Indira Gandhi National Open University offers education in a distance mode. It offers full-time online programs and certificate courses as well. This university is ranked 1st by NIRF. IGNOU is also accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with an ‘A++’ Grade. Additionally, IGNOU has received rankings from many other ranking agencies. It has a one-digit rank in New Delhi.
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IGNOU Rankings 2025
Indira Gandhi National Open University has been ranked by prominent national ranking agencies, such as NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) and IIRF (Indian Institutional Ranking Framework). The 2025 IGNOU rankings have not been released yet. However, in 2024, the Indira Gandhi Open University was ranked 1st by NIRF under the ‘Open University’ category. It was also ranked 36th by IIRF in the same year.
| Ranking Agency | Category | Rank | Year |
| NIRF | Open University | 1 | 2024 |
| IIRF | Overall | 36 | 2024 |
IGNOU NIRF Rankings 2025
Indira Gandhi Open University received the rankings from NIRF in 2024. Before ranking an institution, NIRF considers factors like research, professional reach, graduation results, and teaching quality. In 2023, NIRF-Innovation ranked IGNOU in the overall category. Meanwhile, the 2025 NIRF ranking is not available yet. The table shown below represents the rankings of IGNOU given by NIRF.
| Category | NIRF Ranking 2024 | NIRF-Innovation Ranking 2023 |
| Open University | 1 | - |
| Overall | - | 151 out of 312 (3rd in New Delhi) |
IGNOU IIRF Rankings 2025
As the 2025 IIRF ranking is yet to be released, IGNOU was ranked among the top 50 universities in India by IIRF in 2024. The detailed IIRF rankings received by IGNOU are provided in the table below.
| Category | IIRF Ranking 2024 |
| Overall | 36 out of 50 in India |