Bharathiar University, a public university located in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, has grown to be one of the best universities in India. 

Comparing its rank with the previous ranks it has improved drastically and has come a long way. Taking a comparative view of its rankings, it has climbed up to 21st position as per NIRF 2020 (Overall Rankings) from 45th position in the year 2017.

NIRF also ranked Bharathiar University at 15th position in the Indian University Rankings category in the year 2022.

Bharathiar University has also been ranked at 35th position as per Outlook Icare Rankings 2019.

Talking about the global front, Bharathiar University is ranked at 1765 position by Center for World University Ranking (CWUR) 2019-20.

Bharathiar University Ranking Highlights

Ranking agency Year Ranked at
NIRF- Overall 2022 24 out of 200
NIRF: University Rankings 2022 15 out of 200
Outlook-ICARE 2019 35 out of 100
Center for World University 2019-20 1765 out of 2000

Bharathiar University - NIRF (Indian Rankings: Overall) 

In the year 2015, The National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) was accepted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). They are liable for ranking the institutions across India based on certain parameters.

The Bharathiar University ranked 24 based on parameters followed by NIRF (overall category) which are as follows:

Parameters Score
Teaching, Learning, and Resources 63.97
Research and Professional Practice 44.36
Graduation Outcomes 78.31
Outreach and Inclusivity 63.96
Perception 26.97

NIRF Ranking Last 4 Years (Indian Rankings: Overall) 

Year Rank Overall Score
2021 22 55.38
2020 21 57.32
2019 21 57.23
2018 20 55.08

Competitor Universities Analysis:

Rank Universities Score
25 Savitribai Phule Pune University 56.99
26 Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Pune 56.91
27 National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal 56.74
28 Institute of Chemical Technology 56.16
29 Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi 55.85

Bharathiar University was ranked 20 in the year 2019 but dropped down to a position of 21 in the year 2020. The rank 20 was taken by Anna University proving to be its competitor.

IIT, Dhanbad, and IIT Indore also proved to be its nearest competitor as per the survey.

Bharathiar University- NIRF Ranking (Indian Universities)

The university ranked 15th based on the following parameters set by the NIRF in Indian Universities Category:

Parameters Score
Teaching, Learning, and Resources 63.97
Research and Professional Practice 44.36
Graduation Outcomes 78.31
Outreach and Inclusivity 63.96
Perception 36.88

NIRF Ranking Last 4 Years (Indian Universities)

Year Rank Overall Score
2021 14 56.44
2020 13 58.30
2019 14 57.23
2018 13 55.08

Competitor University Analysis:

Rank Universities Score
16 Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan 57.60
17 Homi Bhabha National Institute 57.09
18 Birla Institute of Technology and Science 56.68
19 S.R.M Institute of Technology and Science 56.24
20 Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology 56.22

Anna University and Homi Bhabha National Institute are one of the closest competitors to Bharathiar University.

Bharathiar University- Outlook-ICARE Ranking

Outlook-ICARE assesses the universities based on various parameters like Faculty Student Ratio (FSR), Faculty with PhD (FWP), Papers Per Faculty (PPF), Citations Per Paper (CPP) and Inclusiveness & Diversity (ID).

The overall rank is given to a university after judging and comparing all the parameters thoroughly.

The Outlook – ICARE ranked Bharathiar University at 35th position among top 100 universities.

Parameters Score
Faculty Student Ratio (15%) 88.7
Faculty with Ph.D. (15%) 82.0
Papers per Faculty (30%) 84.0
Citations per paper (30%) 89.1
Inclusiveness and Diversity (10%) 17.0
Total Score 79.24

Competitor Universities Analysis

Rank Universities Faculty Student Ratio Faculty with PhD Papers Per Faculty Citations Per Paper Inclusiveness & Diversity Overall Score
34 Tezpur University 89.1 90.0 82.0 87.4 16.0 79.29
35 Bharathiar University 88.7 82.0 84..0 89.1 17.0 79.24
36 SRM, Chennai 97.0 75.0 73.0 87.1 54.0 79.23

Tezpur University and SRM, Chennai are the closest competitors to Bharathiar University as per the survey conducted by the Outlook – ICARE.

Bharathiar University- Center for World University Rankings

The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) is an organization that provides advice and strategic insights to the Government and the Universities so as to improve the education quality and the outcome of research. It is the largest academic ranking of global universities.

Bharathiar University has been ranked at 1765 world rank and 52 national rank by Center for World University Rankings.

Given below are rankings of some universities:

World Rank University National Rank Alumni Employment Quality of Faculty Research Performance- Score
1763 Suranaree University of Technology 9 - - 1704 66.7
1764 XLRI- Xavier School of Management 51 84 - - 66.7
1765 Bharathiar University 52 1329 - 1706 66.7
1766 Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar 1 - - 1705 66.7
1767 University of Mazandaran 30 - - 1708 66.7

XLRI- Xavier School of Management and Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar are the closest competitors of Bharathiar University as per the survey conducted by CWUR.