IIIT Hyderabad has been ranked No. 1 in both the Overall (All India) and South Zone categories in DataQuest’s Best T-School Survey 2026. In addition in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026 for Computer Science, the institute has moved up from the 601–650 band last year to the 551–600 band this year.
Project iRASTE – Leveraging AI and Data to Improve Road Safety has received an Honorable Mention Award at the ACM India Outstanding Applied Innovation in Computing (OAIC) 2026. The award was given at the awards ceremony on 14 February 2026 at IIT Hyderabad.
IIIT Hyderabad has shown a significant improvement in this year’s NIRF rankings. Among the top universities in India (both government and private), IIITH was ranked 55 (74 last year). In the list of top engineering colleges in India, the institute secured the 38th position (47 last year) and was placed 89th in the overall category.
IIITH is ranked No. 11 among Top Technical Universities in India by a survey conducted by India Today Group – MDRA Best Universities Ranking 2025.
IIITH rankings in a survey conducted by The Week – Hansa Research Best Colleges 2025:
IIITH rankings in a survey conducted by India Today – Marketing and Development Research Associates (MDRA) Best Colleges 2025:
Overall # 14 Engineering – Private
Under top Universities in India category by Indian Institutional Ranking Framework (IIRF), IIIT Hyderabad secured the following ranks under Deemed University Category:
Overall Good for B.Tech/M.Tech Programs
IIITH secured the following positions in The Week – India’s Best Universities 2025 rankings:
IIIT Hyderabad is rated as AAAAA in Careers360 India’s Best Engineering Colleges Ranking & Rating for the year 2025.
Education World India Higher Education Rankings 2025: IIIT Hyderabad has been ranked No. 3 in India and No. 1 in Telangana in Private Engineering Institutes and ranked No. 10 in Campus Planning & Design Excellence
