NIRF rankings: DU jumps five places to enter top 10 university club
The Hindu
Delhi University rises to 6th place in NIRF rankings, with top colleges Hindu, Miranda House, and St. Stephen's.
Delhi University (DU) jumped five spots to enter the top 10 university club in the country, securing the sixth place in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) released by the Union Ministry of Education on Monday.
In the overall category, the university secured the 15th spot, an improvement of seven places from the previous year.
Last time, the university had made it to the top 10 university club in 2018. It was placed at the 11th position in the 2023 rankings.
DU Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh said the improvement in the university’s ranking was the result of teamwork.
He said six DU colleges also made it to the top 10 colleges, with three of them securing the top three positions.
Hindu College stood at the top spot among colleges in the country followed by Miranda House and St. Stephens’s at the second and third positions respectively, he said.
“We hope that next year we will get even better results,” Mr. Singh said, adding that DU’s Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College secured the fifth position, Kirori Mal College ninth and Lady Shri Ram College for Women 10th in the college ranking.
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