Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management

How is Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management ranked in 2026?

Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM), Visakhapatnam is ranked #88 in the University category by NIRF 2025, its single best national position and the figure that defines its standing heading into the 2026 admission cycle. Beyond the headline University rank, GITAM's discipline-level results are even sharper: NIRF Pharmacy 2025 rank #33 and NIRF Law 2025 rank #38, both among the strongest figures the deemed university has ever recorded. GITAM is a Category-I Deemed to be University (declared under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, in 2007) and holds a NAAC A++ grade with a 3.54 CGPA awarded in 2023 for a seven-year cycle, which places it in the top 3 per cent of accredited Indian institutions. Internationally, GITAM sits in the 801-850 band of the QS Asia University Rankings 2026. The sections below break down every rank year by year so an applicant can see exactly where GITAM stands and how fast it is moving.

Year-Wise Rankings

This table consolidates GITAM Visakhapatnam's verified rankings across the bodies that matter most to an aspirant: NIRF (national) and QS Asia plus Times Higher Education (international). It answers the question "What are GITAM's actual rank numbers and in which year?" rather than describing the rankings in the abstract. Read each row as one ranking event: the year it was published, the body that issued it, the specific category, the rank or band, and the score where NIRF released one. Single numbers (such as 88 or 33) are precise All India Ranks; ranges (such as 101-150) are bands that NIRF assigns once an institution falls outside the individually numbered top tier.

The standout takeaways: GITAM is individually numbered (not banded) in four NIRF lists for 2025 - University #88, Pharmacy #33, Law #38 and Innovation 11-50 - which signals genuine depth rather than a single strong department. Pharmacy is the institution's flagship, the only discipline where GITAM breaks into the national top 35. The international picture is more modest, with QS Asia placing GITAM in the 801-850 band, so domestic NIRF performance remains the fairer yardstick for an Indian applicant in 2026.

Ranking Trajectory of Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management

GITAM's national trajectory turned clearly upward in 2025 after two flat years. The University-category rank is the cleanest signal: GITAM was numbered #92 in 2022, slipped out of the numbered list into the 101-150 band across 2023 and 2024, and then surged back to #88 in 2025 - its best-ever University position and a jump of at least 13 places off the 2024 band. The table below tracks this discipline by discipline so the movement is unmistakable.

Three trends stand out for an applicant weighing GITAM for 2026. First, Pharmacy is the engine of momentum: it held steady at #48-#49 from 2022 to 2024 and then leapt 15 places to #33 in 2025. Second, the Overall band improved a full tier, from 151-200 in 2023 and 2024 to 101-150 in 2025, mirroring the University jump to #88. Third, Law is the one discipline that essentially plateaued, easing from #37 (2024) to #38 (2025) - a one-place dip that is statistically flat rather than a decline. Engineering and Management have stayed range-bound, so GITAM's recent gains are concentrated in University, Pharmacy and Overall rather than spread evenly.

How Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management Compares

The fairest comparison for GITAM Visakhapatnam is against other private and deemed universities ranked in the NIRF University category, since that is where GITAM's #88 (2025) result is recorded. This table positions GITAM next to peers using only their published NIRF 2025 University-category ranks, so an applicant can see where the institution sits in the national pecking order. Read it as a snapshot of relative standing in a single category and year; a lower number is a better rank.

The clearest read on GITAM's competitive position comes from its own discipline spread rather than from unverifiable peer numbers: GITAM's Pharmacy rank (#33) is far stronger than its University rank (#88), meaning a pharmacy aspirant gets a top-35 national programme inside a top-90 university. Against the wider field, GITAM's NAAC A++ grade (3.54 CGPA, 2023) and Category-I deemed status put it among the better-credentialled private universities in southern India, even where its all-India University rank of #88 trails the established government institutes. For internationally minded applicants, the QS Asia 2026 band of 801-850 confirms GITAM competes regionally but is not yet a global top-tier name.