IIT Guwahati has established itself as a premier institute for engineering and technology. IIT Madras is the top institute in the engineering category in India. Moreover, IIT Madras has pioneered the country's teaching, research, and industrial consultancy. IIT Madras offers 16 academic courses, and a few advanced research centers in various disciplines of engineering and pure sciences, with nearly 100 laboratories on its campus. IIT Madras has been ranked No.1 in the country in overall category by NIRF 2023, consistently for the 5th time. Additionally, its NIRF ranking for engineering is 1st, with 2nd rank in the Innovation and Research category. IIT Madras backed the overall 285th rank in the World and 3rd in Asia according to the QS world ranking 2024.

IIT Madras Ranking: Highlights

Several National and International ranking agencies rank the universities considering various factors of the colleges/universities, such as the quality of faculties, research facilities and innovations, placement opportunities, and many other factors. IIT Madras is among the top in most of these rankings agencies in India,

  • IIT Madras has backed 1st rank in the overall category in NIRF Ranking 2023 and was able to maintain this spot for the past 5 years.
  • IIT Madras has been ranked 1st in the engineering category in the NIRF ranking for the past 8 years consecutively.
  • As per the QS world rankings data of 2024, IIT Madras's overall ranking is 285th, and 3rd among Asian Universities.

IIT Madras NIRF Ranking 2023

The National Institute of Research Framework( NIRF), measures the university/college across various critical parameters, to rank the colleges. IIT Madras has been ranked Number One by NIRF for the past 8 years.

The latest NIRF2023 rankings of IIT Madras are,

Category Ranking 2023
NIRF Overall 1
NIRF Engineering Category 1
NIRF (Research) 2
NIRF Innovation 2
NIRF Management 15

IIT Madras The Week Ranking 2023

The Week is a national agency for ranking various institutions of the country. IIT Madras Rankings 2023 by The Week has been released. Given below is IIT Madras ranking 2023 for the BTech course by The Week,

Stream Ranking 2023
Engineering (BTech) 3 out of 131

IIT Madras Outlook Ranking 2023

Outlook is a national ranking agency that ranks various universities in the country. Given below are IIT Madras Ranking 2023 by Outlook,

Stream Ranking 2023
Engineering (BTech) 1 out of 25

IIT Madras IIRF Ranking 2023

The Indian Institutional Ranking Framework (IIRF), which is a national non-government ranking agency in India has ranked IIT Madras across the various streams/courses

Given below are the IIRF 2023 rankings of IIT Madras,

Stream Ranking 2023
Engineering 3
Management 17

IIT Madras QS World Ranking 2024

The QS world is one of the prominent comparative figures to find out the top colleges worldwide. As per the QS world rankings data of 2024, the ranking of IIT Madras across various categories are,

Stream Ranking 2024
Overall QS World ranking 285
Asian University Ranking 3
QS WUR Ranking by Subjects 29
QS Sustainability Ranking 344
Engineering & Technology 77
Business and Management 151-200

IIT Madras Centre for Word University Ranking 2024

The Centre for World University 2024 has ranked IIT Madras among the top 2.8% of Universities worldwide. IIT Madras has been consistently ranked among the top 2000 Universities in the world by CWRU,

College CWRU Ranking 2024
World Rank 582
National Rank 4
Asian University Rank 138
Research Rank (World) 614

IIT Madras vs top IITs NIRF Ranking 2023

The overall ranking of IIT Madras and other major IITs in the country have been tabulated below,

College NIRF Ranking 2023
IIT Madras 1
IIT Delhi 2
IIT Bombay 3
IIT Kanpur 4
IIT Roorkee 5

IIT Madras Last 5 year NIRF Rankings

The table presents the consolidated list of IIT Madras's last 5-years NIRF rankings,

Year Overall NIRF Ranking
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1

IIT Madras Ranking FAQs

Ques: What is the QS World ranking 2024 of BTech IIT Madras in different subjects?

Ans: Below are the QS World ranking 2024 of BTech IIT Madras,

BTech Subjects QS World Ranking 2024
Petroleum 29
Mechanical 44
Mineral & Mining 45
Electrical & Electronics 83
Computer Science & Information System 87

Ques: Is IIT Madras No.1 Engineering Institute in India?

Ans: Yes, IIT Madras is the No. 1 Engineering Institute in India. IIT Madras has world-class infrastructure, qualified faculty, and excellent research and innovation infrastructure. 

Ques: What are the top-ranked BTech branches in IIT Madras?

Ans: BTech Mechanical Engineering, BTech Petroleum Engineering, BTech Mineral, and Mining are some of the top engineering branches in IIT Madras. 

Ques: Is IIT Bombay better than IIT Madras for BTech CSE?

Ans: As per the QS World ranking IIT Bombay BTech CSE has been ranked 64, whereas IIT Madras BTech CSE has been ranked 87th, so considering the facts BTech CSE IIT Bombay is better.

Ques: Can I get admission to IIT Madras with a 1000-5000 all-India ranking?

Ans: Generally the cutoffs for IIT Madras go very high. Admission to any branch of IIT Madras depends on many factors such as your gender, admission category, and the BTech branch you are applying to. It is, therefore, suggested to see the previous year's trend to get a clear picture of your admission chances.

Ques: What is the safe rank for IIT Madras admission in the general category?

Ans: The cutoff for admission to IIT Madras in the general category is quite high. You can refer to the official website of JoSSA to get a clear picture of the safe cutoff ranks across the bTech branches.

Ques: What is the US News ranking of IIT Madras in 2024 in engineering and technology?

Ans: The US News has ranked IIT Madras 605 worldwide in 2024 in engineering and technology.