Rankings

IIRF 2025 RANKINGS: INDIAN BEST UNIVERSITIES
HITS is ranked 10th in Tamil Nadu and 49th nationally among Deemed Universities (Private & Government).
This reflects HITS’s all-round performance and commitment to quality higher education.

GHRDC B-School Rankings 2025
HITS School of Management is ranked 1st in Chennai and 12th in India among Top Private B-Schools.
This showcases HITS as a premier destination for management education and leadership development.

THE WEEK Rankings 2025
HITS is ranked 2nd in Tamil Nadu and 9th in India among Private & Deemed Multidisciplinary Universities.
This recognition highlights the institution’s academic breadth and growing national presence.

Times of India Engineering Ranking 2025
HITS ranks 3rd in Tamil Nadu and for Placement, 7th Overall, and 9th in Research among Engineering Institutions.
This cements HITS’s position among the Top 10 engineering institutions in India for excellence and employability.

A pioneer in MBA healthcare management program! Our program is ranked #4 among Indian Universities by the reputed GHRDC.

Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025

HITS has once again proven its excellence by securing top spots in Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025. The Times Higher Education World University Ranking is a crucial global standard, symbolizing academic excellence and international prestige.

Hindustan claims 59th position nationally in the rankings . As we celebrate this milestone, we remain focused on our mission to push the boundaries of knowledge and prepare the next generation of leaders. Here's to continued success and growth in the years to come!

HITS honoured with the platinum band in the 2024 Outcome based Education Ranking

THE ASIA RANKING 2024

HITS RANKED 601+ IN  ASIA UNIVERSITY RANKING BY TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION 

Times Higher Education Impact Ranking 2024
HITS EMERGES AS ONE AMONG THE TOP 100 UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD IN SDG 6

Professional Society - Computer Society of India

CSI - Academic Institutional Membership Certificate

Global Ranking 2024
Stupendous Achievement by HITS in Global Ranking 2024

NAAC A+ grade
HITS has attained the prestigious NAAC A+ grade

Private Engineering colleges rankings 2023
Rankings of HITS related to Private Engineering colleges rankings 2023 featuring in The Week.

NIRF ranking 2023
Excellence is our Ambition! HITS is recognised as the best in 2023 by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)

The Impact Ranking 2023
Success is our noble vision! The Impact Rankings 2023 - HITS is placed 3rd in Tamil Nadu and 2nd in Chennai.

Careers 360

• "Law schools teach justice for all and equal treatment under Law"
• Careers 360 - India's Best Law Schools has given a AAA rating for HITS School of Law under the South Zone Category.

OBE Rankings 2022
Success is ours to cherish! The OBE Rankings 2022, R World Institutional Ranking, confers upon Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science with the award-title of Higher Educational Institution of Excellence under the Gold Band.

The Times Engineering Institutes Ranking Survey
HITS is ranked #3 among the top Engineering Institutes in Tamil Nadu. Also, HITS has achieved Excellence in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering in The Times Engineering Institutes Ranking Survey

India Today ranking 2022
India Today, India’s Best Universities – HITS has achieved 22nd rank among the top Technical Universities

NIRF ranking 2022
Shining through various parameters, HITS has been ranked by the National Institute of Ranking Framework (NIRF), proving once again to be one of the finest institutions in India.

Q-S
Another Milestone! HITS has been awarded the QS Advanced E-Learning Excellence for Academic Digitisation by incorporating advanced digital technology in education and best online academic practices.

Outlook- ICARE ranking
Great news! HITS has been placed 15th among Top 100 Private Engineering Institutions in India by Outlook ICARE Rankings 2022!

HITS RANKED IN INDIA TODAY - MDRA SURVEY OF EXCELLENCE
Featured again! HITS has been ranked at 15th among the top best institutes for Architecture and at 48th among India’s best private Engineering Institutions as per MDRA Survey of Excellence by INDIA TODAY!

