The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings for this year have been made public by the Ministry of Education. In the pharmaceutical category, Jamia Hamdard has once again taken the top spot, followed by the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hyderabad, in second.

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras was declared the best university in the overall category this year. Followed by Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru at a close second, followed by IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and IIT Kanpur as the top five institutes in the overall category. This year too, IITs dominated the list as IIT Kharagpur, IIT Roorkee and IIT Guwahati have followed IIT Kanpur to complete the top 8 ranks. AIIMS-Delhi has secured the ninth rank and JNU is ranked tenth.

Jamia Hamdard has maintained its position as India’s premier pharmacy college. In the years 2021 and 2020 it secured the first ranking among all other pharmacy colleges in the country.  In total, universities, colleges, management, law, architecture, engineering, medical, dental, pharmacy, and research were among the 11 categories for which the NIRF Rankings 2022 were announced.