |
- | 87 | |
Jagan Institute of Management Studies | - | 90 |
The NIRF MBA 2026 ranking for MBA colleges in Mumbai is given below.
Name of the College | NIRF Ranking 2026 | NIRF Ranking 2025 |
Indian Institute of Management Mumbai | 6 | |
IIT Bombay | 14 | |
S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research | 20 | |
24 | ||
65 | ||
Principal L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research | 75 |
The NIRF 2026 ranking MBA colleges in Bangalore is given below.
Name of the College | NIRF Ranking 2026 | NIRF Ranking 2025 |
IIM Bangalore | 2 | |
Christ University | 57 | |
Alliance University | 71 | |
73 |
NIRF 2026 ranking for MBA colleges in Chennai is given below.
Name of the College | NIRF Ranking 2026 | NIRF Ranking 2025 |
IIT Madras | 13 | |
37 | ||
Loyola Institute of Business Administration | 55 | |
S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology | 56 | |
63 | ||
88 |
NIRF ranking for MBA colleges in Kolkata is given below.
Name of the College | NIRF Ranking 2026 | NIRF Ranking 2025 |
IIM Calcutta | 7 | |
42 |
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