Mahima Chaudhary | Updated: Jul 14, 2022 19:08 IST
In India, higher education institutes are constantly developing. Every year, the education minister releases a NIRF ranking to encourage competition among these higher education institutions. These rankings not only assist students in selecting the best college, but they also assist colleges in assessing their performance and taking steps to stay ahead of the competition. In this article, you will get to know about the NIRF ranking parameters 2022.
The NIRF ranking methodology is used to rank Indian institutes of higher learning. The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) first approved it in 2015. Following that, the education minister releases a NIRF ranking list in roughly nine categories each year, which are as follows:
Overall Ranking, University Ranking, Engineering Ranking, College Ranking, Management Ranking, Pharmacy Ranking, Law Ranking, Architecture Ranking, and Medical Ranking.
According to the official information, NIRF ranking is done using five different parameters. All parameters are weighted according to the college. Finally, the sum of the marks in each criterion is used to determine the NIRF ranking.
The following are the five parameters in detail, along with their total weightage:
| S.No. | Parameter | Marks |
| 1. | Teaching, Learning & Resources | |
| a | Student Strength including Doctoral Students | 20 |
| b | Faculty-student ratio with emphasis on permanent faculty (FSR) | 30 |
| c | Combined metric for Faculty with PhD (or equivalent) and Experience (FQE) | 20 |
| d | Total Budget and Its Utilisation: (CBTU) | 30 |
| 2. | Research and Professional Practice | |
| a | Combined metric for Publications (PU) | 30 |
| b | Combined metric for Quality of Publications (QP) | 40 |
| c | IPR and Patents: Filed, Published, Granted and Licensed (IPR) | 15 |
| d | Footprint of Projects and Professional Practice And Executive Development Programs (FPPP) | 15 |
| 3. | Graduation Outcomes | |
| a | Combined % for Placement, Higher Studies, and Entrepreneurship (GPHE) | 40 |
| b | Metric for University Examinations: GUE | 15 |
| c | Median Salary | 20 |
| d | Metric for Graduating Students Admitted Into Top Universities (GTOP) | 15 |
| e | Metric for Number of Ph.D. Students Graduated GPHD | 10 |
| 4. | Outreach and Inclusivity | |
| a | Percent Students from other states/countries (Region Diversity RD) | 30 |
| b | Percentage of Women (WF) + (WS) + (WA) | 25 |
| c | Economically and Socially Challenged Students (ESCS) | 25 |
| d | Facilities for Physically Challenged Students (PCS) | 20 |
| 5. | Perception | |
| a | Peer Perception: Employers and Research Investors (PREMP) | 25 |
| b | Peer Perception: Academics (PRACD) | 25 |
| c | Public Perception (PRPUB) | 25 |
| d | Competitiveness (PRCMP) | 25 |
The NIRF ranking parameters have already been mentioned. Along with that, consider what qualifies a university to be considered for NIRF rankings:
The NIRF ranking provides numerous benefits to institutions in terms of attracting top students, as well as assisting students in selecting the best universities. The following are the benefits of NIRF ranking:
On July 15, 2022, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will release the NIRF Rankings 2022.
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is a methodology approved by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to evaluate the performance of various engineering, MBA, and law institutes in India.
IIT Madras ranked first in the 2021 NIRF ranking, and we will find out which college ranks first in the 2022 NIRF ranking on July 15, 2022.
The NIRF Rankings 2022 will be released on the NIRF India website, nirfindia.org.
NIRF stands for the National Institutional Ranking Framework.