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Other name | NU |
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Motto | तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय(Sanskrit) |
Motto in English | "From darkness, lead me to light" |
Type | Private |
Established | 2003 ; 22 years ago |
Accreditation | NAAC (A+) |
Affiliation | UGC |
President | Karsanbhai Patel |
Academic staff | 125 |
Students | 9,344 (31 March 2021) (all campus) |
Location | Near Vaishnodevi Circle, Ahmedabad , , India |
Campus | Urban (115 acres) |
Website | nirmauni |
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Nirma University (NU) is a private university located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It functions under the aegis of the Nirma Education and Research Foundation (NERF). [1] The Gujarat Government has granted "Centre of Excellence" status to Nirma University. [2]
The university received the Centre for Excellence status from the Government of Gujarat in January 2022. [3] The university has been recently awarded A+ grade by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) in the third cycle of re-accreditation. This grade is a hallmark of very high academic quality, including education, research and extension. [4]
The Institute of Technology offers B.Tech. programmes. [5] The Institute of Management offers postgraduate, doctoral and executive programmes in management. [6] The Institute of Pharmacy offers pharmaceutical education at the undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral and postdoctoral levels. [7] The Institute of Science offers postgraduate programmes in M.Sc. in the fields biotechnology, biochemistry and microbiology. [8]
Third year students of Institute of Architecture and Planning, Nirma University have shown extraordinary creativity by transforming waste materials into innovative furniture as part of their semester project. [9]
NIRF Ranking 2024 List : In the management category, 5 institutes from the state are in the top 100, with IIM Ahmedabad being the first. MICA is ranked 32nd while Nirma University is ranked 55th, PDEU is ranked 89th. [10]
Nirma University was awarded the prestigious 5 Star Plus highest rating in the 'University' category under the Gujarat State Institutional Ratings Framework (GSIRF) 2023-24. [11]
University and institute rankings | |
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General – India | |
NIRF (Overall) (2023) [12] | 101-150 |
Outlook India (Universities) (2020) [13] | 2 |
Engineering – India | |
NIRF (2024) [14] | 101-150 |
Business/Management – India | |
NIRF (2024) [15] | 55 |
Pharmacy – India | |
NIRF (2023) [16] | 37 |
Architecture – India | |
NIRF (2024) [17] | 19 |
The university was ranked in the 100–150 band overall in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2024. [18] It was also ranked in the 101-150 band in the engineering ranking, [19] 55th in the management ranking [20] and 37th in the pharmacy ranking in 2024. [16]
Nirma University was ranked at 97 in India in the SCImago Institutions Rankings for 2025. [21]