Outlook-ICARE India's Best B Schools-2022
HITS has been ranked among the Top Private MBA Institutions - South Zone

• 5th Rank among the Top 8-B Schools from Chennai
• 18th Rank among the Top 34-B Schools from South Zone
• 5th Rank among the Top 10-B Schools from Tamilnadu

Open Magazine 2022 Ranking
Open Magazine 2022 Ranking: HITS B-School emerges among the Top 158 in India..

The Impact Ranking 2022
Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science participated in the global Times HigherEducation (THE) Impact Rankings 2022 and an achieved overall rank of 400-600.

• SDG6 – Rank 101-200 in Clean water and sanitation, and awarded 64.8 percent metric scores for Research on Water and overall world wide 85.8%
• SDG 7 - Rank 401-600 and awarded 61.8% metric scores for University measures towards affordable and clean energy.
• SDG12 - 33 Rank in Responsible Consumption and Production, and awarded 70.2% metric scores in Operational measures.
• SDG17 - 401-600 in Partnership for Goals with a metric score of 66.7% in Education for the SDGs parameter that indicates the vision of the institution towards sustainable development goals in line with United Nations SDG and its contribution as Higher Education Institution. HITS have been consistent in SDG17 rankings

ARIIA Ranking 2021
Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science has been rated in EXCELLENT BAND under the Private Universities Category among 3551 Higher Education Institutions in India by ARIIA (Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements) Ranking 2021.

Times Engineering Ranking 2021
Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science emerged as one of the top Private Engineering Institutes in Tamil Nadu and ranked 3rd position in the overall category.HITS achieved excellence in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering among all engineering institutions in Tamil Nadu in the Times Engineering Institute Ranking Survey 2021.

India Today Rankings 2021
Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science ranked at AIR 49 and the School of Planning, Architecture & Design Excellence, (SPADE) ranked at AIR 17 in the India Today Rankings 2021.

The Times of India 2021
HITS ranked among top Engineering Institutions in India Ranked 17th in All India Engineering Institute in Placement andranked 18th inAll India Engineering Institutes

Education World Magazine Ranking Survey 2021
HITS features in the top 10 Institutions in India and is ranked 5th position in Tamil Nadu and 2nd position in Chennai in the reputed Education World Magazine rankings survey 2021 conducted across the nation.

The WEEK- HANSA Research Survey 2021
THE WEEK-Hansa Research Best Universities Survey: 2021

• All India – Multidisciplinary Universities – 37th Rank (HITS)(348/1000)
• All India – Private Multidisciplinary Universities – 8th Rank (HITS)
• South Zone – Multidisciplinary Universities – 15th Rank (HITS)
• South Zone – Private Multidisciplinary Universities – 4th Rank

QS World University Asia Rankings 2021
650 Institutions from 18 locations across Asia participated. 107 Institutions participated from India. 31 Indian institutions feature in the top 250.

• 600+ band in Asia Rankings 2021
• 37th Rank among 107 Institutions in India (Regional Ranking)
• 1st Rank in India for Staff with Ph.D
• 1st Rank in India in publications of papers per faculty

ARIIA - 2020
‘Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA)’, an initiative of Ministry of Education, Govt. of India has certified Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science under category Band A Institution ( rank between 06-25) in category of “University & deemed to be University (Private Self-Financed)” during the Award Ceremony of ARIIA Rankings 2020 presided by Honourable Vice President of India Shri M.Venkata Naidu.

HITS Ranked No:1 Deemed to be University in India by India Today 2020
Congratulations! The Management, Staff, and Students are proud to note that Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science is ranked No: 1, Deemed to be University in India, by India Today 2020.

HITS HAS BEEN RANKED IN THE WEEK-HANSA RESEARCH SURVEY
Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science has been ranked in The WEEK- HANSA research survey 2020 among India’s Best Universities.

