Siksha O Anusandhan University

How is Siksha O Anusandhan University ranked in 2026?

Going into the 2026 admission cycle, Siksha O Anusandhan University (SOA), Bhubaneswar, sits among India's strongest deemed-to-be universities on the strength of its NIRF 2025 results, the most recent national cycle published. Its single best showing is NIRF 2025 Dental Rank #9 (score 63.12), backed by NIRF 2025 Law Rank #10, Medical Rank #15 (score 63.73) and University Rank #15. In the headline NIRF 2025 Overall list, SOA holds Rank #25, with Engineering at #22 (score 62.58), Management at #66 (score 50.88) and Research at #49. Internationally, SOA is placed in the QS World University Rankings 1201-1400 global band and featured in the QS 2026 subject rankings under Life Sciences and Medicine in the 701-850 band. In short, SOA is a top-10 institution nationally in Dental and Law and a top-25 university overall.

What makes these numbers credible for an applicant is their breadth. SOA is one of the few private deemed universities to appear simultaneously in seven NIRF 2025 categories, which means its rank is not propped up by a single faculty but spread across Medical, Dental, Law, Engineering, Management and Research. The sections below present every figure year by year so you can judge not just where SOA stands today, but the direction it is travelling.

Year-Wise Rankings

The table below consolidates SOA's verified rankings across the latest NIRF and international cycles. It answers the core question an aspirant asks: in which category and year did SOA achieve which rank and score? Read it by category first, then scan left to right to see how each discipline has moved between 2023, 2024 and 2025. Scores are shown where NIRF published them; QS and THE use banded ranges rather than single ranks, so those appear as bands.

The biggest takeaways are that SOA's Dental faculty has held NIRF Rank #9 steadily across 2023, 2024 and 2025, while Medical jumped sharply from #21 in 2024 to #15 in 2025 and Engineering climbed from #27 (2023) to #22 (2025). The University-category rank has oscillated narrowly between #14 and #15, signalling a settled position in the national top 15. For an applicant, this consistency in the health-science and university categories is more reassuring than a single one-off spike.

Ranking Trajectory of Siksha O Anusandhan University

SOA's NIRF trajectory is one of steady upward movement rather than dramatic leaps. In the Overall category it moved from #26 (2023) to #24 (2024) and held #25 (2025), keeping a firm grip on a top-25 national position. The University-category rank tells the same story of stability, sitting at #15 (2023), improving to #14 (2024) and returning to #15 (2025).

The clearest gains are in the professional faculties. Engineering improved five places from #27 (2023) to #22 (2025), and Medical Sciences advanced six places in a single year, from #21 (2024) to #15 (2025, score 63.73). Dental has been SOA's anchor, parked at #9 every year from 2023 to 2025 (score 63.12 in 2025), placing it firmly in India's top ten dental institutions. Law remains a top-10 strength, recorded at #8 (2023) and #10 (2025). The softer spots are Management, which slipped from #57 (2023) to #66 (2025), and Research at #49 (2025), both areas where SOA still trails its own health-science benchmarks. The overall signal for a 2026 aspirant is a university on a gentle climb, strongest where it has always been strong (Dental, Medical, Law) and still maturing in Management and pure research output.

How Siksha O Anusandhan University Compares

Against its peer set of private and deemed universities, SOA's distinguishing feature is multi-disciplinary depth: it appears in seven NIRF 2025 categories, which few private universities outside the very top tier manage. The table below positions SOA's NIRF 2025 ranks against the broader national field so you can see where it lands relative to the overall and category lists. Read each row as SOA's standing within that specific NIRF 2025 list, using the published score as the comparable metric.

The pattern shows SOA is a top-10 player nationally in Dental and Law and a top-15 name in Medical and the University category, which is where it most strongly out-competes typical private-university peers. Its Engineering (#22) and Overall (#25) ranks keep it within touching distance of the established private heavyweights, while Management (#66) is the one category where rivals with dedicated B-school pedigrees pull ahead. Internationally, the QS 2026 1201-1400 global band and the QS 2026 Life Sciences and Medicine 701-850 subject band confirm that SOA's medical strength is now visible beyond India, a status many same-tier deemed universities have yet to reach.