NIRF Ranking 2025 – Northeast Region: The eagerly awaited NIRF Rankings 2025 were released by the Ministry of Education (MoE), GoI, on September 4, 2025.
The rankings brought elation for some institutes and heartbreak for others.
Guwahati University is one institute that will be celebrating the NIRF 2025 Rankings, as it came in at 33rd place in the University category, jumping seven spots from the previous edition. It also was ranked the 9th best state public university in the country, a jump of four spots (it was ranked 13th in NIRF Ranking 2024). In contrast, Dibrugarh University slipped two places to 30 in the Stage Public University Category.
Nagaland University pitchforked back into the 151-200 rank band in the University category, after missing out in the last year, this renaming the top university in the state.
IIT Guwahati is the top ranked engineering institute in the Northeast region, but it too slipped one place to be placed 8th in the overall rankings.
Keep reading to learn the full details of NIRF 2025 Rankings for Northeast India
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NIRF University Rankings 2025 – North East Region
| Name of the Institute | City + State | Score | NIRF Ranking 2025 | NIRF Ranking 2024 |
| Gauhati University | Guwahati, Assam | 57.37 | 33 | 40 |
| Tezpur University | Tezpur, Assam | 49.31 | 79 | 69 |
| Mizoram University | Aizwal, Mizoram | 49.21 | 82 | 77 |
| Assam University-Silchar | Silchar, Assam | 47.28 | 97 | – |
| Central Agricultural University | Imphal West, Manipur | – | Rank-band: 151-200 | Rank-band: 151-200 |
| Nagaland University | Zunheboto, Nagaland | – | Rank-band: 151-200 | – |
| Rajiv Gandhi University | Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh | – | Rank-band: 151-200 | – |
To read more on India Rankings 2025: University (Rank-band: 151-200) – Click Here
NIRF Private University Rankings 2025 – North East Region
In the NIRF India Rankings 2025 (University category), no private university from the North East region secured a position in the top 100.
Manipal Academy of Higher Education-Manipal, Karnataka, ranked 3rd overall, is the top ranked private university in India. It was followed by Birla Institute of Technology & Science -Pilani in 2nd (7th overall) and Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Tamilnadu in 3rd (8th overall).
NIRF Engineering Rankings 2025 – North East Region
| Name of the Institute | City + State | Score | NIRF Ranking 2025 | NIRF Ranking 2024 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | Guwahati, Assam | 72.24 | 8 | 7 |
| National Institute of Technology, Silchar | Silchar, Assam | 55.91 | 50 | 40 |
| National Institute of Technology Sikkim | South Sikkim, Sikkim | – | Rank-band: 151-200 | Rank-band: 151-200 |
| North Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology | Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh | – | Rank-band: 151-200 | Rank-band: 151-200 |
| Tezpur University | Tezpur, Assam | – | Rank-band: 151-200 | Rank-band: 151-200 |
| Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati | Guwahati, Assam | – | – | Rank-band: 151-200 |
- Medical Rankings – In the NIRF Ranking 2025 for the Medical category, which included 50 institutes, none from the North East managed to secure a rank.
- No dental college from the region was ranked within the top-40 dental institutes as per NIFF Ranking 2025 for Dental category.
To check official India Rankings 2025: Engineering (Rank-band: 151-200) – Click Here
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NIRF College Rankings 2025 – North East Region
| Name of the Institute | City + State | Score | NIRF Ranking 2025 |
| Pachhunga University College | Aizawl, Mizoram | 59.88 | 49 |
NIRF Research Rankings 2025 – North East Region
| Name of the Institute | City + State | Score | NIRF Ranking 2025 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | Guwahati, Assam | 64.18 | 10 |
NIRF Pharmacy Rankings 2025 – North East Region
| Name of the Institute | City + State | Score | NIRF Ranking 2025 |
| National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Guwahati | Guwahati, Assam | 69.64 | 12 |
| Dibrugarh University | Dibrugarh, Assam | 50.91 | 53 |
| Assam University-Silchar | Silchar, Assam | 44.24 | 76 |
NIRF State Public University Rankings 2025 – North East Region
| Name of the Institute | City + State | Score | NIRF Ranking 2025 | NIRF Ranking 2024 |
| Gauhati University | Gauhati, Assam | 64.24 | 9 | 13 |
| Dibrugarh University | Dibrugarh, Assam | 54.73 | 30 | 28 |
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