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NIRF rankings, real fee structures, honest cutoffs, scholarships you may have missed. Verified by students currently studying there. 77 colleges curated from the official NIRF 2024 rankings — engineering, medical, management, law, universities and pharmacy. Every rank cites NIRF directly. No invented rankings, no paid placements.
Source: National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of Education, Government of India (2024).
Cutoffs
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Placements
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Median vs Highest CTC, opt-out math, foreign-offer skew.
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IIT Kanpur
CentralIndian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kanpur · Uttar Pradesh · est. 1959
First IIT to set up a computer science programme. Strong in aerospace, materials science, and the country's top startup pipeline through SIIC (Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre).
NIRF Overall #5, Engineering #4 (2024)
BHU
CentralBanaras Hindu University
Varanasi · Uttar Pradesh · est. 1916
One of Asia's largest residential universities. Strong faculties across humanities, sciences, medicine (IMS-BHU) and engineering (IIT BHU is the engineering wing).
NIRF University #5 (2024)
IIM Lucknow
CentralIndian Institute of Management Lucknow
Lucknow · Uttar Pradesh · est. 1984
Strong general management curriculum. Noida campus runs the Working Managers Programme — popular with mid-career executives.
NIRF Management #7 (2024)
IMS BHU
CentralInstitute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi · Uttar Pradesh · est. 1960
The medical faculty of BHU. MBBS admission via NEET UG. Strong reputation in Ayurveda and clinical specialties.
NIRF Medical #7 (2024)
IIT BHU
CentralIndian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
Varanasi · Uttar Pradesh · est. 1919
Originally Banaras Engineering College, converted to IIT in 2012. Strong mining, metallurgy, ceramic and chemical engineering programmes — fields BHU has run for over a century.
NIRF Engineering #10 (2024)
RMNLU Lucknow
CentralDr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University
Lucknow · Uttar Pradesh · est. 2005
Uttar Pradesh's flagship NLU. CLAT admission; relatively newer NLU but with steadily improving rankings and a strong moot-court culture.
NIRF Law #12 (2024)
IIIT Allahabad
CentralIndian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad
Prayagraj · Uttar Pradesh · est. 1999
The first IIIT to be set up as a centrally-funded institute. CSE and ECE focused — admission via JEE Main.
NIRF Engineering #84 (2024)
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Cutoff trends per college × exam × category × branch, fee structures linked to official college fee pages, placement statistics from official reports only, and AI counselling ("I scored X in JEE Main, what colleges should I consider?") that pulls from cutoff data + your category + state preference.
Phase 2 of the roadmap. Cross-link to the existing Entrance & Government Exams section for the prep side; the 77 colleges above are the first cut.