• Ranked 10 in Private and deemed Multidisciplinary Universities in India
• Ranked 6 in Private and Deemed Multidisciplinary Universities in South
• Ranked 38 in Multidisciplinary Universities –South

• SDG6 - 18th position and the top university in SDG6 from India. The success in SDG6 is attributed to a full score of 100 in water usage and care and 91.7 marks awarded to the category water in the community.
• SDG 7 - 57th Rank in Affordable and Clean Energy and metric scores of 100 in Energy University Measures, and 91.7 in Energy and the Community.
• SDG12 - 95th Rank in Responsible Consumption and Production and scored 100 in sustainability report publication and 97.8 in operational measures.
• SDG17- 401-600 in Partnership for Goals with a high score of 91.1 in Education for the SDGs parameter that indicates the vision of the institution towards sustainable development goals in line with United Nations SDG and its contribution as Higher Education Institution
• Overall Rank 201 - 300

•  NIRF 2020 rated HITS in 107th Position in India under Engineering Category and 20th Position in India under Architecture
• NIRF 2019 rated HITS in 95th Position in India under Engineering Category. Also, 4th in Chennai, 11th in Tamil Nadu, 18th in South India, and 30th in All India among Private Engineering Institutions.
• NIRF Rankings 2018 placed HITS in 101-150 band in the overall Ranking of Institutions, 100-150 band among Universities, 100- 150 band in Engineering, and 75-100 band in Management.

Rated GOLD (overall) in the QS I-GAUGE Indian University Rating under categories such as Accreditation, Facilities, Teaching and Learning, Research, Entrepreneurship, Employability, Faculty Quality, Student Diversity and Social Responsibility.

QS BRICS Ranking System rates HITS in the 301-350 band in the World University Rankings 2019.

5S Certification: TUV Rheinland Certified HITS for successfully implementing 5S Work Place Management System. HITS is the first Institution in India to receive this award.

Ranked 5th in the Private Universities category in Tamil Nadu and 10th in the top 100 Private Universities in India by Education World, the Human Development Magazine.

TIMES I3 Research (2016-2017) All India Private Engineering Institute Ranking - 26th Rank

• 36th position among All India Top Engineering Institutes- i3RC Times Top 150 Engineering Institute Rankings 2018.
• 41st position among All India Top Engineering Institutes and 26th position among Top Private Engineering Institutes in TIMES Engineering Institute Ranking Survey 2017.

• Rated HITS as AAAA in Tamil Nadu and 4th under Engineering colleges by Career 360 Magazine in 2019.
• The SOM, HITS obtained AAA rating in India’s B-School Rating 2018 conducted by Careers360 magazine.
• Graded A at the National Level. Graded AA+ in Tamil Nadu. Ranked 11 in Tamil Nadu. Ranked 3 in Chennai. (Careers 360)

• The SOM, HITS secured 116th positions at the National Level in the Week Best B School 2017.
• The Week – Hansa Research has ranked School of Management in 4th Place in Chennai, 37th Place in South Zone and 99th Place in All India Private Category.
• School of Management has been ranked 30 in South India. Ranked 12 in Tamil Nadu. Ranked 6 in Chennai. (THE WEEK)
• School of Management secured 32 nd position at South Zone in Week B- School Ranking 2018.

IET has recognized Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science among India’s Top Private Universities in i3RC Times Ranking..

 The Hindu – Business Line has ranked School of Management as No.4 in Chennai, No.8 in Tamilnadu, No. 30 in South India, and No.79 in All India Level Private Category. HITS HAND BOOK 2018 – 2019.

Ranked 20th in India and Engineering Institutions in terms of Placements / Industry Interface / USP. Ranked 13 in Top Engineering Colleges of Excellence. Ranked 13 in Top Private Engineering Colleges. Ranked 3 in Tamil Nadu. (GHRDC & CSR).

Ranked 27 in South India, 9 in Tamil Nadu and 4 in Chennai (Outlook India.com)

School of Management Ranked 28 in South India. Ranked 8 in Tamil Nadu. Ranked 3 in Chennai. (IPSOS BW | Business World)

Ranked 2 among the Top Private Engineering Institutions in Chennai. Rated AAA. (Digital Learning India)

School of Management received CRISIL ratings - MBA (General Management) Graded B*** at the National Level. Graded A in Tamil Nadu. (Aviation Management) Graded B* at the National Level. Graded B** in Tamil Nadu. (CRISIL)

Ranked 11 in Tamil Nadu. Ranked 3 in Chennai. (C FORE)