However, on the other side, under the engineering category, the institute performed well and bagged a place above the NIRF 2023. This time, NIT Patna ranks 55 whereas in 2023 it ranked 56. The National Institute of Patna has ranked below the pinnacle 30, ranking 27 beneath the architecture category in the contemporary National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2024. In contrast, it was ranked in the 19th position in NIRF 2023. NIT Patna has risen its rank beneath the engineering category via minor percentiles to 55 this 12 months from 56 in 2023. It has climbed 134 points within the NIRF Engineering class to rank 56 in NIRF 2023.
The ranking of NIT Patna in the Engineering sector has been at a constant pace for the beyond 5 consecutive years. It ranked 134th in 2019, which further leads to the top 100 ranks at 92nd in 2022. Then there were ranks at seventy-two and 63 in 2021 and 2022 respectively. Then on fifty-six rank in 2023, and alternatively in 2024, at rank no. Fifty-five.
Category | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
India Engineering Rankings | 55 | 56 | 63 | 72 | 92 | 134 |
India Architecture Rankings | 27 | 19 | 30 | – | – | – |
To rank 19th in the NIRF 2023 architecture category, the institution scored 59.63 scores in teaching, learning, and resources, 59.59 in research and professional practice, 45.84 in graduation outcomes, 63.81 in outreach and inclusivity, and 34.67 in perception all-out of 100.
In 2024, the TLR is 60.91 out of 100, RPC is 43.86, GO is 74.16, OI is 49.80 and perception is 10.42. The NIT Patna which happens to be the sixth oldest engineering in the country could not muster a place in Times Higher Education (2024) ranking 2024 and QS World University ranking 2025.
Also known as Bihar College of Engineering Patna since 1924, NIT Patna has undergraduate programmes available in BTech and BArch. Besides, at the postgraduate level, the available programmes are MTech, MURP, DD and MCA.