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    NIRF 2026 MBA Ranking Soon: Which IIMs, IITs and B-Schools Could Feature in Top 10?

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    Suvam MaitiUpdated on 16 Sep 2026, 02:14 PM IST

    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.

    This Story also Contains

    1. Top MBA Colleges/Management Institutes as per NIRF
    2. Top IITs for MBA/Management as per NIRF 2025
    3. Parameters for NIRF 2026 MBA Ranking
    4. NIRF MBA Ranking 2026 Soon: Top 10 IIMs as per last year
    5. NIRF Management Ranking 2026 Soon: Top 10 Non-IIMs
    6. NIRF Ranking MBA 2026 For Top MBA Colleges in Delhi
    7. NIRF Ranking 2026 For Top MBA Colleges in Mumbai
    8. NIRF Ranking 2026 For Top MBA Colleges in Bangalore
    9. NIRF MBA Ranking 2026 For Top MBA Colleges in Chennai
    10. NIRF Ranking 2026 For Top MBA Colleges in Kolkata
    NIRF 2026 MBA Ranking Soon: Which IIMs, IITs and B-Schools Could Feature in Top 10?
    NIRF 2026 MBA Ranking Soon: Which IIMs, IITs and B-Schools Could Feature in Top 10?

    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

    Top MBA Colleges/Management Institutes as per NIRF

    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 !

    NIRF MBA Ranking

    NIRF Management Ranking 2025

    NIRF Score 2025

    NIRF Management Ranking 2026

    NIRF Score 2026

    IIM Ahmedabad

    1

    83.29



    IIM Bangalore

    2

    81.56



    IIM Kozhikode

    3

    79.85



    IIT Delhi

    4

    78.94



    IIM Lucknow

    5

    77.97



    IIM Mumbai

    6

    77.58



    IIM Calcutta

    7

    77.34



    IIM Indore

    8

    75.68



    MDI

    9

    71.96



    XLRI

    10

    70.63



    Top IITs for MBA/Management as per NIRF 2025

    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

    Parameters for NIRF 2026 MBA Ranking

    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

    NIRF MBA Ranking 2026 Soon: Top 10 IIMs as per last year

    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

    NIRF Management Ranking 2026 Soon: Top 10 Non-IIMs

    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

    NIRF Ranking MBA 2026 For Top MBA Colleges in Delhi

    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.

    NIRF Ranking 2026 For Top MBA Colleges in Mumbai

    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

    SVKM`s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies


    24

    K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research


    65

    Principal L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research


    75

    NIRF Ranking 2026 For Top MBA Colleges in Bangalore

    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

    Jain University, Bangalore


    73

    NIRF MBA Ranking 2026 For Top MBA Colleges in Chennai

    NIRF 2026 ranking for MBA colleges in Chennai is given below.

    Name of the College

    NIRF Ranking 2026

    NIRF Ranking 2025

    IIT Madras


    13

    Great Lakes Institute of Management


    37

    Loyola Institute of Business Administration


    55

    S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology



    56

    Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences


    63

    Anna University


    88

    NIRF Ranking 2026 For Top MBA Colleges in Kolkata

    NIRF ranking for MBA colleges in Kolkata is given below.

    Name of the College

    NIRF Ranking 2026

    NIRF Ranking 2025

    IIM Calcutta


    7

    International Management Institute


    42

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