NIRF 2025 Architecture & Planning: Key Highlights
During the NIRF 2025 announcement event, the Ministry revealed the Top 5 leading Architecture and Planning Institutions in India, applauding their strong academic performance, research excellence, innovative practices, and outstanding student outcomes. The updated NIRF Architecture & Planning 2025 PDF list is available on the official portal, nirfindia.org, for candidates seeking complete ranking details.
The Architecture and Planning category of NIRF Ranking 2025 features institutions that have demonstrated high-quality teaching, infrastructure, industry engagement, and design-focused education. IIT Roorkee, NIT Calicut, and IIT Kharagpur remain dominant contributors, maintaining their positions among the top-ranked colleges.
In addition to architecture rankings, the NIRF Engineering Rankings 2025 reaffirm the leadership of IIT Madras, IIT Bombay, and IIT Delhi, recognized as India’s premier engineering institutes. Collectively, these rankings offer valuable insights for students aiming for top-tier educational institutions.
Top 25 Architecture and Planning Colleges in India (NIRF 2025)
The table below lists the top 25 Architecture Colleges in India as per NIRF Ranking 2025.
| Architecture Colleges | NIRF Ranking |
| India Institute of Technology, Roorkee | 1 |
| National Institute of Technology, Calicut | 2 |
| India Institute of Technology, Kharagpur | 3 |
| Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur | 4 |
| Jamia Millia Islamia | 5 |
| Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology University | 6 |
| National Institute of Technology Rourkela | 7 |
| School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi | 8 |
| National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli | 9 |
| Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur | 10 |
| School of Planning and Architecture Bhopal | 11 |
| Malaviya National Institute of Technology | 12 |
| National Institute of Technology Patna | 13 |
| Chandigarh University | 14 |
| College of Engineering Trivandrum | 15 |
| Jadavpur University | 16 |
| Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology | 17 |
| S.R.M. Institute of Science and Technology | 18 |
| School of Planning & Architecture, Vijayawada | 19 |
| BMS College of Architecture | 20 |
| Manipal University Jaipur | 21 |
| Birla Institute of Technology | 22 |
| Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University | 23 |
| Lovely Professional University | 24 |
| Amity University | 25 |