Raja Mansingh Tomar Music and Arts University

How is Raja Mansingh Tomar Music and Arts University ranked in 2026?

Raja Mansingh Tomar Music and Arts University, Gwalior does not hold a 2026 NIRF rank or a QS World University rank, because this specialised state arts university has not been placed in either the National Institutional Ranking Framework or QS league tables. The only verifiable 2026 positions come from independent global aggregators: EduRank places Raja Mansingh Tomar Music and Arts University at #709 in India and #10,931 in the world, while uniRank (4icu) lists it at #788 in India and #11,606 worldwide. Within Madhya Pradesh, EduRank ranks it #40 of 53 institutions, and #6 of 6 in Gwalior city. Prospective applicants should treat these as web-and-research-based reputation indices rather than government or accreditation grades.

It is worth being precise here, because several listing portals advertise an unsourced "NIRF Rank #3" or "NAAC A++" tag for Raja Mansingh Tomar Music and Arts University. These claims are not supported by the official record. Wikipedia, uniRank and the UGC recognition record list no NAAC grade and no NIRF position for the university; uniRank confirms only that it is recognised by the University Grants Commission of India since 2008. For an honest read of where Raja Mansingh Tomar Music and Arts University stands in 2026, the EduRank and uniRank national positions are the figures to rely on.

Year-Wise Rankings

The table below consolidates every verifiable ranking for Raja Mansingh Tomar Music and Arts University across 2025 and 2026, naming the ranking body, the category (national, regional or city), the exact rank and the comparative basis. It answers the core question an aspirant asks: "Has any credible body actually ranked this university, and where does it sit?" Read it body-by-body, because EduRank (a research-citation index) and uniRank (a web-popularity index) measure different things and therefore produce different numbers for the same university in the same year. Neither EduRank nor uniRank publishes a 0-100 score for this university, so the "Score / Basis" column shows the paired world position or the size of the pool instead.

The takeaway is twofold. First, Raja Mansingh Tomar Music and Arts University is genuinely tracked only by third-party aggregators, not by NIRF or QS, so any "top 3" badge you see elsewhere should be discounted. Second, the EduRank figures show measurable upward movement: the national position improved from #738 in 2025 to #709 in 2026, and the world position rose from #11,322 to #10,931 over the same span. For a university devoted entirely to music and the performing arts, sitting in the #700s nationally on a research-weighted index is unsurprising, since arts faculties publish far fewer citable papers than science or engineering institutions.

Ranking Trajectory of Raja Mansingh Tomar Music and Arts University

Across the one full year of comparable data, Raja Mansingh Tomar Music and Arts University has moved in the right direction. EduRank's national rank improved by 29 places, from #738 in 2025 to #709 in 2026, and its global rank climbed by 391 places, from #11,322 to #11,322's successor #10,931 in 2026. That is a modest but consistent gain, and it signals slowly rising research visibility and citation activity for a university whose core output is performance, pedagogy and cultural preservation rather than indexed journal papers.

The trajectory should be read in context. Raja Mansingh Tomar Music and Arts University was established in 2008 as a dedicated state university for music, dance, fine arts and theatre, and it now anchors a network of roughly 170 affiliated colleges across the region. Its mandate, rooted in the Gwalior Gharana tradition and the legacy of Tansen's city, is preservation and propagation of Indian classical arts. Ranking indices built around research citations structurally undercount this kind of institution, so the steady EduRank improvement is more meaningful than the absolute number suggests. The more important signal for an applicant is the absence of any NIRF or QS entry, which tells you the university competes on heritage, lineage and specialised faculty rather than on quantified research rankings.

How Raja Mansingh Tomar Music and Arts University Compares

Against its closest national peer, Raja Mansingh Tomar Music and Arts University sits just behind the country's oldest dedicated music university. The table below positions it next to Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya, Khairagarh, the only directly comparable specialist arts university with public ranking data, using the same EduRank 2026 index so the comparison is like-for-like. It answers the question "Is there a better-ranked music university in India, and by how much?" Read the two national ranks side by side: a smaller number is better.

The comparison shows Raja Mansingh Tomar Music and Arts University trailing Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya, Asia's first music university, by about 106 places nationally on EduRank in 2026. That gap is consistent with the 52-year head start the Khairagarh institution enjoys. Crucially, neither university appears in NIRF or QS, which reinforces that dedicated Indian music-and-arts universities are evaluated on lineage, gharana affiliation and specialist faculties rather than on mainstream ranking tables. For an aspirant choosing between them, the rankings are close enough that programme fit, faculty and location should outweigh the modest EduRank difference.