MM University Ambala Ranking 2026

MMU Ranking in India

Maharishi Markandeshwar University is evaluated by five major Indian ranking agencies. The table below tracks MMU’s core national ranks across NIRF’s health sciences categories, India Today, and Outlook from 2023 to 2025, with the most recent year first. MMU’s strongest national ranks are in Pharmacy, Medical, and Private Medical categories.

MMU’s NIRF Pharmacy rank improved from #31 in 2023 to #26 in 2025, a five-rank gain over three years. The NIRF Medical rank improved from #34 in 2023 to #33 in 2025. Outlook ranked MMU #18 in Private Medical Institutes in 2025 (score: 841.62), which is the strongest category-specific rank across all agencies for MMU. The India Today BBA rank improved from #121 in 2023 to #114 in 2025 (score: 876.4).

Key Takeaways:

• NIRF Pharmacy improved from #31 in 2023 to #26 by 2024-2025, a consistent five-rank gain over three years.
• Outlook ranks MMU #18 in Private Medical Institutes in 2025, placing it among India’s top-20 private medical colleges in that ranking framework.
• NIRF Universities rank moved from #78 in 2023 to #71 in 2024 before returning to #85 in 2025, even as the NIRF Universities score rose from 45.09 to 49.07 across the period.

MMU Collegedunia Ranking 2026

The Collegedunia 2026 Rankings assess Maharishi Markandeshwar University across nine academic streams. MMU’s strongest Collegedunia stream ranks are in Nursing (#33) and Law (#38), followed by Mass Communication (#52), reflecting the breadth of the university’s programme offerings across health, legal, and communication disciplines.

MMU’s appearance across nine Collegedunia streams reflects its multi-disciplinary character as a deemed university offering health science, engineering, management, and professional programmes. The Nursing rank of #33 with a score of 576.0 and the Law rank of #38 (score: 481.3) are its two highest-performing streams in the Collegedunia 2026 framework.

MMU NIRF Ranking

The Ministry of Education’s National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) evaluates Maharishi Markandeshwar University across six categories: Pharmacy, Medical, Universities, Engineering, Overall, and Sustainable Development. NIRF uses five parameters: Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR, covering student-faculty ratio, qualifications, and financial resources), Research and Professional Practice (RPC), Graduation Outcomes (GO), Outreach and Inclusivity (OI), and Perception (PR). MMU’s Pharmacy and Medical categories carry the strongest NIRF positions.

MMU NIRF Pharmacy Ranking 2025

Maharishi Markandeshwar University ranks #26 in NIRF Pharmacy 2025 with a score of 60.89. The Pharmacy category evaluates institutions on faculty qualifications, research output, and pharmaceutical industry linkages. MMU’s NIRF Pharmacy rank has improved by five positions over three years.

MMU’s NIRF Pharmacy score rose from 55.24 in 2023 to 60.89 in 2025, a gain of 5.65 points. The rank improved from #31 in 2023 to #26 in 2024 and held at #26 in 2025, indicating sustained improvement that has now stabilised at the same position. This is MMU’s highest NIRF category rank.

MMU NIRF Medical Ranking 2025

Maharishi Markandeshwar University ranks #33 in NIRF Medical 2025 with a score of 56.68. The Medical category covers medical colleges with MBBS and postgraduate medical programmes, and ranks them on clinical training quality, research, and graduate outcomes.

The NIRF Medical score rose from 54.87 in 2023 to 56.68 in 2025. The rank improved from #35 in 2024 to #33 in 2025, combining with the Pharmacy rank to confirm MMU as one of India’s top-35 institutions in each of these two health sciences NIRF categories.

MMU NIRF Universities Ranking 2025

Maharishi Markandeshwar University ranks #85 in NIRF Universities 2025 with a score of 49.07. The Universities category covers multi-disciplinary deemed and state universities and provides a cross-type benchmark for comparing MMU against universities of different types and scales.

MMU’s NIRF Universities score rose from 45.09 in 2023 to 49.07 in 2025, a gain of nearly 4 points. The rank moved from #78 in 2023 to #71 in 2024 and then to #85 in 2025. The score increase alongside a rank drop in 2025 is consistent with growth in the Universities category pool, a pattern also observed across other institutions in this cycle.

MMU NIRF Engineering Ranking 2025

Maharishi Markandeshwar University appears in the NIRF Engineering category and has improved in rank band between 2024 and 2025. NIRF does not publish individual ranks or scores for institutions outside the top 100 in Engineering; only rank bands are available.

MMU’s Engineering rank band improved from 151-200 in 2023 and 2024 to 101-150 in 2025, a meaningful step forward in the NIRF Engineering framework. The Week also ranked MMU at #111 in Engineering in 2025, providing a separate measure of its position in this discipline.

MMU NIRF Overall and Sustainable Development Rankings 2025

Maharishi Markandeshwar University appears in two additional NIRF categories. In NIRF Overall, MMU falls in the 101-150 rank band across all three years from 2023 to 2025. In NIRF Sustainable Development 2025, MMU falls in the 11-50 rank band.

The Sustainable Development rank of 11-50 in 2025 is available for the first cycle in this dataset for MMU. The NIRF Overall 101-150 position has remained unchanged across the three years shown, indicating a stable position in the broadest NIRF category.