Nirma University

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]

Nirma University

Motto	तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय (Sanskrit)
Motto in English	"From darkness, lead me to light"
Type	Private
Established	2003 (2003)
President	Karsanbhai Patel
Students	9,344 (31 March 2021) (all campus)
Location	Near Vaishnodevi Circle, Ahmedabad , Gujarat , India
Campus	Urban (115 acres)
Website	nirmauni.ac.in

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]

Academics

Institute of Architecture & Planning, Nirma University

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]

Rankings

University and institute rankings
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]

Notable alumni

• Pranav Mistry, computer scientist^[22]
• Jay Shah, son of Amit Shah and Chairman of ICC and Secretary of BCCI.^[23]
• Minal Rohit, ISRO scientist who worked on Mangalyaan^[24]