JAIN Deemed-to-be University

How is JAIN Deemed-to-be University ranked in 2026?

In 2026, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), Bangalore holds rank #244 in the QS World University Rankings: Southern Asia 2026, its most current global standing. Its strongest recent national result is NIRF 2025 University rank #62 (score 50.95), backed by NIRF 2025 ranks of #84 in Engineering (score 48.01) and #73 in Management (score 49.28). JAIN was also placed #8 among Indian universities in the India Today University Ranking 2025. Together these results position JAIN as one of Bangalore's leading deemed-to-be private universities, with a clear upward trend in NIRF even as its QS regional rank dipped from #195 in 2025 to #244 in 2026.

Year-Wise Rankings

The table below consolidates every verified ranking for JAIN (Deemed-to-be University) across NIRF, QS and India Today, so an applicant can see at a glance how each ranking body rated the institution and in which category. Read it by ranking body and category, then track the rank column to see whether JAIN moved up (a smaller number is better) or down. Scores are shown where the ranking body published them on a 0-100 scale. This is the factual spine for everything that follows.

The clear takeaway is that JAIN's NIRF performance has improved every single year in all three categories: University from #68 (2023) to #62 (2025), Engineering from #115 (2023) to #84 (2025), and Management from #85 (2023) to #73 (2025). The one counter-trend is QS Southern Asia, where JAIN slipped from #195 in 2025 to #244 in 2026, a reminder that global peer competition has tightened even as JAIN's domestic standing strengthens.

Ranking Trajectory of JAIN Deemed-to-be University

JAIN (Deemed-to-be University) has been on a steady upward NIRF trajectory for three consecutive years. In the University category it climbed from #68 in 2023 to #65 in 2024 and #62 in 2025 (score 50.95), a six-place gain in two cycles. Its Faculty of Engineering and Technology made the sharpest jump of all, rising from #115 in NIRF 2023 to #95 in 2024 and #84 in 2025 (score 48.01) - a 31-position improvement that reflects gains in research and teaching parameters. CMS Business School, JAIN's management arm, moved from #85 (2023) to #77 (2024) to #73 (2025, score 49.28).

The QS picture is the exception that an applicant should weigh honestly: JAIN held #195 in QS Southern Asia 2025 but fell to #244 in 2026, a drop of 49 places in the regional table. The pattern that emerges is a university whose domestic NIRF reputation is consolidating year on year, while its global regional rank is more volatile as the Southern Asia field expands. For 2026, the institution-defining headline remains its top-10 India Today University finish (#8 in 2025) paired with consistent NIRF gains.

How JAIN Deemed-to-be University Compares

The table below positions JAIN (Deemed-to-be University) against its own benchmarks across the metrics aspirants care about most, drawing only on verified figures. It answers the practical question: where does JAIN sit on national rankings, global rankings and outcomes, and how have those numbers shifted? Read each row as a single comparable metric with its year attached, so you can judge JAIN's standing without conflating different ranking systems.

For a private deemed university, JAIN's #62 NIRF University rank and #8 India Today University placement in 2025 put it firmly among India's stronger non-IIT, non-IIM private institutions, and well inside the national top 100 in both Engineering (#84) and Management (#73). The QS Southern Asia slide to #244 in 2026 is the one metric where JAIN's positioning weakened, so applicants benchmarking on global reputation should pair the QS figure with the more favourable NIRF and India Today results, and weigh outcomes such as the 81.25 LPA highest package recorded in 2024-2025.