JNU ranking 2022 has been released by top ranking agencies like NIRF, QS University ranking, Outlook, etc. In the country-wide ranking, JNU successively holds 2nd position in the recently released NIRF 2022 listing in the university category and 9th position out of 100 in the overall category. JNU has been retaining its 2nd rank consecutively for the last 3 years showing high standards of teaching and RoI.

JNU is a globally renowned university with an excellent teacher-student ratio of 1:10. The JNU campus is a microcosm of diverse Indian nationality, comprising students from every nook and corner of the country and from every group and stratum of society. 

When it comes to the international position, JNU has been ranked among the top 15 Indian Universities under QS World University rankings. THE WEEK & Hansa Research conducted the best university survey 2021 and ranked JNU at the 1st position among the top multidisciplinary universities in India. The nearest competitors are Banaras Hindu University and the University of Delhi, respectively holding the 2nd and 3rd rank. 

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JNU Ranking Highlights

Ranking Agencies Year Rank
QS World University Ranking 2023 601-50 in the world out of 1422
NIRF 2022 10th rank in the overall category
The Asia University 2021 187th in the overall category
Times Higher Education Ranking 2021 601-800th in the overall category in the World
THE WEEK & Hansa Research 2021 1st among the top universities of India

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JNU NIRF Ranking 2022

NIRF is an approved ranking agency by MHRD that ranks the educational institutes and universities across India. NIRF ranks the universities on various parameters such as teaching, learning & resources, research & professional practices, graduation outcomes, outreach & inclusivity, and peer perception. JNU has retained its 2nd position for years in the University category and 9th in the overall category by NIRF Ranking 2022. NIRF has ranked JNU on the scores received in the following parameters in the university category:

Parameters Anna University Score
Teaching Learning and Resources (TLR) 71.95
Research and Professional Practices (RPC) 45.55
Graduation Outcomes (GO) 95.27
Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) 70.27
Perception 71.43
Overall Score  68.47

Over the last few years, JNU has been consistently ranked at the 2nd position by NIRF. The last 3-year NIRF rankings of JNU are listed as follows: 

Year Overall Score  Rank
2022 68.47 2
2021 67.99 2
2020 70.16 2
2019 68.68 2

The NIRF list of universities for 2022 is headed by the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in the topmost position. Other famous universities that have dominated the list for the past three years are Jawaharlal Nehru University, ranked 2, and Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi ranked 3 in 2022. Some of the competitor universities of JNU as per the ranking of NIRF, 2021 are tabulated below: 

Rank Name NIRF Score
1 Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 83.57
2 Jawaharlal Nehru University 68.47
3 Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 65.91
4.  Jadavpur University 65.37
5. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham 63.40

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JNU QS Global Ranking 2023

The QS Global World ranking has been functioning since 2014. It is one of the leading global university ranking platforms. The QS World University Rankings 2022 has released the list for this year. The list carried a total number of 22 Indian universities in the top 1,000 positions. In the top 3 spots, there are IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, and IISc Bangalore. 

JNU has been placed under the 601- 650 rank band in QS World University Rankings 2023. The university has also been ranked 188 in QS WUR- Arts & Humanity and 107 in QS Asian University ranking.  Below mentioned is the weightage provided to Anna  University by QS University Ranking 2023.

QS Ranking Parameters Anna University QS Ranking Score
Academic Reputation 28.2                                   
Employer Reputations 9.6
Faculty Student Ratio 16
Citations per Paper 19.7
International Students 2
International Research Network. 37.6
Employment Outcomes 12.6

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All three major central universities in Delhi — Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and Jamia Millia Islamia — have slipped in the QS World University Rankings 2023, with the faculty-student ratio being a crucial component where they are lagging behind.

QS World University Rankings 2023: List of top universities in India

Quacquarelli Symonds on May 8 announced the 2023 edition of World Universities, which shows the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore is the top university in India, followed by IIT Mumbai and IIT Delhi in second and third places respectively.

JNU has been ranked at 15th place in the QS world university ranking among the 41 Indian Engineering institutions. The list of the top Universities/ Colleges offering Engineering courses in India is given below: 

National rank Name of university Global rank/bracket
1 IISc Bangalore 155
2 IIT Bombay 172
3 IIT Delhi 174
4 IIT Madras 250
5 IIT Kanpur 264
6 IIT Kharagpur 270
7 IIT Roorkee 369
8 IIT Guwahati 384
9 IIT Indore 396
10 University of  Delhi 521-30
11 Savitribai Phule Pune University 541-50
12 University of Madras 541-50
13 Anna University 551-60
14 IIT Hyderabad 581-90
15 Jawaharlal Nehru University 601-50

JNU Times Rankings 2021

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021 includes a number of 1,500 universities across 93 countries and regions. Times ranks the universities on the basis of several parameters such as Teaching, Research, Citations, Industrial Income and International Outlook. 

JNU found its position at 601-800 slab in the world university rankings 2021, the rank is the same as the previous year and as well for the Asia University ranking list. 

Comparison between JNU and DU is listed with different parameters: 

University Name Parameters Score
JNU Overall 28.3-35.2
Teaching 43.9
Research 17.3
Citations 26.6
Industrial Income 43.0
International Outlook 19.3
DU Overall 35.2
Teaching 42.8
Research 37.6
Citations 34.5
Industrial Income 17.8
International Outlook 17.3

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JNU The Week Rankings 2021

THE WEEK & Hansa Research conducted the best university survey 2021 and JNU takes 1st position among the top multidisciplinary universities in all over India. 

There are two other top universities that hold the position of just the next of JNU. These universities are the University of Delhi & Banaras Hindu University. 

The below list shows the comparison of universities at top university ranking. 

University name Rank
Jawaharlal Nehru University 1
Banaras Hindu University 2
University of Delhi 3
Jadavpur University 4
University of Hyderabad 5

As per the global ranking portals such as Economic Times, Times, QS IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi and IISc Bangalore have been ranked above JNU.