IIRF ranking 2025: Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration Manipal tops in pvt colleges for Hospitality category

The Indian Institutional Ranking Framework (IIRF) has released its 2025 rankings for the top private colleges for Hospitality in India.

The IIRF is a trusted non-government ranking system in India, created by the IIRF Centre for Institutional Research (ICIR) to assess educational institutions nationwide.

Using a thorough methodology, it ranks over 1,000 institutions based on academic quality and employability outcomes.

MACTION Consulting oversees the data collection, analysis, and statistical evaluation to maintain the accuracy and reliability of the rankings.

For 2025, Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration, Manipal, Karnataka, holds the #1 rank, followed by the School of Hospitality & Tourism Studies, DY Patil University, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, in 2nd place, and Bharati Vidyapeeth's College of Hotel Management and Tourism Studies, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, in 3rd position.

Rank 4 is shared by Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, and the Army Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, while the Department of Catering Science and Hotel Management, PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, holds the 5th position.

The ranking is based on 7 parameters

Placement performance (PP)
Teaching learning resources & pedagogy (TLRP)
Research (RS)
Industry income and integration (lll)
Placement strategies and support (PSS)
Future orientation (FO)
External perception & International outlook (EPIO)

List of top 10 private colleges for Hospitality in India:

Rank	Top private colleges for Hospitality	City	State
1	Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration, Manipal	Manipal	Karnataka
2	School of Hospitality & Tourism Studies, DY Patil University, Navi Mumbai	Navi Mumbai	Maharashtra
3	Bharati Vidyapeeth's College of Hotel Management and Tourism Studies, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra	Navi Mumbai	Maharashtra
4	Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra	Ranchi	Jharkhand
4	Army Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology, Bengaluru	Bengaluru	Karnataka
5	Department of Catering Science and Hotel Management, PSG College of Arts & Science	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu
6	Department of Hotel Management, Christ University (Deemed University), Bengaluru	Bengaluru	Karnataka
6	Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed University), Pune	Pune	Maharashtra
7	Suryadatta College of Hospitality Management and Travel Tourism (SCHMTT), Pune	Pune	Maharashtra
7	Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu
8	Munnar Catering College, Munnar	Idukki	Kerala
9	SRM Institute of Hotel Management, Chennai	Chennai	Tamil Nadu
9	MLRSM Institute of Hotel Management	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh
10	KLE Society's Institute of Hotel Management	Bengaluru	Karnataka
10	Institute of Advanced Management, Kolkata	Kolkata	West Bengal