XLRI is one of the most prestigious business schools in India. The college is known for its management courses and outstanding academic performance. Well-known national institutions have included this institution among the top management institutions of various functional areas. XLRI Jamshedpur ranked 1st among all the private colleges by IIRF Rankings 2023. 

In the management category, it ranks 8th according to the NIRF 2022. In the past few years, according to NIRF, the institute has been included in the top 10 management institutes. The closest competitors are IIM Kozhikode, IIT Delhi and IIM Indore. The institute is ranked at 1st place under outlook Icare with an overall score of 92.85 and 2 overall place under economic times.

Other well-known rating agencies, such as "Economic Times", "Outlook-ICARE" and "Business Today", also included the institute in the top 5 private universities in the country. According to Outlook-ICARE, it ranks first among the 150 best private MBA universities in India. The Economic Times ranked the college as the second among the 50 best MBA universities in India.

XLRI Ranking Highlights

Agency Year Ranked at
IIRF 2023 #1 (among private colleges)
NIRF  2022 #8
 BT-MDRA Best B-schools survey (Overall) 2021 #6
Economic Times B-School 2021 #2 out of 50
Outlook-ICARE 2021 #1 out of 120

XLRI Ranking 2023 IIRF 

XLRI ranked 1st among the private colleges by IIRF Rankings 2023. The overall index score obtained is 902.62. The below table represents the scores obtained in different parameters:

Parameters Score
Placement Performance (PP) 132.85
Teaching Learning & Pedagogy (TLRP) 131.42
Research (RS) 120.28
Industry Income & Integration (III) 131.56
Placement Strategies & Support (PSS) 134.28
Future Orientation (FO) 123.85
External Perception & International Outlook (EPIO) 122.42
Overall Index Score 902.62 (Out of 1000)

XLRI Ranking 2021 Outlook ICARE

Xavier’s Labour Relations Institute has been ranked at 1st position among the top private MBA colleges in India by Outlook – ICARE with a total score of 92.85.

The overall score made by Outlook-ICARE is assessed according to the five parameters which include – Research, Employability, Inclusiveness & Diversity, Faculty Quality, and Faculty-Student Ratio (FSR).

Following are the top private MBA colleges in India by Outlook-ICARE:

Institute Rank Overall Score
XLRI Jamshedpur 1 92.85
SPJIMR 2 81.01
MDI Gurgaon 3 79.24
NMIMS Mumbai 4 76.64
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai 5 75.45
SIBM Pune 6 73.74
TAPMI 7 71.67
ICFAI Hyderabad 8 71.15
IMI Delhi 9 70.40
BITS Pilani 10 69.10

XLRI Ranking 2021 Economic Times B-School

XLRI Jamshedpur was rated as Best School B by many institutions that rank Indian business schools. However, XLRI with various functional parameters reported by "Economic Times" ranked second overall.

Tabulated below are the ranks secured by XLRI in the various functions stated by the Economic Times.

XLRI Jamshedpur Ranking 2021 Economic Times

ET Rank Sector Rank
Overall 2
Finance 8
HR 1
IT 3
Marketing 8
Production 1

Following are the top B-Schools according to Economic Times (2020):

Overall Rank Institute
1 IIM Ahmedabad
2 XLRI Jamshedpur
3 IIM Bangalore
4 SBIBM Pune
5 IIM Calcutta
6 NMIMS Mumbai
7 IMT Ghaziabad
8 IIM Lucknow
9 MDI Gurgaon
10 JBIMS Mumbai

XLRI NIRF Ranking 2022

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) which was launched back in 2015 is used for ranking the Indian Institutions across the country based on their overall performance.

The institute has obtained the rank based upon different parameters . Graph below is the detailed account of parameter-wise scores of XLRI Jamshedpur in NIRF Management Ranking 2022: 

XLRI NIRF Ranking 2022 Scores

Xavier Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur has been ranked at the 8th position out of 75 management institutions in 2020 and at the 8th position for the year 2019. Given below are the NIRF rankings secured by it in the last five years:

Last 5 year rankings of XLRI Jamshedpur

Year Rank Total score out of 100
2021 8 69.93
2020 9 69.93
2019 7 65.33
2018 10 62.66
2017 9 61.08

The above data shows that the NIRF ranking of XLRI Jamshedpur has been dwindling in the range of #5-#10 for the last three years in NIRF Charts.

Tabulated below are the names of the Management Institutes who have bagged the top 10 rank by NIRF 2022 :

Rank Institute Score
1 IIM Ahmedabad 83.35
2 IIM Bangalore 82.62
3 IIM Calcutta 78.64
4 IIT Delhi 75.10
5 IIM Kozhikode 74.74
6 IIM Lucknow 74.55
7 IIM Indore 70.66
8 XLRI Jamshedpur 69.67
9 NITIE Mumbai  68.84
10 IIT Madras 66.60

If you notice the NIRF ranking, you will realize that XLRI Jamshedpur has defeated many prominent management institutes in India. Its nearest competitors are IIT Lucknow and IIT Kharagpur .

Also read: XLRI Jamshedpur Admission 2022

XLRI Ranking 2020 Business Today

A comprehensive list of Indian B-schools is made by The Business Today and Marketing & Development Research Associates based on parameters like placement performance, living experience, learning experience, selection process & future orientation.

The research team reaches the campuses of the institutes to cross-check the data they have obtained with the infrastructure.

Given below are the scores in various parameters secured by XLRI Jamshedpur:

The top 10 B-schools in India according to Business Today Ranking (2019) are tabulated below:

Rank Institute Score
1 IIM Ahmedabad 889.6
2 IIM Calcutta 888.1
3 XLRI Jamshedpur 853.4
4 SPJIMR 850.2
5 IIM Indore 827.3
6 MDI Gurugram 807.4
7 IIM Kozhikode 801.3
8 Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University 774.5
9 SVKM's NMIMS, Mumbai 774.1
10 Indian Institute of Foreign Trade 767.

FAQS

Ques. What is the highest ranking of XLRI Jamshedpur?

Ans. XLRI Jamshedpur has been ranked 1 for Private MBA by Outlook 2021 and Times 2021. The institute has reached the topmost level 5 among the 47 global business schools in Positive Impact Rating 2021

Ques. Has XLRI received any ranking by NIRF, Ministry of HRD?

Ans. Yes, XLRI Jamshedpur is a very reputed MBA school often categorized as top 10 colleges in India. The institute has been ranked 8 for MBA by NIRF 2022.

Ques. Is XLRI Jamshedpur PGDM an accredited Programme?

Ans. XLRI Jamshedpur is one of the very few B-schools in India where its flagship PGDM course is accredited with two prestigious International Accreditations, viz., AACSB and AMBA - Association of MBAs. XLRI has also received NBA accreditation.

Ques. Is there any change in NIRF ranking 2022 of XLRI Jamshedpur as compared to last year's ranking?

Ans. MHRD NIRF Ranking 2020 had placed XLRI Jamshedpur #9 among top 100 B-schools in Management but in NIRF Listing 2022, the leading B School had jumped higher to one position and has been kept in 8th rank. 

Ques. What are the parameters considered while providing XLRI ranking by Outlook-ICARE?

Ans. The overall score made by Outlook-ICARE is assessed according to the five parameters which include – Research, Inclusiveness & Diversity, Employability, Faculty-Student Ratio (FSR ) and Faculty Quality.