ICT Mumbai’s latest verified NIRF results are category-specific
The NIRF India Rankings 2025 place the Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai at 41 in Engineering and 6 in Pharmacy. These are separate subject-category results in the same edition, not competing estimates of one overall position. They answer different questions about institution-wide performance in two disciplines; neither is a branch-level rank for a particular B.Tech., M.Tech. or pharmacy course. Open the NIRF 2025 report.
For course choice, the Pharmacy result is the closer category-level reference for a pharmacy applicant, while Engineering is broader context for ICT’s engineering and technology programmes. Neither replaces checking a named programme’s curriculum, admission route, fees, facilities and outcomes. The report year is 2025; these results should not be described as a 2026 ranking or a forecast for the 2027–28 intake.
NIRF 2025 category results
The NIRF report identifies ICT as Mumbai, Maharashtra in both tables. Keep the category beside the rank when you compare institutions: “41” without Engineering, or “6” without Pharmacy and the edition, loses the scope that makes the number meaningful.
What the Pharmacy score profile adds
NIRF’s 2025 Pharmacy report also shows an overall score of 74.77 for ICT, with component scores of 79.12 for Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR), 71.08 for Research and Professional Practice (RP), 90.46 for Graduation Outcomes (GO), 57.04 for Outreach and Inclusivity (OI), and 59.22 for Perception (PR). GO is the highest of the five reported components; OI and PR are lower in this particular score profile. That describes the ranking inputs, not an independent evaluation of classroom quality, student support or a specific employer’s view.
The Pharmacy framework gives TLR and RP 30% each, GO 20%, and OI and PR 10% each. A high score in one component therefore does not become the final rank on its own. For example, GO’s 90.46 is only one weighted part of the Pharmacy result. NIRF’s framework also groups varied measures within each component, so the overall score cannot tell an applicant which faculty member, lab, specialisation or job role will be right for them. Read the NIRF Pharmacy methodology.
Pharmacy rank history, read with the edition attached
The NIRF 2025 report describes ICT’s Pharmacy position as rank 4 from 2017 through 2020, rank 5 in 2021, rank 7 in 2022, rank 5 in both 2023 and 2024, and rank 6 in 2025. Across that published sequence, the position ranged from 4 to 7. The one-place movement from 2024 to 2025 is a change in relative position within that year’s category, not proof that teaching or research improved or weakened by a matching amount.
Use the sequence as context for stability, not as a course-level trend line. Rankings compare institutions within a category and edition; changes can reflect the relative scores and participating institution set as well as a change in ICT’s own score. The history reported here is specific to Pharmacy. It should not be transferred to Engineering or used to infer that the ranks of individual pharmacy programmes moved in the same way.
How to use the result in a shortlist
First match the ranking category to the course you plan to study. Then compare the course itself: exact degree and specialisation, syllabus, entry requirements, available labs or practice settings, total programme cost, campus and the outcomes reported for its own graduates. If two institutes are close in a category rank, the ranking alone does not reveal which curriculum fits a student’s interests or which course offers a better personal trade-off.
For a broader comparison, place the same edition and category side by side and read component scores only where the source supplies them. Do not compare ICT’s Pharmacy component profile with an Engineering rank as if the numbers shared one scale or one cohort. A rank is ordinal: the distance between ranks 6 and 7 is not a measured distance in teaching quality, and rank 41 does not mean ICT is “41st best” for every engineering specialisation.
NIRF’s 2025 frameworks weight teaching and resources, research and professional practice, graduation outcomes, outreach and inclusivity, and perception. Those dimensions can help you frame follow-up questions, but the aggregate is not a substitute for current branch-specific evidence. Ask the department for the latest course-level information if your decision depends on a particular specialisation, laboratory, project area or graduating batch.
Evidence date and limits
This page uses the official NIRF India Rankings 2025 report and 2025 discipline frameworks. It does not claim a later NIRF edition, a course-specific rank or a direct assessment of ICT’s current student experience. Before making an application decision, confirm the latest published ranking edition and use official programme documents for current details. If another publisher supplies a ranking, keep its publisher, category, year, geography and rank band separate rather than converting it into an NIRF position.